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 29 Thailand articles. Scroll down to view.
Thailand Travel Guide - Exotic Paradise, Backpacker Hell
Thailand’s hardly a secret destination. Every year, millions upon millions of pale-skinned tourists flock to the most beautiful parts of the country to take advantage of a cheap, safe tropical ...
Almost Getting Beaten Up Over a Girl in Pai, Thailand
There turned out to be about ten guys, small Thai fellows loaded up on three bicycles but the odds still didn’t look good. My guesthouse was about 500 metres away ...
Bangkok Canal Communities, Thailand
“To the front of the boat, to the front of the boat!” Joop, the captain, gestured vigorously as we approached a low bridge. I scrambled out of the seat next ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dating Thai Girls and Guys
Many, many tourists come to Thailand specifically to find a mate, especially foreign men. Thailand is quite liberal compared to other countries in the region, and socioeconomic issues are generally ...
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 ...
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, 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 ...
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, ...
A Portrait of Bangkok, Thailand
Friends of mine in their 50’s spoke of the early 70’s in Thailand like some lost paradise. Maybe everyone feels like that about their early days but still I wished ...
Nana plaza, the go-go bar scene in Bangkok
The older I get the more I tend to sit outside go go bars and watch the action rather than inside and watch the girls dance. Because over the decades ...
