Due to having almost nothing to do at work this trip offshore I finally got round to attempting to learn the Thai script. I think I have actually started to get to grasps with it 5 weeks after starting to go through these free online lessons:

Manee and Friends

They are based around a book that was used in Thai primary schools back in the 80's.

If anybody wants to learn to read and write Thai, I would recommend giving it a go.

It is part of this site which has got lots of other resources as well as 'Manee & friends': Learn Thai the Easy Way!

It has taken a couple of notebooks up, lots of repetition as I went through, reviewing previous lessons before moving on to the next, but has been well worth the effort in the end... I still have lots to do, like making the many tone rules sink in and need to stick at it with lots of practice time..

But 5 weeks ago I couldn't read signs like this which would help in a baht bus price argument:



Not used to other fonts though - can't make out the letters here:



This one would be useful to spot in amongst the floods:



Give it a go if you have the time... and it's free.