Come to Chokchai Farm in Nakhon Ratchasima province, 159km from Bangkok. A day trip will do. It is not one of the popular tourist attractions you find in the guide book, nor does it have anything to do with Thai traditional culture, but a nice and quiet place for a “close-up” of Thais in everyday interactions and observations of tourist/business management in modern Thailand.

At this dairy farm, you will have hands-on experience at the milking facility, the farming machineries, the petting zoo. You can stroll around the sunflowers fields, the dragon fruit plantation. Your highlight could very well be the cowboy show.  Yes, a cowboy show. Continue reading →