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Colin Cotterill (born 2 October 1952) is a London-born teacher, author, comic book writer and cartoonist.Cotterill has dual British and Australian citizenship.He lives in Thailand, where he writes the award-winning Dr Siri Paiboun mystery series set in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and the Jimm Juree crime novels set in southern Thailand.
Thailand is home to 51 living indigenous languages and 24 living non-indigenous languages, [1] with the majority of people speaking languages of the Southwestern Tai family, and the national language being Central Thai. Lao is spoken along the borders with the Lao PDR, Karen languages are spoken along the border with Myanmar, Khmer is spoken ...
A Lao speaker. Lao (Lao: ພາສາລາວ, [pʰáː sǎː láːw] ), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language. Spoken by over 3 million people in Laos and 3.2 million in all countries, it ...
The Lao Loum ( Lao: ລາວລຸ່ມ; Thai: ลาวลุ่ม, RTGS : Lao Lum, pronounced [lāːw lûm]) is an official Lao People's Democratic Republic designation for lowland dwelling Tai peoples, including the majority Lao people. The Lao Loum, literally meaning 'lowland Lao', are the inhabitants of the river valleys and lowlands ...
A Thai passport. Visa requirements for Thai citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed on citizens of Thailand by the authorities of other states.. As of 2024, Thai citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 82 countries and territories, ranking the Thai passport 65th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.
Naga fireballs ( Thai: บั้งไฟพญานาค; RTGS : bang fai phaya nak ), also known as bung fai phaya nak or "Mekong lights" and formerly "ghost lights", [1] are a phenomenon said to be seen annually on the Mekong River. Glowing balls are alleged to naturally rise from the water high into the air. [2] The balls are said to be ...
Population distribution and indigenous status. An Akha girl in Laos. Akha live in villages in the mountains of southwest China, eastern Myanmar, western Laos, northwestern Vietnam, and northern Thailand. In all these countries they are an ethnic minority. The population of the Akha today is roughly 400,000.
The Lua people ( IPA: [luaʔ]) are a minority ethnic group native to Laos, although there is now a sizable community living in Thailand. Lua' is their preferred autonym (self-designation), while their Lao neighbours tend to call them Thin, T'in or Htin ( Lao: ຖິ່ນ, Lao pronunciation: [tʰin] ). Another term for this group is Lawa [3 ...