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 [...]
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 [...]
Several days ago I discovered blog with a great conception. Dale Konstanz, the author of the blog, uses Bangkok taxis and takes pictures of inside decorations, fantastic in their craziness, every single day. Because a car is a house on wheels, taxi drivers have unlimited possibilities to decorate their vehicles. Of course, the first thing [...]
I found a very helpful and well-made website about life in Thailand – Freebeerforyorky. For us, motorcyclists, more interesting part is “Driving in Rural Thailand”. Yorky, the author of named after website, allowed me to republish typical manoeuvers, which Thai drivers use everyday. For Western drivers, who can lose driving license after 1 mistake, some [...]
Several days ago I looked for a picture of Yamaha Mio Amore for a logo of Motosai.com. I had open yamaha-motor.co.th and noticed a big banner of 30th Bangkok International Motor Show. Googled for details in English – gotcha, I still can visit it! So, I visited and enjoyed it. In next several posts I’ll [...]