In the Thai society each of the seven days of the week have their own colour. The colour to the left will reflect today's colour.
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The King of Thailand celebrates his birthday on december,
the 5th, (See countdown above).
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The most infamous serial killer in Thailand was Si Quey.
He was executed by machine gun in the 1950s for murdering
and eating eight young boys in Nakhon Pathom province.
He is now mummified and can be seen in a glass-"coffin"
at the Sririraj Hospital Forensic Museum. The bulletholes from the execution, along with his empty eye sockets, are now filled in with paraffin. _____________________________________

In Thailand all the elephants have their own day,
on march 13 they all get a national celebration.
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When ordinary Thai people eat at an ordinary restaurant
they rarely finishes off the food on the plate, they just
don't eat all the food.
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The full and official name of Bangkok is:
"The Great City of Angels, The Supreme Repository of Divine
Jewels, The Great Unconquerable Land, The Grand and
Illustrious Realm, The Royal and Delightful Capital City,
Home of The Nine Noble Gems, The Highest Royal Dwelling
and Grand Palace, The Divine Shelter and Dwelling Place
of The Reincarnated Spirits".
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In Bangkok, opposite the temple of Wat Suthat, stands the Sao Ching Cha, also known as “The Giant Swing”.
This swing was used in an annual religious ceremony
honouring The God Siva. Four young men used to swing
themselves up to A 180-degree angle and then try to grab a
little bag filled with gold with their teeth.
The Swing was used the last time back in 1935.
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Most Thai people don't mind ice cubes in their beer.
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A Buddhist Monk in Thailand gets a free ride
on almost every kind of public transport in the
Kingdom. (Not on the flights)
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In 1950, Thailand had only 6000 kilometres of
National Highways, with a mere 800 kilometres paved.
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A woman must not touch a Buddhist Monk, because if she 
does, the Monk has to endure 14 days of religious and ritual
cleansing.
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In Thailand you must not touch anyone's head for any 
reason. The head is the most important part of the entire body and it should never be touched.
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According to Section 8 of the Constitution in The Kingdom
of Thailand it is illegal to criticize The King, The Royal
Family and the Monarchy.
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The Buddhist calendar that they use in Thailand is 543 years ahead of the Christian calender used in the west.
The starting point for the Buddhist calender was when Prince
Siddharta, also known as Gautama, who became Buddha,
passed away at the age of 80.
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Around 1914 the population of Bangkok was estimated 
at some 360.000 people, roughly half of them Chinese or 
of Chinese extraction.
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It was the Chinese who provided the bulk of labourers
as, for example, in the construction of the railway lines.
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In the mid eighties tourism became the number one export
earner for The Kingdom of Thailand
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In the phonebooks in Thailand all the clients are listed by 
their first name.
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At The Oriental Hotel in Bangkok there is an average of 2,5
employee serving each guest...
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In a serious traffic-accident in Thailand, involving a heavy
vehicle, the driver will usually flee the scene.
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Thailand currently has 134 prisons which cost about 38 million U$D annually to run.
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According to statistics presented to the governor, two deaths occur each day on the roads in the Chonburi Province.
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King Chulalongkorn Day is celebrated on 23rd of october.
The ceremony is performed all over Thailand marking the 
day that the Great King passed away in the year 1910.
King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was instrumental in
modernizing The Kingdom of Thailand
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Longboat Racing is one of the traditional rites that mark the 
end of the Buddhist retreat. It mainly takes place in the
11th or 12th lunar months, (september-october), when the
water level is at its highest. At present Longboat Racing
is considered as a national sport.
Its history can be traced back to the Ayutthaya period some
600 years ago. However, Longboat Racing in those days was 
just only to keep the soldiers physically and mentally fit for
national defense.
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The famous movie "The Bridge Over River Kwai" actually has a faked name. The real name in Thai is "Mae-Nam Kwae" or "River Kwae. The reason to this is that someone at the film-company renamed the river to make it sound better in English. The new name also rhymes with "Die", "Lie", "My" and "Why". 
"Kwai" also has a meaning in Thai; It is the word for "Buffalo".
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