We noticed this funny old motorbiker while waiting for the green light. Firstly, his big white case drew my attention, then I noticed a very odd thing: grandpa carried a big bunch of cigarettes, you can see them in a basket and in a packet, but, I think, the big case full of them, too. [...]

Thais like to use various little, funny toys in everyday life. It can be funny key fobs with anime characters, Doraemon or Hello Kitty. Or toys and stickers on cellphones. Sometimes, funny dolls and teddy-bears under car (and even big, serious buses!) tails. All these silly things are cute and sweet (suay in Thai or [...]

What workers of a very small village have to do when they need to decorate roofs of souvenir shops for a national holiday? In some Western country, they would order a real skylift vehicle for one day. But it’s Thailand, people are very poor. That’s why, they need to be inventors and use some materials [...]

Elephant is the most popular animal in Thailand. It’s a symbol, friend and vehicle for Thais. During Thai holidays village people come to cities with elephants and drive them by streets blessing houses and earn some money. 2 days ago I noticed a funny thing: two elephant owners decided to follow official regulations for vehicles [...]

Number plates in Thailand is a special subject. Yesterday, when I was moving off supermarket parking, I suddenly noticed a strange number of one old Jaguar. It was the number 2! Of course, it isn’t the true second number given in Chiang Mai. Actually, it’s the number กพ 2 (ko pho 2), what means it’s [...]

Most of motorcycle stylings and tunings look very standard, because people just put some pictures or textures onto a bike body, change some small parts («Hey, dude, this is my new anodized fuel tank’s cap for $20, it’s nice, isn’t it?»). But motorcycles look too casual, still. Somebody does serious styling rarely. And if somebody [...]

My friend Chris doesn’t like my blog. “You write about motorbikes, I like bicycles,” he said. Ok, I have to write something about bicycles! There are crazy-odd-weird bicycles in Thailand too. For example, look at this mutant, mixed penny-farthing bike from 1880s and chopper from the end 20 century. I met this bike and [...]

Some Thais are completely uneducated. While the whole world fights against nazism ideology, Thais produce and sell t-shirts and stickers with nazi symbol (swastika). This week I found photos of Yamaha Fino styling called “Nazi Fino”. Of course, an owner completely doesn’t understand what he does. He doesn’t realize that nazists considered all Thais as [...]