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Thai Buddhist Monks

The Colorful Process to Monkhood

Experience some aspects of monk life...

Thailand Exotissimo

Traditional dancer, Ban Nong Hoi Yai village

Isaan: Gateway To The New Indochina

To the strains of the ancient khaeng pipes, the villagers file past us, all armed with cotton cor...

Thailand Graham Simmons

Bangkok skyline

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill in Bangkok

Bangkok. Once it was a dreamy, Asian city laced with tree-lined canals. Today, it's a modern metr...

Thailand Robert Strauss

This sign for a Chiang Mai restaurant shows the word 'coca' transliterated into Thai. The four characters are, from left to right, o-k-k-ah; but, because of Thai's placement of vowels, it is read 'kokah.' Transliterations are common for loan words; 'download', for example, is 'daonlot', with a mark over the 'n' to make it silent.

Learning the Thai Language

Westerners in Thailand take up the study of the country's language to a degree unprecedented in m...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Prasat Hin Phimai: How and Why?

Everything you would want to know about Prasat Hin Phimai. This stunning Issan landmark, located ...

Thailand Toy Tuanphimai

Muay Thai: The "Invincible" Martial Art of Thailand

The village of Chang Khien, hard by the old city of Chiang Mai, is home to the Lanna Muay Thai tr...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

The Overture

Film Review: The Overture

Inspired by the life of one of Thailand's most revered musicians, The Overture tells the story of...

Thailand Celeste Heiter

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

Lotus Flowers. Sukhothai, Thailand.

No Self = Self-Help: The Dhammapada

An essay on the Buddhist scripture Dhammapada.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

fun time by swimming pool

Just another day in paradise

This timethe Andaman Sea is aquamarine blue that makes the sky looks pale, cool breezewas gently ...

Thailand Gomase Theenanon

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Detox in Thailand

Clay shakes and colon flushes at Thai detox resort on Koh Phangan...

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A float in the Yasothon parade, Yasothon, Thailand.

Yasothon's Big Bang

It's a centuries-old festival practised right across Isaan . It's dangerous, it's breathtaking an...

Thailand Samantha Brown

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The Illustrated Men

What do Hell's Angels, Green Berets, and Popeye have in common? Until a few years ago, they were ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Volunthai Teaching

Volunthai is a program sponsored by a university in North Carolina that sends young travellers to...

Thailand Jim Algie

Bophut Beach. Samui, Thailand.

Surprisingly to some, Samui has a high season in July and August. This precedes the September/Oct...

Thailand Tom Aikins

Mountain sunset, Khao Yai, Thailand.

Thailand is fortunate in that the last quarter of the 20th century saw it ascend to become one of...

Thailand Tom Aikins

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Thai Means Free

A review of a book about the Free Thai, the anti-Japanese resistance movement during WWII.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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The Four Reigns of Kukrit Pramoj

Review of Four Reigns (Book One) [Editions Duang Kamol, Bangkok, 1981]. The complete Four Reigns ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Beach Chairs, Ko Samet, Thailand.

Thaisland Miscellany 2: Ko Samet

Well before reaching Ko Samet, we are caught in its commercial tractor beam. A man on a motorcycl...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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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