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Cha-Am (Thailand)
http://www.onlychaam.com/blog/
Every day life in Cha-Am, a popular Thai beach resort 2 hours south of Bangkok. Weather, news, tourist information and expat community.
Recent Posts
Language Corner (2)
Welcome to the second edition of Language Corner, your monthly guide to speaking Thai, brought to you by Insight English Cha-Am and Onlychaam.com. You would expect that using the words “I” and “You” would be very easy to master in any languag...
Long Live His Majesty The King
The Kingdom celebrates His Majesty’s 82nd brithday on December 5. As it falls on a Saturday, Monday will be a day off in lieu. Thai people will thus enjoy a long week-end, and Cha-am will probably be packed with Thai people coming from Bangkok....
Flagging down a flying saucer might be easier!
I already wrote about hitchhiking in Thailand in this blog, strongly advising tourists against doing it. Not because it is dangerous, though it could always be, but mainly because the Thais don’t hitchhike, they don’t know what it is and ...
Lucky gecko
Last night we found a tokay (gecko) inside our house. I always thought Thai people saw that as a sign of good luck, so I told my wife we should be happy because we would have plenty of luck. Well, that was probably another cliché about Thailand, bec...
Weather update
The weather is quite unusual compared to the previous days, with a cool wind blowing. It looks like the rainy season is ending, and we are now entering the cool season. No need to wear a jacket or a pullover yet, but we can turn off A/C and use hot ...
Loy Krathong
The moon will be full on Monday night, November 2nd, and this will be Loy Krathong day. Like every year, Thai people will make or buy a krathong, which is a little boat made from a banana tree and decorated with banana leaves and flowers. They wil...
