Living in Thailand

Comprehensive guide to Living in Thailand chronicling the seasons, festivals and events of Thailand through images and snippets of daily life.

Nang Rong Locals, Living in Rural Thailand, Isaan North East Thailand

Welcome to Broken Road

These are edited excerpts from our book A Potato in a Rice Field: Through 2015 I was living with a local family in rural Thailand, I in the small village of Broken Road (Thanon Hak) found in the rural rice fields of Buriram Province of Northeast Thailand. A region better-known as Isaan. So we are …

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Makabucha Day, Book Living in Thailand Isaan: Potato in a Rice Field

A Long, Big Buddha Day

These are edited excerpts from our book A Potato in a Rice Field Chapter 45: Makabucha Day (Big Buddha Day) I do feel familiar with Buddhism by now, so going to every Holy Day and temple celebration in the area, would be a bit like going to church every Sunday, along with the fetes and …

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