International Travel Guides

Muay Thai, the Sport of Kings

The people of Thailand are as interested in their national sport, the art of Muay Thai, as people from the USA are about Baseball, or people from the UK are about football. Just because it involves fighting, don’t dismiss it as a blood sport. Muay Thai is an ancient martial art, possibly one of the first, and has a noble past.

Evidence suggesting the age of Muay Thai is over 2000 years old, it has been practiced by the countries great kings and was once used as a art of defense from foreign attackers. The people of Thai are that passionate about the sport that before the 1920’s it was mandatory to learn the martial art in school.

One Night in Bangkok

Bangkok is quickly becoming Asia’s capital of modern entertainment, with brilliant live music, hip bars, dancing venues, great restaurants, and groovy jazz and blues clubs. The nightlife in Thailand, especially Bangkok, can cater for every traveler, ranging from a simple few beers, too energy pumping dancing inside nightclubs.

there are a a large number of Irish and British style pubs due to the a steady expat in the population, filled with a number of traditional British and Irish activities. The recent migration of the Japanese have also made karaoke bars popular around Bangkok. the rich society of Thailand will often be found all around in hotel bars and A-list nightclubs. if traveling in groups, it is a custom to all share a bottle of whiskey, payed for by each of the group of friends.

Eat Like a Local

In the past Thai’s borders have included areas of Myanmar (Burma), Laos and Malaysia and all of the different cultures of the population, the Indians, Mon and Khmer, Chinese, Indonesians Europeans Persians and the people of Thailand have all added recipes to the fantastic array of diverse food.

Thai’s cuisine can be broken down into four styles, dependent on where you are eating, Southern, Northern, north-eastern, and central. In Bangkok you can find all four of the food styles. Bangkok itself would be considered the central area of food, eating dishes that would be familiar to travelers such as shrimp or coconut soups, with dishes featuring rice and red and green chillies. this central cuisine was originated from the royals, where coconut was used and sweeter foods where developed.

Bangkok Travel Guide

Bangkok is the largest city in Thai, and also the most enthralling, hosting the Thailand most beautiful temples and shrines. Waiting till sundown near Wat Arun on the lake is an unforgettable experience, and even if you have no knowledge of history, the grand palace can’t not delight. Bangkok’s energy is incredible, even though the nighttime, when the traffic allows you through, and the legendary stalls start tradings, and the entire city lights up with an glow of energy and wonder.

When to Go on holiday to Bangkok

There is no place for prejudices if you the packaging for a visit in the Iran.

“Axis of despair”? Most visitors, after coming to this friendliest of countries, would not agree. For those looking for culture, Iran’s magnificent ruins of antique cities, glorious mosques and mausoleums, There are so many brilliant museums to visit you are bound to be run off your feet.

The adventurers enjoy can Trekking, bargain skiing, or some cliff climbing. Traveling with a deep necessity for a couple of beer and / or a place of feminist discourse, may wish to book another travel destination, but Iran has a quality amount on offer.

Morocco

Morocco is an exciting, unique and friendly country which offers host to a multitude of unforgettable holidays, beach side towns offering warm long days on beautiful shores, long lost cities with a large and varied history, and a varied landscape to explore, ranging from hard deserts, leading to woodland. Whether you want a romantic honeymoon break, escape from a grey city, or just a break from a monotony of life, Morocco has it all.

A Moroccan Guide

Reading an old Time report (in a waiting room, they need to update their reading material!) that Mexican drug traffickers are using American national parks and forests for marijuana plantations. Reading the piece shed light on a mystery that has intrigued me since 1994.

On November 2 of that year, my wife, Cathy, and I drove from Montgomery, Alabama to the Sipsey Wilderness, a part of Bankhead National Forest in northwestern Alabama. Sipsey being large (25,000 plus acres), in the middle of nowhere, and it being a Wednesday, we didn’t expect to see anyone.