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Carving into the smelliest stories of the year
Spectrum, Published on 03/01/2016
» From the political arena of football administration to the floodplains of downtown Bangkok and the iron-clad corruption-free Hua Hin monument, controversy was out of the ballpark in 2015.
"Pi Mai" in 3 S.E. Asian countries through Norwegian eyes: Part 2, Laos
Published on 23/04/2015
» We continue of New Year’s tour with students from Norway in Laos: “The people in Laos were incredibly welcoming. They let us celebrate with them and they made us feel like we were one of them.”
"Pi Mai" in Cambodia, Laos and Thailand through Norwegian eyes
Published on 22/04/2015
» A group of students from from Norway spent the Southeast Asian New Year period visiting three countries: Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Starting today, we'll follow them on their trip as they describe their impressions of our region.
Three on the streets
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/04/2014
» What draws tourists to Thailand and what do they think about it when they get here? Mats Johannesen put that question to several people on the street, the last in our “Thailand through Norwegian eyes” series.
Having a tattoo at Wat Bang Phra
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 15/04/2014
» Getting a tattoo the old-fashioned way from a Buddhist monk using a bamboo stick is a bit frightening, very painful and definitely worth it, says Martin Nordberg Foldmoe in the fourth story of our series “Thailand through Norwegian eyes.”
Same, same, but different
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/04/2014
» Asian food is available in western countries, but, says Espen Skålnes, “you won't taste the real thing until you actually visit Asian countries.” Here is his take on real Thai food, in the third story of our series “Thailand through Norwegian eyes”
Foreigners awakening
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/04/2014
» “Everywhere I went there were temples and monks, something I had never seen before,” writes Norwegian student Per Marius Nerby, who came away with as many questions as answers from his fascinating experience.
Thailand through Norwegian eyes
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 12/04/2014
» Throughout the Songkran holidays will be taking a new look at Thailand thanks to a group of students from Norway. Each day, we’ll have new impressions on different aspects of Thai life and culture.
2013 Top Tables
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 27/12/2013
» From a list of 100 restaurants we reviewed over the past 12 months, Life picks 10 out-of-hotel dining establishments, mostly in Bangkok, that are worth re-visiting in the year ahead
Costly Cosmopolitanism
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 11/01/2013
» Thai people have a way of expressing negatively charged words in nicer-sounding terms. For example, kathoey takes on a word that means the second kind of woman or a gender-crossing woman (or man?), while a soi dog is called a sunak if you want to appear pretentiously proper. The name for a type of reptile often seen dwelling in Lumpini Park and canals is considered so offensive some refer to it as tua ngern tua thong (silver-and-gold animal), even though no Thai in their right minds would ever hug one like it's made of treasure.