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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

The Skytrain, Bangkok, Thailand.

Boats & Trains & Wacky things: Bangkok's traffic jam alternatives

The first thing that most newcomers to Bangkok notice about the city - other than the poor qualit...

Thailand Donald Gilliland

Hualampong Station, Bangkok.

Not The Orient Express

Be waited on, hand and foot, as rice paddies, rubber plantations and rainforests glide past your ...

Thailand Philip Game

Clean Food, Good Taste, Talking Plate

Pror Wah I Think That It Sa-nook Kwah, Na?: A Thaiglish Treatise

Thaiglish is the putative name for the hybrid language evolving from interactions between Thais a...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Flower blossom bath at the Royal Garden Resort.

Spas In Thailand

Along with the almost overpowering appearance of Thai foot massage centers all over Bangkok, the ...

Thailand Tom Aikins

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The Bettering of Bangkok

Think of Bangkok and you'll probably think of sex tourism: the neon of Nana Plaza, the pingpong s...

Thailand Samantha Brown

A Thai man walks past a VCD movie stall at a market in Bangkok.

Thailand's war on piracy

Chiang Mai, Thailand, May 5, 2003 - Flushed with the self-proclaimed success of its drugs war, Th...

Thailand AFP/Sonmo Wai

Riding the Eastern & Oriental Express

September 1993 found my partner Lisa Spivey and I in Singapore, after a long business trip in Vie...

Malaysia / Singapore / Thailand Albert Wen

Prometheus Unbound: An Interview with Artist Ian Douglas

It's a long way from the boughs of the Sherwood Forest to the mango groves of suburban Bangkok, a...

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Almost A Local, Underwear, and Thai Process

You know you're almost a local when you find bugs in your food, nonchalantly remove them, and con...

Thailand Tara Russell

Alternative Destinations in Thailand

Vacation time has taken on a budget-style face over the past 10 years as the world has tightened ...

Thailand Tom Aikins

Behind the Painting, Behind the Smile

A review of Thai author Siburapha's novel Behind the Painting. This volume brings together Sib...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Recipe: Thot Man Pla - Fried Fish Patties

Serves about 4 1 pound fish fillet, cut into pieces 2 eggs, beaten 4 tablespoons finely chopped g...

Thailand Habeeb Salloum

The Grand Palace with its Temple of The Golden Buddha - Bangkok's Top Tourist Attraction

Driving through Bangkok's mind-boggling traffic with its pollution and noise, one would not dream...

Thailand Habeeb Salloum

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In Thailand, a punk pathologist transforms police work by introducing forensics to criminal inves...

Thailand AFP/Shino Yuasa

A Man of Principle

In an early volley of the foolish war called political correctness, George Orwell once complained...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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The Agony of the Libertines: Thailand's The Story of Jan Darra

I have shown myself as I was; contemptible and vile when I was so....I have unveiled my interior ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Voice in the Wilderness: Karen Schur's Like the Gaze of Statues

[Asian Communications Co., Bangkok, 2000. ISBN 974-410-151-2] Thailand does not rank among the co...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Phra Phut Tha Sihing

Buddhism Thai Style

To consider yourself part of an organized, well-established religion, you need not know much, or ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Bangkok's Skytrain: On the Right Track

If you want to move around Bangkok quickly and comfortably, forget the busses. You'll just get st...

Thailand Steven K. Bailey

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