Thailand

Population: 64.1 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Bangkok
Area: 513,115 sq km (198,115 sq miles)
Major language: Thai
Major religion: Buddhism
Life expectancy: 66 years (men), 74 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 baht = 100 satangs
Bangkok Post – English-language
The Nation – English-language

Road Junky has 15 Thailand articles. Scroll down to view.

How to Escape Thailand Without a Visa?

When a traveler gets in trouble with the cops in Thailand and needs to know the best way out, leave it to road junkies to lend a helping hand.

Escaping countries ...

Satire Alive and Well in Thailand - Not the Nation

The Bangkok journalistic community is scrambling around trying to work out who is behind nothenation.com, a satirical news site taking its name from prominent Bangkok newspaper, The Nation.

One expat ...

Dating Thai Girls and Guys

The odd thing about the sexual roles in Thailand is that at first glance it seems like they’re reversed. Thai women, for all their petite, demure exteriors are often quite ...

Revolution in Thailand? Business as Usual

When I used to hang out penniless in Bangkok, I used to sometimes scrape a little baht together by writing articles for a magazine targetted at backpackers, Farang . otherwise ...

Losing a Grip in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Perhaps it was paranoia, maybe it was stress, but I felt threatened by all those staring eyes and unfamiliar faces. I decided I needed protection beyond that which my fists ...

Almost Getting Beaten Up Over a Girl in Pai, Thailand

“There are a hundred guys around that corner and they coming to fuck you up!”

There turned out to be about ten guys, small Thai fellows loaded up on three bicycles ...

Consumer Travel in Thailand and Laos

One of the great things about being on the road is the adventure, the uncertainty, the independence you learn from standing on your own two feet, traveling the world and ...

Death and Self Loathing in Ma Sariang, Thailand

I had just come down from the mountains of NW Thailand that afternoon in mid February. I had been in the beautiful town of Mae Hong Son for over a ...

Bangkok Bar Girls and Farang Tourists

I met Derek at the Bangkok train station and it emerged we’d be catching the same train up north. He was getting off before me, though, in a little out ...

Bangkok, Thailand - Sleazy, hot and courteous

I stepped out of the Bangkok airport at 6 in the morning and it was already 29 degrees outside. It’s like you’ve never been hot before, not really and I ...

Immigration Jail in Bangkok, Thailand

A few years ago I visited Thailand on a brief holiday and liked it so much I immediately made plans to return for a much longer trip.

In September 2004 I ...

Khao San Road Patpong Thailand Travel Story

Khaosan Road

What infamy a road can bear. A Disney Land for backpackers, the strip for bar goers, a long brothel for whores. Lady-boys cat-call, preachers scream, drug dealers whisper, ...