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 * Thailand** is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar. By the maritime boundary, the country is bordered to the southeast by Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand, to the southwest by Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea.

Current time
[|Current local time in Bangkok]

RSS
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Headlines
http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/social-and-lifestyle/1201605/weaving-a-community-together http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1111025/remember-the-king-in-all-our-complexities http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37651953 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36972396 http://www.destinationthailand.tv/thailand/beyond-lines-interview-american-travel-writer-joe-cummings http://asiancorrespondent.com/135714/thailand-confirms-new-6-month-multiple-entry-visas-for-tourists http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/roads/2014/12/mae_sot_dump_how_a_thai_trash_heap_became_the_scene_of_a_philanthropic_turf.html http://www.asiasentinel.com/society/thailand-sex-trafficking-figures [|Untravel Asia: Andaman Discoveries uses voluntourism to help rebuild Thailand] [] [|Is Thailand safe for tourists?] [] [] [] [] [] [|Saving face and promoting tourist safety in south east Asia] [|thai-beer-loses-esteem-after-heiresss-remarks] [|Thailand Tourism Devastated by Political Unrest]

Festivals

 * April 13-15** Thai New Year - [|Songkran] - coincides with the New Year of many calendars of South and Southeast Asia.

recommended listening
[|Stopover Bangkok] is an acoustic journey and a reflection of that almost ritualistic break in the long haul flight between Australia and Europe. But this feature is about far more than the experience of a couple of days in an exotic and unfamiliar city. It is above all about displacement and transition, about letting go and about paying attention to the moment in which we find ourselves.

[|Mystery of the Thai monarchy] - For the first time in modern history Thailand has no King. The successor to the Thai throne, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn has decided to wait twelve months before his coronation for time to mourn his father.

flickr
[|Thailand Images] [|Thailand Upcountry: Rural Thailand] [|People of Thailand]

Tourism Portals
[|Tourism Thailand] [|Amazing Thailand News]

Editing
[|Asia]

IPad app let's users share pictures and text to tell a story. Here is an example,
Tai Roob Dai Mai

Facebook
[|FairTourismInKayanVillages]

Twitter
[|@joecummings] [|@MichaelBKK] [|@Andaman_Disco]

Wikipedia
[|Thailand]

Elsewhere on the Web
[|Thailand - Travelfish] [] [|Elephants painting]

News
http://www.bangkokpost.com http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th

Beer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singha http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/world/asia/thai-beer-loses-esteem-after-heiresss-remarks.html [|@Singha_Beer]

Khao Yai National Park - The 'Big Mountain' http://chm.aseanbiodiversity.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=110¤t=110

Museums
[|Ganesh Museum, Chiang Mai]

Indigenous Cultures
http://wheresidewalksend.com/thai-hill-tribes-debate http://www.aippnet.org/index.php/research-and-communication-development/1445-aipp-shows-solidarity-to-indigenous-peoples-in-thailand-on-world-indigenous-peoples-day-and-supports-for-the-establishment-of-the-indigenous-peoples-council-of-thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopling_of_Thailand http://thaifreedomhouse.org/about-us/hill-tribes-indigenous-people/

Tourism
[|Thai Ecotourism and Adventure Travel Association] - Report (PDF) [|Thailand Community Based Tourism Institute (CBT-I)]

Chiang Mai
[|Markets] [|Chiangmai news] Chiang Mai Municipality Governor of Chiang Mai

Bangkok
Bangkok

Buzzword Bingo
Auspicious - Elephants - King - Siam - [|Sriracha_sauce]

Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand http://www.wfft.org https://twitter.com/EdwinWiek

Parks
Similan Islands National Park

https://skift.com/2016/05/17/thailand-closes-tourist-island-to-protect-its-ecosystem

GoPro
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On July 20th, 1948, the Siamese constituent assembly voted to change the name of Siam to Thailand