As some of you might have noticed, there have been some political conflicts in Bangkok for the last months. The issue is that the red shirts, supporters of the ex-prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, want the government to have a new election. It's a long story, but basically the red shirts want the reigning prime minister Abhisit Veijavan to resign. It started out a month ago with peaceful rallies among the red shirts. Then the red shirts started protesting by dra...

How not to make a fool out of yourself in the Thai culture? When you're living a foreign culture for a longer time, you want to behave in a certain way. For me, it's mainly about not wanting to hurt someone's feelings by just not knowing that it's considered impolite to do something, which is considered normal in my culture. These are my own experiences of Thai culture as a farang. One of the most important aspects in Thai culture is that you are never a...

The first week of February in Kasetsart University is called Kaset Fair, which is basically a week-long festival all around campus. The whole university campus is decorated, the students have prepared different kind of shows, there are visitors from other universities and they sell all sorts of things during Kaset Fair. This also meant no classes for us during the whole week - too bad! So we decided to head to Koh Phangan and Koh Tao for the week! I would recom...

I'm currently studying as an exchange student at Kasetsart University in Bangkok via Asia Exchange. Kasetsart University (KU) is one of the oldest and most popular universities in Thailand. KU has also been known to succeed in the ranking lists when comparing results of universities. As an exchange student, I am attending the Kasetsart University Student Exchange Program (KUSEP) and the program for International Business and Thai Culture.The program consists of...

If you're looking for a nice beach weekend near Bangkok, Koh Chang is a great alternative. It's the second largest island in Thailand after Phuket, located near to the Cambodian border. Probably the easiest way to get to Koh Chang is via bus or mini-van. We took the alternative of taking the evening bus to a small town Trat, where we spent the night and headed to Chang early in the morning, as the last ferry departs already quite early in the evening. The bus t...