Tip: Kaeng Lawa Cave in Kanchanaburi
Are you curious and adventurous? Then you should definitely visit the Kaeng Lawa Cave. This 500 meter long cave in Kanchanaburi can be found near the Kwai Noi river and surrounded by jungle and mountains.
Flying dogs in Thailand
It is a large species of bat with a wingspan between 24 and 180 cm. The head of a fruit bat does indeed resemble a dog's head, their ears are more pointed and they have larger eyes than other bats.
Millions of bats and thousands of monkeys
You could call it the 'Miracle of Khao Kaeo', the millions of bats that fly out at dusk in a continuous long wide path for their daily food.
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.
Reader Submission: Does COVID-19 Come From Thailand?
Southeast Asia was the source of Covid-19, not China. In fact, it came from Thailand… from the famous Chatuchak market, or, as correctly quoted, “a similar market to Chatuchak”. So claims the Danish epidemiologist Thea Kolsen Fischer,
Weird people, those Thais….. sometimes!
If you're talking about bizarre eating habits, you could write a story about any country, including Thailand. Here are some examples of how some Thai people have incorporated bizarre eating habits into their way of life.
News from Thailand – January 28, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Attack in Narathiwat: 3 dead, including a 7-year-old girl
• Distraught rice farmers block roads
• Four large reservoirs contain (too) little water