Thailand

Thailand is a good-time destination.

Vacations vary with the fast-pace of modern living. A holiday can mean the annual holiday, golf weekends, spa treatments, time-out for cosmetic or plastic surgery or, if you are lucky, a spell in your villa on the beach or in the hills overlooking south Thailand’s Andaman Sea.

Southern Thailand is the destination for scuba diving in the turquoise Andaman Sea and the emerald waters of the Phang Nga Bay.

A vacation in Thailand also means being happy with gourmet creations  enjoyed in excellent restaurants - Thai, Italian, Chinese, French, German, Austrian, Indian, Spanish, Russian, Scandinavian, Arab, Turkish cuisines plus the usual Burger and Piazza chain food just to name a few.

Some Highlights of Thailand

are the bizarre limestone islands of Phang Nga Bay - which excited movie fans in the James Bond film man With the Golden Gun, Leonardo Di Caprio’s The Beach filmed mainly on Phi Phi Islands and other creative celluloid -,Krabi and the Trang Archipelago are also real great. The countless tropical beaches reign on all islands and the main coast of southern Thailand.

Other water based leisure pursuits include rock climbing above the beaches in Krabi, strolling empty stretches of fine sand, viewing a traditional boat race on a beautiful lake in Phatalung and many more.

Dive into emerald and turquoise colored water, take the scuba diving gear

simply stuns anyone who comes into contact with it, including those unfortunate pedestrians it hits from time to time. Perhaps it's the way it cleverly stalls at intersections when the lights turn green. Or maybe it's all down to its uncanny ability to perform instant U-turns, sometimes with spectacular results not always appreciated by passengers.

Admittedly, the samlor is not recommended as a form of transport for those of a nervous disposition. It is also no coincidence that those daft enough to board one are invariably seen travelling with their eyes tightly shut. Unfortunately this often includes the driver. Still, one never quite forgets the exhilarating feeling that washes over one at journey's end, as one considers that, having survived a tuk-tuk trip, one can surely survive anything

THE BANGKOK HOLE:
Just about everyone who has visited our capital will have had first-hand experience of The Bangkok Hole (Craterus enormus) - and it is something one never forgets. In fact no visit to Bangkok is really complete without a plunge down one of these capacious fissures. The reason for the abundance of this feature in the urban landscape is that all government departments just love digging holes, whether it be for electricity or telephone lines, sewerage-system or highway improvement, water pipes or storm drains. What makes these excavations so ubiquitous is the unwritten rule that no two organizations can make use of the same hole at the same time. Instead, one department will cleverly wait until a depression has been filled in by another department and then commence the task of digging it up again. This procedure ensures that Bangkokians can avail of the treat all year round. In fact so impressive are some of these Bangkok Holes that people travel from distant parts of the world to visit them. They have proved particularly popular with tourists from Singapore where holes are banned. Special tours of inspection are arranged and an International Hole Convention is reportedly being planned.

THE THAI TAXI METER:
It is one of life's miracles that the Thai taxi meter is still in existence and, in most cases, still operating. The introduction of the working meter in 1992 should be regarded as one of the milestones in modern Thai history. No one ever expected it to last. You see, meters had been installed in cabs more than two decades earlier, but none of them worked. Their only use was as a place for taxi drivers to hang those silly hats they were supposed to wear in those days. The headgear was only donned while sitting at traffic lights for fear that some eagle-eyed cop would spot this outrageous breach of the law.

Most people thought the new meters would suffer the same fate as their predecessors and become hatstands, but amazingly this has not been the case. It felt very strange, back in 1992, being able to climb into a taxi without first having to bargain down the fare. It was almost too easy. Up to then getting a taxi had always been a hassle. So hats off to the taxi meter.

KING COBRA SWAMP:
With the possible exception of Shrek's original residence, never before in the history of mankind has a swamp attracted so much publicity. For more than three decades now Nong Ngu Hao (King Cobra Swamp) has hardly ever been out of the news, with never-ending nods from Cabinet, protests, probes, blueprints, feasibility studies, shady deals (plenty of them) and delays (plenty of those, too). Its transformation from a muddy morass to a Golden Land (Suvarnabhumi) has been a true saga (some might term it a soap opera). It'd be nice to be able to say that the epic story had a happy ending, but the jury's still out on that one. In fact some believe we'd all have been better off if it had been left as a smelly, snake-infested swamp.

SERGEANT NOP:
Arguably, the most accomplished undercover policeman of all time, Sgt "Serpico" Nop (Coppus extraordinus) is a living legend. He is perhaps best known as the Hero of the Great Allium Cepa Raid when he bravely led a swoop on the Hat Yai Express to impound a trainload of illegal onions. Sgt Nop's other notable achievement was in spearheading the hunt for the Phantom Panty Snatcher of Nonthaburi. The only blemish on his record was that time he was sent off for psychiatric treatment after arresting himself for "impersonating a police officer".

THE INACTIVE POST:
Possibly Thailand's most important contribution to the world. Hardly a day goes by without someone here being transferred to an inactive post ( Snorrus muchus), launching the individual on a demanding career which involves doing absolutely nothing all day. The Kingdom simply wouldn't survive without the inactive post, a job which demands great sacrifices from all those concerned, being, as they are, constantly up to their necks in inactivity. A perfect solution to the unemployment problem.

THE THAI SMILE:
This should really top any Wonders of the World list. Some say the famous yim Siam comes a tad too easily and may even be superficial or - heavens forbid! - insincere. But I'd rather a country where people smile too much than a place where they don't smile at all. There are at least 13 different variations, depending on the situation, and most of them are good news. But beware of the yim haeng. This apologetic "dry smile" is what you get when there's been a total screw-up - usually at your expense. And if a yim mee lay-sa nai is aimed in your direction it probably means you're about to be ripped off. But who cares? When you're feeling down a Thai smile is guaranteed to brighten up your day.

Trang archipelago island beach                                                             Morakot cave and hong Trang ko muk

Phi phi islands long-tail boat                                                            Lazy Beach Life Phuket Thailand

Nightlife in Thailand

is absolutely fabulous, you won’t find any place on this planet able to compete with Thailand in terms of nightlife, it's dull and boring off Thailand, see the videos on nightlife.  Gay & Lesbian

Phuket nightlife Patong Beach Bangla Rd             Phuket nightlife Patong Beach Bangla Rd. Soi Eric
Phuket nightlife Patong Beach Bangla Rd Go Go Bar             Patong Beach Bangla Rd. have a drink