Thai photos Archives - Matt Owens Rees

22.11.2024

Life in a Rural Thai Village

These photos of Life in a Rural Thai Village are published with the permission of Lode Engelen. Most of the descriptions are mine as the photos, on their own, don’t explain what the image is about. And, descriptions encourage readers to add their own comments and observations. That allows others to effectively join in the…

The Stone House in Tha Rae

Thailand in words and images The stone house in Tha Rae. By Lode DEC 23, 2023 A place of love, hope and faith! The governor of Sakon Nakhon, Thao-ngonkham, was the master of ceremonies on his sister’s wedding day. She married the Vice Governor. Together they had many children, including Miss Noona and the youngest of the boys, Khien. Noona…

The Thai Culture of “Never Mind”

Had a lazy day today and relaxed re-reading Hollinger’s Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind. I’m always astounded when I realise how her observations of Thais in the 1960s are still so relevant today. She put Thainess in a nutshell and was brave enough to question the sometimes-entrenched views her fellow compatriots held of Thai people and their culture.…