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How (Not) To Win Friends and Influence People

Perhaps no other era in Thai history is recounted with such relish as the debacle of French-Siame...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

* * * * * " Gon. Nay, good, be patient. Boats. When the sea is." -- William Shakespeare, The Temp...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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A Failure of Fanaticism

Vanity is a powerful historical agent. - Dirk Van der Cruysse Every now and again, my Thai girlfr...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Songkran festival or Thai New Year in Chiang Mai Thailand

Songkran Festival or Thai New Year

Songkran, or the Thai New Year, is still the most important of all the Thai festivals and holidays.

Thailand Randy Gaudet

Rainy Days In Paradise...

I come from Scotland a country of wind and rain and hail and snow. A country where the briefest g...

Thailand Neil Campbell

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A to B by the South China Sea . . .

Walking is a fantastic way to get around normally and there's nothing better than a brisk stroll ...

Thailand Neil Campbell

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Apologia Pro Mea Loca, or Why I Live in Thailand

Every now and again, somebody asks me why I live in Thailand. Usually the questioner is well inte...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Sunset over the Chao Phraya

Riverine Bangkok

Thais call Bangkok Krung Thep, City of Angels"; the name dates from 1782, after the original capi...

Thailand Robert Tompkins

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Buddha's Revenge and a Hospital Slumber Party

Because Thai food is served family style about 95% of the time, typically if one person gets sick...

Thailand Tara Russell

Thais walk past rows of banners and signs advertising the Bangkok International Film Festival.

Thailand's quirky films take on the world

BANGKOK, Jan 15, 2003 - Ancient royal kingdoms, transvestite volleyball players and warrior water...

Thailand AFP/Samantha Brown

The Road Less Travelled

The driver of our longtail boat cut the engine, pointed at our backpacks and then at the building...

Thailand / Cambodia / Vietnam Danyael Halprin

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Letter from America

Sawatdee Khun Daeng! Well, I have been back in the Benighted States for a few months. There is mu...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Notes on Noodles

Fetching about for one thing that typifies actual daily life in Thailand, as opposed to the kind ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Chance encounters with Thailand

It's funny how your impression of a place can be so colored by being in transit to someplace else...

Thailand Ben Bangs

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Craving Some Hot Buttery Popcorn?

Catching a flick in Bangkok isn't hard to do. The theatres are plentiful and affordable (and ofte...

Thailand Tara Russell

A rainstorm in southern Thailand seen from behind the wheel.

I was first introduced to the melancholy charm of the monsoons by an Indian-American friend, who ...

Thailand / India Kenneth Champeon

Hot and Sour Soup with Shrimp

A Thai Taste Known Worldwide

Tom Yum Goong - the dish that embodies the flavor of Thai food...

Thailand Exotissimo Travel

When I think of Bangkok, I think of taxis and cement.

We're Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto: Bangkok

I hope I need not explain why I say that Bangkok is one of the most inauspiciously named cities o...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

The Thai national flag. Each color has a meaning with red representing nation, white being religion, and blue for king.

A Day Fit For A King

Chulalongkorn Day is celebrated on October 23rd to commemorate the passing of Thailand’s fifth ...

Thailand Apiradee Boonkwang

Northern Thailand is lush hill country. Chiang Mai, the largest city in the north, is the perfect base for exploring the northern hills. The nearby hills are home to six distinct hilltribes. The Akha, Karen, Lisu, Yao, Hmong and Lahu each have their own language and culture. These 540000 tribal people lead remote lives and are often considered outsiders among the Thai. Many of the villages have limited electricity and no indoor plumbing; homes are made of bamboo and thatched roofs. Most tribesmen depend on farming for their livelihood, and villages migrate between the steep hills of China, Thailand, Burma, Laos and Vietnam whenever the soil at their present location is depleted.

Hilltribes of Northern Thailand

A story told with photos.

Thailand Heng Wah

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