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Resurgence of Thai massage brings employment for the blind

Thanks to its many health benefits, Thai massage is enjoying a resurgence in the country of its c...

Thailand AFP/Samantha Brown

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India's Andaman Islands

Port Blair, India, March 28, 2004 - India's remote and spectacular Andaman islands, unexploited j...

Thailand / India AFP/Michael Mathes

The wetter the better: Thailand's Songkran festival

Imagine this scene: scads of Clampett-like hillbilly families crammed into the back of pickup tru...

Thailand Donald Gilliland

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

Volunthai Teaching

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

Thailand Jim Algie

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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

Brahma Spirit House, Ban Chang, Thailand.

From where I am sitting, I can just see a spirit house off in the distance. This is comforting, f...

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

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In Thailand, British monk brings Buddhism to Westerners

Thailand, a world center of Theravada Buddhism, is home to more than 300,000 monks. A tiny handfu...

Thailand AFP/Michael Mathes

Mythical creature stands guard at the Royal Palace, Bangkok

Arteries of Bangkok

Yes, even Bangkok has a heart, feeding the city's congested arteries. It can be found between the...

Thailand Philip Game

This close-up of a painting hanging in a Chiang Mai cafe depicts the Song Kran 'water-war' festival as it was conducted long ago. In the bottom left hand corner, two Thais give each other a good dousing.

Flowers, Floats, and Fun: The Festivals of Thailand

In medieval Europe, almost half the year was taken up by festivals or holidays of some kind. As E...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

A World of Its Own

Was that gleaming green and beige train, that symbol of romance, mystery and luxury, deliberately...

Malaysia / Singapore / Thailand Samantha Brown

The Not-J.D. Salinger of Siam: S. P. Somtow's Jasmine Nights

Elsewhere I have mentioned the irritating habit of reviewers to compare second-rate authors to Th...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Thailand Untamed: E.W. Hutchinson's 1688 Revolution in Siam

In modern times, the Thais have enjoyed more peace, prosperity, and personal freedom than any oth...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

The singh, or lion-dragon, typically appears sitting at entrances to a wat, including Bangkok's Wat Phra Keo. Harmless to humans, the singh inhabits the mythical forest Himaphan, a place of never-ending rice.

The Thai Wat: An Architectural Tour

A story told with photos.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

facing massage and away

Some photos, specifically of faces (human, feline & otherwise) taken in Bangkok on the last weeke...

Thailand Joshua Samuel Brown

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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

A boy beats on a drum while his father plays a Thai saw.

Bangkok's Tuneful Streets

You won't notice it right away. If you are like most pedestrians in Bangkok, you're more concerne...

Thailand Donald Gilliland

Khru Lek

Martial Artistry

The half-forgotten art of Muay Chaiya is bouncing back off the ropes, writes Jim Algie.

Thailand Jim Algie

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

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