I met an eleven-year-old Thai Muslim boy named Anas on the train to Yala. He had just been to Bangkok with his mother and they were heading home on the night train. What caught my attention right away was that he started speaking to me in English. He was the one who initiated
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@ThaiTrainGuide Lovely experience and an example of how kids can learn by themselves when given access to online resources. 20 years ago, there was never any English on TV, making it inaccessible to kids and adults.
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@ThaiTrainGuide @RichardBarrow That lovely and thanks for sharing. I have made friends like that with kids and their delight and friendliness is so refreshing. I’ve photographd countless kids I’ve met shooting travel photography and each and every one is life enhancing. Such beauty and intelligence.
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MODERATOR: Are you willing to commit to NOT raise the sales tax? MIKIE SHERRILL: I'm not going to commit to anything right now. On Nov. 4, vote NO on Mikie Sherrill. ❌
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@ThaiTrainGuide Long ago, I've a small talk with a guy that I've never had a chance to try the famous Trang's BBQ pork. I saw him busy talking on his phone. Before departing, he came back and brought me a big pack (+1kg) of the BBQ pork. He might call the fastest BBQ delivery for me.
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@ThaiTrainGuide Have to agree, on a few occasions we have met people either on the train or even the taxi driver and have spent a day being shown around their town
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Cambodia k1lls about three million dogs each year for meat. South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam have banned the trade. Ending it here would align with growing regional standards and help reduce pet theft, disease risk, and negative perceptions abroad.
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There have been a few stories recently of Cobra snake attacks. Most expats in Thailand have encountered a Cobra at some time. Here's something most expats don't realise... a Cobra bite can kill you in 30 minutes or less.
Grandma was in shock as her grandson called to say "I love you" before saying he was bitten by a cobra and died on the phone. At 9:00 AM on October 23, 2025, Pol. Lt. Col. Thanakorn Rattanawilai, Deputy Investigator at Bang Sao Thong Police Station, Samut Prakan, along with a
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Chaos at the Chulalongkorn memorial ceremony as a man rushes towards the king and queen, before being tackled by security. Then the king bravely tells the queen to go find out what happened. The other fascinating aspect of the video is that the mindless royalist chants
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Popular far-left French politician Louis Boyard discreetly takes off his Rolex worth $50,000 before giving an interview ‘denouncing the ultra-rich’. Hypocrisy at its finest.
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