Jim Algie
Biographical Info:
Jim Algie is a freelance writer based in Bangkok on and off since the early 90s. His travel, crime, and entertainment stories have been published all across Asia. He has also contributed to The Time Out Guide to Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and the Islands (Penguin UK), To Asia with Love (Things Asian Press) and edited the book Flavours: Thai Contemporary Art. His short stories set in Thailand have been published in several American anthologies and picked up three prizes. Originally from Canada, he spent the 80s playing in a number of Canadian underground bands, touring the world, releasing three albums, and getting called "the Keith Richards of the bass guitar" by The Montreal Gazette.
Jim Algie's Recent Contributions
Into the Wild of Khao Yai National Park
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Jim spends a day in the wilds of Thailand's Khao Yai National Park...
Destinations:
Khao Yai National Park |
Thailand
Topics:
National Parks |
Sports
Fishing for Buddhism
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Fishing off the coast of Phuket, Thailand.
Destinations:
Phuket |
Thailand
Topics:
Sports
Rehab for Primates
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Jim visits the world's first Monkey Hospital, located in the Lopburi city zoo, 160km north of Bangkok, Thailand.
Destinations:
Thailand
Topics:
Animals |
Sports
Trek On The Wild Side
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Trekking in the foothills outside Pai, in Thailand's Mae Hong Son province.
Destinations:
Thailand
Topics:
Adventure |
Sports
Voluntours of Thailand
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Homestays in Thailand’s northeastern region of Isaan are becoming popular. Some of the sojourns are now billed as “voluntourism” because you take a “working holiday” at your own expense - harvesting rice, building houses, or silk weaving...
