Promoting Thai life and culture to the world. http://www.richardbarrow.com Mon, 12 May 2008 17:58:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.richardbarrow.com/thai-culture/thai-dance.html At school school today we had a special ceremony to mark the birthday of her Majesty the Queen. Tomorrow is a public holiday so most schools and institutions had their ceremony this morning. The pictures I want to share with you today are some classic examples of Thai dancing. Notice how graceful and elegant they are. No sudden movements at all. In these three photos, you will probably notice the hands which serve such an important part in Thai dancing. Can you bend your hands back that far? I can't. A lot of the students can do that, even the boys. Blogs - Thai Culture Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:20:36 +0100 http://www.richardbarrow.com/thai-food/thai-fruit-02.html Last weekend, I was in Chantaburi which is famous for its large variety of tropical fruit. When we were driving down the road, we saw many pick-up trucks piled high with fresh fruit. We also passed many orchards growing fruit such as rambutans (see above) durians and pineapples. We are now moving into a new fruit season so I thought I would take some pictures of fruit that I didn't manage last time. Durian: too-rian ทุเรียน Zalacca (sweet variety): sa-la สละ Dragon Fruit: gao-mung-korn แก้วมังกร Rambutan: ngoh เงาะ Sugar Apple: noi naa น้อยหน่า Santol: gra-torn กระท้อน You know, the best thing about these markets stalls along the side of the road is that they are very keen for you to try the fruit for yourself. No pressure to buy. Though I did end up with quite a few kilos of fruit! My favourite amongst the above is still rambutan. It is about golf ball size and has a white/opaque colour. The taste is similiar to lychee. I still have more photos of Thai fruit to collect . I will write more about the individual fruits at a later time. Related blogs: Thai Fruit 01 (http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php?p=320 more=1 c=1 tb=1 pb=1) Blogs - Thai Food Thu, 19 May 2005 22:23:55 +0100