Showing posts with the label Thailand

The Magnificent Buddhist Temple of Wat Phra Dhammakaya

Jan 4, 2014

Wat Phra Dhammakaya is a Buddhist temple of humongous size in Khlong Luang District, 16 kilometers north of Bangkok International Airport in...

Wat Rong Khun: A Buddhist Temple Inspired by Sci-Fi Movies

Feb 18, 2013

Wat Rong Khun, more well-known among foreigners as the White Temple, is an unconventional Buddhist temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Designed ...

Phraya Nakon Cave, Thailand

Jan 8, 2013

Nestled deep within Thailand’s Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park, almost 300 kilometres south of Bangkok, the Phraya Nakon Cave is one of the m...

Archipelago Cinema: Thailand’s Floating Movie Theater

Apr 6, 2012

German architect Ole Scheeren designed and installed a truly awe-inspiring floating movie theater for the inaugural edition of a new film f...

World's First Elephant Hospital in Thailand

Sep 2, 2011

Soraida Salwala opened the World’s First Asian Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand in 1993 to treat elephants that are ill or injured as ...

Songkran Festival: Thai New Year Celebration

Apr 28, 2011

The Hungarians aren’t the only ones dousing each other with water this April. The Thais are traditionally known to celebrate the Songkran f...