Can Farang Ever Be Thai?

[Singha Challenge]

Thailand’s funniest cross-cultural game show, the Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge, hits the road again this November and December in pursuit of the answer to the question: Can farang ever truly behave like Thais? Whether they can or not, the efforts are hilarious as tourists and travellers (and the occasional foolhardy expat) compete against each other to win the hearts and minds of the Thais in the audience and win travel-related incentives, by making fools of themselves.

“We’ve got a great show this year,” said the event emcee Worathep na Banglampu. “We had such fun last year and got a huge response from mates around the region who saw us on the telly that we’ve decided to tighten things up a little bit. We’ve added a few surprises to the game show and our guest artists are some of the best live bands in Thailand,” added Worathep.

This funky, live road show features music from Thai reggae allstars T-Bone, MTV darlings Futon, Tonic Rays (Joe Cummings of Lonely Planet fame), Thai indie godfathers DayTripper, Blues with balls - … er hum Cannonball and Soul with spunk from Diamond Jack Remixed.

The Singha Taste of Thailand Challenge will kick off in Bangkok with a big show outside the Buddy Lodge on Khaosan Road on November 16 before heading north to Chiang Mai (Nov 24), Pai (Nov 26), south to Samui (Nov 30) and finishing up at the Hard Rock Cafe in Pattaya (Dec 3).

In addition the event will be covered via the Internet byso visit the site for more details…

Hope it is OK to post this here – thought it might be of interest to you…

http://www.singhachallenge.com

[george]

Great event! Good luck all.

[kayo]

anyone know about this?

Sounds quite cheesy to me.

Joe Cummings is an attraction now...

I'd run a mile. And I used to run a resort and all.

[The Dan Sai Kid]

anyone know about this?

Sounds quite cheesy to me.

Joe Cummings is an attraction now...

I'd run a mile. And I used to run a resort and all.

I agree. Call me Mr Cynical but it just sounds like an opportunity for farang to look stupid for the amusement of Thais...