Additional Links & Resources
More insights into Thailand and Thai culture
Paknam Web and Thailand Q&A are Richard Barrow’s very comprehensive websites (and forum) about Thai people and culture, as well things to do and places to see.
Teak Door is a great forum about anything to do with Thailand.
Pattaya Addicts gives a great insight into life in Pattaya as well as into Thai life in general
News
Bangkok Post or The Nation are the national English-language newspapers.
Compass is a bilingual Chiang Mai newspaper.
Art, Music, Sport
Subscribe to Jack Gitting’s Bangkok Art & Music Newsletter to keep up to do date with cultural happenings in Bangkok
Chiang Mai City Life is a newspaper that has a lot of information about what’s on in Chiang Mai and some local news.
Reference
ANZWG Bangkok Guide – a comprehensive and invaluable directory for expats living in Bangkok – order from Asia Books or DCO (1,000 baht). It’s revised every two years. The next edition should be available towards the end of this year (2018).
Chiang Mai Directory – business listings, street maps and a resource of information for the Chiang Mai area – can be purchased from the publisher direct (200 baht). It’s already 2 years out of date – and of course shops and businesses are opening and closing all the time, but it’s still an invaluable starting point for settling in Chiang Mai.