Tim in Thailand

Bicycle ride with the family (@Phuket)

All of us have a bicycle now so we took the opportunity to take a ride together in the morning.

We cycled to Sapan Hin.

We then cycled around the busy park and market.

Then we stopped for a drink - not sure if this was appropriate or particularly safe?

Then it was time for breakfast...

and on the way home a stop to see an

Alex Face painting.

Cooking Thai Delicacies

You want to know how they make that do you?

Not all the Cookery Course will show you how to do this!

Poster from Amazing Thailand

A regular visit that I have to make to the Phuket Immigration Office. Things change each time I go and there are some pieces of paper which I must fill in but it is running smoothly. I remember my papers and always wai before I sit down.

Then I saw the sign above and wondered where I had seen something similar and it is to some of the Temples for respect. Which I entirely understand and this is a Government building so I would assume that you would also dress correctly.

Then a guy walks up to someone else for a pen and he has no shoes on and is wearing a dirty vest - no comment.

Transport in Thailand

Found this on a site - Thai Visa.

This could be many places in Thailand BUT it is a little packed...

Out on a canoe and Facebook Live

So I decided to try Facebook Live but this time in a canoe. I was certainly worried about the telephone and hung it around my neck.

So it was great exercise for me and fun but oh my I didn't think watching the video on Instagram would make me feel so ill!

Then watching it again made me feel ill so I deleted it...

It did remind me of the trip down the Chao Phraya River that I took with John Gray dressed as Santa Claus one year though...

Feeding the fish bread returns...

image courtesy of Coconuts Bangkok

After a post regarding a trip we took to Koh Yai Noi in 2014 and being warned not to feed fish the subject resurface recently.

A Russian woman - indicated above - could be fined 100,000 Baht for feeding fish some bread whilst she was visiting Koh Racha Yai.

On Jan. 25, a Chinese tourist was arrested for poaching parrotfish at Koh Racha Yai the previous day. He was fined THB100,000 for his actions

Then I saw this...

Traveling and your secure phone...

So how do you keep your phone, tablet and computer safe whilst you are traveling?

I guess you could leave it at home?

Be careful of your things

Take care of your valuables...

A selfie with a crocodile?

Okay now I think that this is a little dangerous - a crocodile selfie?

I was not allowed out of the car when an elephant passed us in Khao Yai.

I kept the windows shut on Telegraph Hill in Phuket town so that the
monkeys did not get in!

NOT cheap extension cables

This is why you should not buy those cheap extension cables...

Thai Deserts

Some Thai Deserts are worth trying BUT they are not for everyone.

Here is my first investigation.

Poster is from Amazing Thailand.

Makha Bucha Day (@Phuket)

Wat Chalong was were we went to celebrate

Makha Bucha Day.

"The Buddhist holiday of Sangha Day is called Makha Bucha Day in Thailand. It is observed in Thailand on the full moon of the third lunar month, which is usually the end of February or early March. In most other parts of Asia, Buddhist observe Sangha Day about a month later.
Sangha Day commemorates a day when 1,250 monks, all from different places and on their on initiative, spontaneously came to pay homage to the historical Buddha.
In Pali, Makha is the name of the third lunar month, and Bucha means "to venerate." On this day, Thai Buddhists gather at sunset in their local temples to participate in candlelight processions called Wian Tian. Ceremonies express appreciation for the order of monks founded by the Buddha and for the Three Jewels -- the Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha."
This text is from About.com - Buddhism.