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In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering ...

Thailand / China / India Kenneth Champeon

The Gentleman in the Parlour - a travelogue of Maugham's 1923 trip through Burma, Siam, & Indochina

The Orient-ation of Somerset Maugham

Review of W. Somerset Maugham's The Gentleman in the Parlour, White Orchid Press, 1995.

Thailand / Vietnam / Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

Smiling Thai guide welcome visitors to the Jim Thompson home in Bangkok

He Went For A Walk in the Jungle

There is an air of mystery about the Jim Thompson home in Bangkok.

Thailand MaryLou Driedger

Saffron-robed monks of the Grand Palace, Bangkok

You want Ping Pong?

Our first experience of Bangkok

Thailand Jason Smart

Thai Girl by Andrew Hicks

Thai Girls and All That

Review of "Thai Girl" by Andrew Hicks.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

The Klongs of Bangkok

Canal life has long been a part of Thai culture. The Europeans used to call Bangkok "Venice of th...

Thailand Robert Tompkins

Night markets in Chiang Mai

Sex Tours de Force

The globalization of prostitution has many the same characteristics and reasons for being as the ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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The Curious Case of Jim Thompson, Thai Silk King

On Easter Day, 1967, American businessman and founder of the modern Thai silk industry James H.W....

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Chedi of Wat Yan, near Pattaya, Thailand.

Heaven on Earth: Buddha Mountain and Wat Yan

There are probably as many Buddha images in Thailand as there are people. As Thailand's populatio...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Joe Shakarchi and Jan Polatschek

To Thailand With Love: Authors and Friends

Meet the contributors to the new book, "To Thailand With Love."

Thailand Jan Polatschek

Thai Poet Sunthorn Phu

Thailand's Shakespeare? Sunthorn Phu

Oh, how everything was against me then. Even termites made their way to my bedroom. They ate the ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

All's well that ends well

Once Burned, Twice Sly

Some thing's not adding up here.

Thailand / China Jack VanNoord

Statue of Phra Phrom, the Thai representation of the Hindu creation god Brahma, at Erawan Shrine

Bedazzled by Bangkok (1)

Bangkok, Asia's night entertainment capital...

Thailand Ariel Noble

This fruit seller had a business on her boat

The Venice of Asia

I could have been in Venice. Bangkok is a city of canals and waterways.

Thailand MaryLou Driedger

A couple in Chinatown, dressed in the height of fashion

Guns, Hookers and Durian: Bangkok Chinatown

Guns, Hookers and Durian: The first of a trilogy concerning Asian Chinatowns.

Thailand Joshua Samuel Brown

The newlywed's wedding bed, in the home of the groom.

Water Dai Wedding in Xishuangbana

As is the Dai custom, a party has been sent out from the groom's village, consisting of the groom...

Thailand / Vietnam / Myanmar Joshua Samuel Brown

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What is a Farang?

Sometimes you can learn most about a people by studying how it views other peoples. In Thailand, ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Nonzee Nimibutr's Jan Dara

Film Review: Jan Dara

Jan Dara is a complex and deeply disturbing family drama set in 1920’s Bangkok, based upon the ...

Thailand Celeste Heiter

Thai Massage: It Hurts So Good

It was a defining moment. A sign outside a YMCA in the US read: Massage. $40/hour. Grimacing, I t...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Traditional Thai Houses

For about a year, near the walled city of Chiang Mai, I lived in a house on meter-high stilts. Th...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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