Thailand Life

1. Paknam Market - 01
(Thailand Life/Samut Prakan)

This is the famous Paknam Market in Samut Prakan City. A lot of people come here from far to buy fruit, vegetables, meat and fish. There has been a market here ...

2. Rub Bua Festival
(Thailand Life/Samut Prakan)

Bang Phli is a district in Samut Prakan which has an abundance of lotuses. The morning of the 14th full-moon night of October is the day before the end of the Buddhist Lent. ...

3. The Temple Fair Parade - Part 1
(Thailand Life/Samut Prakan)

Every year during October, Samut Prakan City comes to a stand still for the annual Temple fair and parade.   The parade is coming out from the City ...

4. The Ancient City
(Thailand Life/Samut Prakan)

... come to Samut Prakan, you mustn't miss to come here because it is very interesting and easy to see all of the famous buildings, monuments and temples to be found in all parts of Thailand. The outdoor ...

5. Chulachomklao Fort
(Thailand Life/Samut Prakan)

Samut Prakan was built to help defend Bangkok from invaders. The name of the city means "city wall". In the old days there used to be many forts and guns on both sides of the river. Now, not ...

6. Interview with a Half Thai
(Thailand Life/All About Thailand)

... lived about 10 minutes up the road from me in Samut Prakan. She recently came here during her summer holidays and asked me to visit her at her grandmother's house. She said she wanted to show me ...

7. Interview with Two Backpackers
(Thailand Life/All About Thailand)

Claire (pictured left) and Anna (pictured right) are both from England. They stayed ten weeks backpacking around Thailand. Claire and Anna visited Sriwittayapaknam School in Samut Prakan for one ...

8. Songkran Water Fights
(Thailand Life/Songkran Festival)

... pictures were taken in Paknam in Samut Prakan. Most provinces would be the same as this.   Traffic Control. During Songkran, the mob is in control of ...

9. Sand Pagoda Competition
(Thailand Life/Songkran Festival)

In the afternoon of April 13th, we went to Wat Bangnanggreng in Samut Prakan, to take some pictures of the people making sand pagodas. By the time we arrived they were already nearly a hundred ...

10. Chulalongkorn Day
(Thailand Life/Thai Festivals)

...  typical laying-of-the-wreath ceremony at the city hall in Samut Prakan Province. His death on October 23, 1910 was a great loss to the entire nation as he was one ...

11. Tradition of Freeing Fish and Birds
(Thailand Life/Thai Buddhist)

I am freeing a bird at the city pillar in my province, Samut Prakan. In the picture above, you will see a bird, in a ...

12. Introducing My Life
(Thailand Life/1997-2001)

... and listening to the radio. Sometimes I watch television or read some cartoon books. I like to play sports. I live in Samut Prakan Province. We are about 30 kms. south of Bangkok (Capital of ...

13. What the Press and the Internet Community are Saying
(News/Press Room)

... of this teenager's life and culture." BangkokMouth.com: "Thailand's most famous internet teenager." Bangkok Post: "Samut Prakan boy presents window on Thailand ...

14. Interviews in the Press
(News/Press Room)

... to introduce you to a remarkable young man by the name of Nattawud Daoruang who is still a student at the Sriwittayapaknam school in Samut Prakarn. Barely old enough to start shaving, this amazing ...

15. F.A.Q. about Panrit
(News/Press Room)

...  Q. Who is Nattawud Daoruang? A. Nattawud, his friends call him Gor, is a sixteen year old student from Samut Prakan in Thailand. He lives with his parents and younger brother in a terraced ...

16. Fast Facts about Thailand
(Thailand Life/All About Thailand)

... Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phrae, Phuket, Prachin Buri, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Ranong, Ratchaburi, Rayong, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, Sakon Nakhon, Samut Prakan, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram, Sara Buri, ...

17. King Chulalongkorn the Great
(Thailand Life/Thai Culture)

...  typical laying-of-the-wreath ceremony at the city hall in Samut Prakan Province. His death on October 23, 1910 was a great loss to the entire nation as he was one ...

18. Thailand World Records
(Thailand Life/Thai Culture)

... as the whale shark! Officials from the Samut Prakan crocodile zoo pose next to Chai Yai, the world's largest captive crocodile, June 10, 2000, during celebrations ...

19. Introducing My Junior High School
(Thailand Life/1997-2001)

I go to Satree Secondary school. It is located in the centre of Samut Prakan province. The school now has about 3,323 students in six grades, namely Matayom Suksa 1 to Matayom Suksa 6 (grade 7 - ...

20. Pictures of Me at My Primary School
(Thailand Life/1997-2001)

I go to Sriwittayapaknam Primary School in Samut Prakan. There are 1640 students in my school. We have 7 lessons in a day. My favourite subjects are Math, English, Computer and Music but I like English ...