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Cool Heart, Never Mind, Enjoy Chiang Mai!

Sometimes it’s the fact that nothing happens that’s so amazing and we’re simply...

Thailand Dan Brook

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

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Flowers with a Kick

Sometime over the past two days, the hills had blossomed with flowers. Now while I'm not usually...

Thailand Elizabeth Briel

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Choosing a Quality Language Program

Opportunities for overseas and exchange programs abound, but to find quality instruction, you'll ...

Thailand / Vietnam / Myanmar Dawn Stanton

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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Masked Insanity

Halloween comes early to the northeastern Thailand province of Loei. Or so it would appear. It's ...

Thailand Donald Gilliland

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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

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Thai wine, anyone?

Which wine goes with Thai food? Thai wine of course. "No other wines match Thai food. Thai wines...

Thailand AFP/Nareerat Wiriyapong

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Koh Chang--Monkeys, Biking, & the Dukes of Hazard

So we're driving around Koh Chang, an island Eastern paradise in Thailand, trying to find our hot...

Thailand Tara Russell

Fresh Fish from the Phuket Market. Phuket, Thailand.

Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da

Translated from Danish by Andrew Huddleston [Read the Danish version] That good old Beatles song ...

Thailand Bjarne Madsen

An old British building now is part of a restaurant

Explore the royal abodes

Chiang Mai is a city with over 710 years of documented history. This delightful northern city boa...

Thailand Gomase Theenanon

crossing the border from Thailand to Cambodia

on Crossing the Border from Thailand to Cambodia

For the fourth time that day we allowed ourselves to be put in the hands of a complete stranger w...

Thailand / Cambodia Jack VanNoord

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Southeast Asia gears up for palm oil boom

Governments and companies have been scrambling to cash in since palm oil prices jumped last year ...

Thailand / Indonesia / Malaysia AFP/Samantha Brown

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

Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino

Film Review: Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood delivers yet another flinty performance, this time as Walt Kowalski, an ornery, re...

Thailand / Vietnam / Laos Celeste Heiter

Bangkok Blondes, by The Bangkok Women's Writers Group.

Bangkok Blondes

Bangkok Blondes, by The Bangkok Women's Writers Group.

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The antique house

Chiang Mai date for antique lovers

"The histories and cultures of the people of the Northern Kingdom and Burma have been linked for ...

Thailand Gomase Theenanon

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

Muay Thai or Thai Boxing

Muay Thai or Thai Boxing

The art of Muay Thai has been the country's most popular spectator sport for hundreds of years.. ...

Thailand Randy Gaudet

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