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

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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...

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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...

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More innocents abroad

I cannot remember why I found myself chatting with a Californian at a bar situated on one of Thai...

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Sunset over the Chao Phraya

Riverine Bangkok

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

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Zen and the Art of Motor-Sai Maintenance

Ever since I read Robert Pirsig's epochal novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (and re...

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Great Novel, Pity About the Subject

Review of John Burdett's Bangkok 8, Bantam Press, 2003.

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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 ...

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Smoking Poppies and Ignorant Boors

There is a seemingly growing trend in modern literature that I, a writer living abroad, feel obli...

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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...

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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...

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Two Novels, Two Thailands

Review of two Thai novels: The Circus of Life and The Path of the Tiger.

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There but For the Grace of God

Popular English books in Thailand tend to fall into three very dissimilar categories. The first i...

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Tilling the Rice Fields, Tilting At Windmills

A review of Minfong Ho's Rice Without Rain.

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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...

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Hot and Sour Soup with Shrimp

A Thai Taste Known Worldwide

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

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War and Peace in Thailand

* * * * * Review of David K. Wyatt's Thailand: A Short History , Silkworm Books, 1999. * * * * * ...

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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...

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A dramatic mountain-top backdrop and more than 300 temples may not be enough to stop Thailand's n...

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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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