Thai Trash Can

Thai trash can

Well, it seems most of you knew that the object in the last post, Another Thailand Guessing Game, was indeed a Thai trash can. They are made of old tires and can be found all over Thailand.  As Andy from Changwat, Amphoe, Tambon pointed out, the norm in the cities have become the large western style trash cans. He knows a thing or two because he writes about administrative subdivisions of Thailand on his blog. Interesting read.

Stefan of Nam Noi was the first in with the right answer of a Thai trash can. Stefan runs a German language site dedicated to tips and information on Thailand.

Flisha was the next up with the right answer and she would know too as these trash cans can be found all over South East Asia.  Flisha lives in the Philipines and writes about  the Philipines and all manner of things on her blog Random Detoxificaton.Lots of cool information here.

Hoo Don  of Beyond the Mango Juice also knew the correct answer but he wasn’t giving it away. He is another of the Thailand blogging contingent that writes a lot of interesting things on living in the North East of Thailand as well as Thailand in general. Definitely a good read.

Treasure Nature got it right as well. Treasure writes an eco friendly blog about treasuring nature for our future. A very good read indeed.

Malcolm of Retired in Thailand and Loving it also go it right as did all the other Thai bloggers and people that live in SE Asia! This is my first time checking out Malcolm’s blog and it’s very good. I’ll be adding a link to Andy,  Malcolm’s and Stefan’s  blogs in the links section .

One thing is for sure, the next trip, which is rapidly approaching, I will be searching out some much harder questions and pictures to pose to everyone…

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5 Responses to Thai Trash Can
  1. Flisha
    January 18, 2009 | 12:25 am

    Those old tires really are useful. In the Philippines, they’re used to rebuild coral reefs, and the equivalent of white picket fences in some schools, haha.

    Thank you for the link love :)

    • Talen
      January 18, 2009 | 3:08 am

      If only America was this efficient with their cast offs. We fill landfills with them.

  2. Hoo Don
    January 18, 2009 | 4:13 am

    Malcolm can be found on My Thai Friend’s blogroll at Retired In Thailand and Loving It.

    Hoo Dons last blog post..Dog Tired

    • Talen
      January 18, 2009 | 4:48 am

      Thanks Hoo Don…all taken care of

  3. TN
    February 11, 2009 | 9:41 am

    I’ve also seen old tires made into huge water pots wit h the same shape as the trash bin. :)

    Thanks for the link love.

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