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Flowers with a Kick

Sometime over the past two days, the hills had blossomed with flowers. Now while I'm not usually...

Thailand Elizabeth Briel

Classical Thai dance can accompany piphat music.

Thai Classical Music For Your Ears

Thai classical music. Traditional Thai instruments ...

Thailand Apiradee Boonkwang

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And Now the News from Nowhere

I have seen fishermen picnicking in the sun, I have seen them with untidy families I have seen th...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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A Critical Look Back at The Beach

In recent times, Alex Garland's book The Beach , and the movie inspired by it, have probably draw...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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The Damage Done, The Memoir Written, The Royalties Made.

A review of the popular book The Damage Done by Warren Fellows, an Australian imprisoned in Thail...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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In Thailand, a punk pathologist transforms police work by introducing forensics to criminal inves...

Thailand AFP/Shino Yuasa

The Skytrain, Bangkok, Thailand.

Boats & Trains & Wacky things: Bangkok's traffic jam alternatives

The first thing that most newcomers to Bangkok notice about the city - other than the poor qualit...

Thailand Donald Gilliland

The June Bathra, Phuket, Thailand.

Don’t Miss the Boat

Thailand is known for its beaches. But while you are here, take advantage of the many boat trips ...

Thailand Tom Aikins

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Thai wine, anyone?

Which wine goes with Thai food? Thai wine of course. "No other wines match Thai food. Thai wines...

Thailand AFP/Nareerat Wiriyapong

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Choosing a Quality Language Program

Opportunities for overseas and exchange programs abound, but to find quality instruction, you'll ...

Thailand / Vietnam / Myanmar Dawn Stanton

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Tourism isn't Ecotourism in Asia

Southeast Asia, with an abundance of natural resources, has under-exploited the potential of ecot...

Thailand Christina Gosnell

Rattan balls used for sepak takraw

Acrobatic Kick Volleyball

Southeast Asia's sepak takraw game (rattan ball)

Thailand Exotissimo Travel

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A Skeptical Impressionist: Charles Buls and His Siamese Sketches

A review of Siamese Sketches , Charles Buls, trans. Walter E. J. Tips, [White Lotus, Bangkok, 199...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Hualampong Station, Bangkok.

Not The Orient Express

Be waited on, hand and foot, as rice paddies, rubber plantations and rainforests glide past your ...

Thailand Philip Game

Golden Buddha at Wat Traimit. Bangkok, Thailand.

Bangkok's 'other' Temples

First time visitors to Bangkok taking a tour of the city always flock to see famous sites such as...

Thailand Donald Gilliland

Bangkok Blondes, by The Bangkok Women's Writers Group.

Bangkok Blondes

Bangkok Blondes, by The Bangkok Women's Writers Group.

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Lamai Beach

Paradise Preserved: The Thai Isle of Ko Samui

I reached Lamai Beach in a driving rain that soaked me to the bone, and shortly thereafter I lost...

Thailand Steven K. Bailey

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Top players see big growth in Asian snooker . . .

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Buddha image in front of Wat Phra Prang at historical park

Jewel in the ruins

My last visit to Sukhothai was in 1992, a year before Thailand’s oldest city was listed a World...

Thailand Gomase Theenanon

Koh Lipe - Satun, Thailand

Get a Pristine Beach Escape at Koh Lipe, Thailand

Koh Lipe (pronounced Koh Lee Pae) is an island off the coast of Satun Province in Southern Thaila...

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