Two Wats and a Pink ID Card

by Tony in Thailand | Aug 29, 2018 | Information, Wat/temple

A mini-post with a few interesting things we did yesterday. We were on the road to look at a house friends of ours have built south of Si Bun Ruang using most of the team that constructed our home in 2014/15. As always I never see a trip in Thailand as directly from A...

Mushrooms and Monks

by Tony in Thailand | Jul 28, 2018 | Festivals, Living in Isaan

This is the second of my blogs to capture some of the events that are happening right now in our part of Thailand, the northeast a region called Isaan. Mushrooms and monks may seem like an odd combination but they are both at the top of the to-do list for many people...

Wat Pa See Vichi

by Tony in Thailand | Jul 8, 2018 | Attractions and Places – Isaan, Wat/temple

As Thai/western spelling is based on phonetics, meaning how a Thai word sounds in English, you can end up with lots of different variations for the same thing, all of which are basically correct. It is why search for places in Thailand using a GPS can be frustrating...

The Best Wats of Isaan

by Tony in Thailand | Sep 16, 2017 | Attractions and Places – Isaan, Wat/temple

That is a bit of a misleading heading because I will only report on those temples that we have personally visited and get my tick of approval. These are mainly in the area close to where we live, which is in the northern part of Isaan, and therefore they obviously...

Timber Temples of Nong Bua Lamphu

by Tony in Thailand | Aug 27, 2017 | Attractions and Places – Isaan, Wat/temple

I can’t believe that having told you in yesterday’s post that you can find HERE, that I had run out of new things to write about I am sharing the discovery of two wonderful timber wats just down the road from us a day later. Both of them are hidden away...