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10 Essential Thai Words and Phrases

1. mai bpen rai , mai mee bpunhaa The first phrase roughly translates to "it doesn't matter", the...

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Ban Chang, Thailand. Two students perform traditional dance to celebrate Loy Kratong. In their left hands they hold a lotus flower containing a candle.

As with many traditional festivals, the Thai festival of Loy Krathong, known as Yi Peng in the no...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Bangkok Air runs several daily flights between Bangkok and Siem Reap.

Discount Airlines of Asia

Dozens of low-cost airlines have been launched recently in Asia, transforming the continent's tra...

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Thai massage at Wat Po, Bangkok, Thailand.

Thai Massage Missionary

At the Wat Po School of Traditional Medicine and Massage, students learn a discipline which dates...

Thailand Jim Algie

Go to the movies with Celeste...

Celeste Goes to the Movies

Film Reviews by Celeste Heiter

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Shanghai Old Street, Shanghai, China.

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In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering ...

China / India / Indonesia Kenneth Champeon

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Bangkok Nightlife: Some Do's And Dont's

9 pm, Bangkok time. You have just landed at Bangkok International airport. You have only three ni...

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Smiling Thai guide welcome visitors to the Jim Thompson home in Bangkok

He Went For A Walk in the Jungle

There is an air of mystery about the Jim Thompson home in Bangkok.

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Thai Girl by Andrew Hicks

Thai Girls and All That

Review of "Thai Girl" by Andrew Hicks.

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The Klongs of Bangkok

Canal life has long been a part of Thai culture. The Europeans used to call Bangkok "Venice of th...

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The Curious Case of Jim Thompson, Thai Silk King

On Easter Day, 1967, American businessman and founder of the modern Thai silk industry James H.W....

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Thai Poet Sunthorn Phu

Thailand's Shakespeare? Sunthorn Phu

Oh, how everything was against me then. Even termites made their way to my bedroom. They ate the ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of the Hindu creation god Brahma, at Erawan Shrine

Bedazzled by Bangkok (1)

Bangkok, Asia's night entertainment capital...

Thailand Ariel Noble

This fruit seller had a business on her boat

The Venice of Asia

I could have been in Venice. Bangkok is a city of canals and waterways.

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A couple in Chinatown, dressed in the height of fashion

Guns, Hookers and Durian: Bangkok Chinatown

Guns, Hookers and Durian: The first of a trilogy concerning Asian Chinatowns.

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What is a Farang?

Sometimes you can learn most about a people by studying how it views other peoples. In Thailand, ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Thai Massage: It Hurts So Good

It was a defining moment. A sign outside a YMCA in the US read: Massage. $40/hour. Grimacing, I t...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Thailand's new opium museum casts light on dark history

Chiang Saen, Thailand, Aug 13, 2003 - Nestled in the heart of Southeast Asia's infamous Golden Tr...

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Charles Baker's Drunken Oriental Junket

An NPR interviewer once asked writer David Sedaris why he had left New York and moved to Paris. H...

Indonesia / Thailand / Japan Kenneth Champeon

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