Thailand A-Z

Thailand Tsunami

On the 26th December 2004 disaster struck Thailand's west coast from the resulting Asian Tsunami of an undersea earthquake that occurred in the Indian Ocean. It was one of the largest earthquake's reported with a magnitude of 9.3 and one of the worst natural disasters in history, with it generating the worst single Tsunami in history resulting in well over 200 000 victims in Asia, many people still registered as missing, and...

Thailand Religion

Buddhism is by far the dominant religion in Thailand, with around 95% of Thai people practicing it, and in particular, practicing Theravada Buddhism. Thailand is the only country where the King, protector of all religions in the Kingdom, is required by the constitution to be Buddhist.

Islam makes up another 4% and is mainly practiced in Southern Thailand where many of the Thai people are of Malay descent.

Thailand's...

Thai Food

Thai food is a pleasure to be indulged in when visiting Thailand, and though Thai cuisine has exploded into the international market in recent years there is nothing better than sampling authentic Thai food cooked on home ground, if only because it's much cheaper! For Thai people, eating often seems to be the most important thing of the day, rather than eating just to keep fuelled for the rest of the day, their day seems to be based...