Flower calendar Thailand
It is well known that Thailand has a beautiful nature with beautiful beaches, untouched jungles and jagged mountain ranges. But flower lovers will also get their money's worth. Everyone who visits Thailand knows about the colorful orchids, the fragrant frangipani and other exotic flowers.
One and a half million orchids
You could consider the orchid as the national symbol of Thailand. Cultivation in Thailand covers about 2300 hectares and is concentrated around Nonthaburi, Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Ayutthaya, Pathunthani and Chonburi.
Golden tortoise beetle: a special insect
'And then suddenly someone in Khanom or the South of Thailand, if you like, points me to a special insect that I didn't know existed', writes Monique Rijnsdorp. So she set out to investigate and discovered that the golden tortoise beetle has a unique system for changing color.
The Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park in Chiang Mai's Fang District is a gem known only to few tourists visiting Northern Thailand.
The Variegated Fantail (photo)
If you like watching birds, you can indulge yourself in Thailand. One of the birds that I always enjoy a lot is the variegated fantail.
Pineapple is known worldwide and is also called "king of tropical fruit". This fruit is native to Brazil and a number of other South American countries. World production is now dominated by Southeast Asia, especially Thailand and the Philippines.
The Mekong increasingly threatened by boundless ambition
Earlier on Thailand blog I pointed out the exceptional importance of the Mekong, one of the most famous and notorious rivers in Asia. However, it is not just a river, but a waterway loaded with myths and history.
Landscape photography Thailand (video)
This time a completely different video. The creator of this, who calls himself Sebleu, has dedicated himself to photographing landscapes in Thailand and the result is spectacular.
Bird watchers in Thailand
Birding is watching, identifying (name); counting birds; making an inventory of areas for birds and conducting research into, for example, behavior and ecology
Do sparrows chirp in a Chinese dialect in Thailand?
In the Thailand blog edition of May 30, 2022, there was a nice article about the mischievous sparrows, those cheeky rascals in the author's garden. He is delighted and enjoys it.
Chainat, birdwatching
A few kilometers before Chainat is the popular Thai bird park. More than a hundred different bird species can be found there, which, however, hid well from this farang.
The seagulls of Bang Pu
The Bangkok Post website posted a video of the pier at Bang Pu, in Samut Prakan (south of Bangkok), showing a large number of seagulls being fed by visitors to the pier.
Kingfishers or kingfishers?
A horrible day in the car. All the way to Kanchanaburi. Late in the afternoon we arrive in the Sayok Nature Reserve. It's just as cold here as in the North.
Teak wood in Thailand
The teak forests in Thailand extend over large areas in the north along the border with Myanmar (Burma). Of course, the teak tree knows no border, so Myanmar also has an immense area of teak forests.
Sea turtles in Sattahip
Perhaps forty years ago I took a boat to an island where sea turtles were bred. I was never able to trace this island later, if only because I forgot whether the boat departed from Pattaya, Phuket or anywhere else.
Bats
Many times in my travels through Asia I have seen these strange, mostly tree-hanging bats, but the memory of Khao Kaeo remains indelible in my memory. My knowledge about bats is nil until I very recently got into a conversation with Frans Hijnen, secretary of Stichting Stadsnatuur Eindhoven, ornithologist and idol of bats about which he really knows everything. Go share his story.
Python visits
You live in a very quiet neighborhood, at least apart from a series of burglaries in the past. Nothing actually ever happens. Until today.