Popular Tweets about Thailand in January 2016
The following are my most popular tweets about Thailand for January 2016. They are not necessarily the most retweeted, but they are the ones that got the most engagement on Twitter.
Thai advert says you can be a winner if you have white skin. This is the most racist advert I've ever seen #Thailand pic.twitter.com/oB9CZM3vrB
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 8, 2016
1. Advert clearly shows the madness in Thailand about having white skin. Sadly this won’t end with this outcry. It is a multi-million dollar business.
ตกใจที่สุวรรณภูมิ งูโผล่พันล้อรถเข็นกระเป๋า จนท.ไล่ตามจับวุ่น https://t.co/vmxFuKynJ0 pic.twitter.com/UMWQ7iFtEu
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 10, 2016
2. A snake was spotted in the wheels of a luggage cart at Suvarnahumi airport.
#Thailand – RT @KAO_VoiceTV21: I think this advert is the worst: "This seat is reserved for white people" pic.twitter.com/fO5YfJ4g5v
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 8, 2016
3. This sticker on a window in the skytrain in Bangkok surely tops the charts as the most racist advert.
Exclusive interview with the “Luk Thep” detained for drug smuggling https://t.co/TbVcgTu7YI #Thailand pic.twitter.com/n179ENPTMc
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 26, 2016
4. The so-called “luk thep” dolls with their lifelike features creeped out a lot of people. This was one of the biggest stories on social media during January.
Some spectacular night photos of #Bangkok มองเห็น "กรุงเทพมหานคร" [กอล์ฟมาเยือน] https://t.co/OvsZJwzHLo pic.twitter.com/e2C1VqWRhS
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 2, 2016
5. Some great aerial photos of Bangkok taken at night by กอล์ฟมาเยือน.
On 2nd January 1945, a B-24 bomber partly damaged Rama VI bridge #Bangkok. Video footage: https://t.co/aFVP8nTFpa
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 2, 2016
6. Old video footage showing results of a bombing raid over Bangkok in 1945.
แลนด์มาร์คใหม่ ! ภูชี้ดาว จ.เชียงราย ยอดชมวิวสูง ไม่ไปถือว่าพลาด https://t.co/9YeIcU2UFW #Thailand pic.twitter.com/UF1MvdAjRP
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 12, 2016
7. Photos of a new landmark not to be missed in Chiang Rai, Northern Thailand.
Lonely Planet has just released a free guidebook app for #Bangkok & other cities https://t.co/89p00xxBs4 pic.twitter.com/nzb7MsS1lD
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 29, 2016
8. During January, Lonely Planet released a free smartphone app that included a city guide for Bangkok.
The story of the dog that waited for its master by the side of the road for 7 months [Bangkok Post] #Thailand pic.twitter.com/Tb26POd5Ct
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 19, 2016
9. A sad story with a happy ending of a dog that waited for his master by the side of the road for seven months. They were eventually reunited.
Bangkok Post photo: A giant seated 84m high Buddha is being carved out of the cliff face in Suphanburi #Thailand pic.twitter.com/epzA6Q1kiX
— Richard Barrow (@RichardBarrow) January 31, 2016
10. A giant seated buddha is being carved out of rock in Suphanburi. This will be bigger than the one in Leshan in China.
Thanks to everyone who engaged with my tweets during January. I got 16,600 retweets, 8,400 likes and 1,200 replies. The majority of my tweets are about Thailand, where I have lived for twenty two years. I tweet the good, the bad and the ugly about the country, but as many people have noted, I mainly only see the good. Please don’t blame me for that. I don’t get paid to tweet, nor do I accept payment for tweets. If I like it, I will tweet it. If you have an upcoming event or have opened a new attraction that might be of interest, then please let me know. See you on Twitter at @RichardBarrow.
