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River Kwai Bridge

The River Kwai Festival

Chulalongkorn Day sees the start of the spate of festivals that run through until the Songkhran p...

Thailand Tom Aikins

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Teaching English in Chiang Mai

Routes to an English teaching job in Chiang Mai, with contact information.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Wat Kow Tahm monastery

Silent Meditation on Koh Phanyan

The tiny shaven-headed nun stands, bows and leaves us. All 27 of us file silently out of the hall...

Thailand Julia Thompson

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Thailand's new opium museum casts light on dark history

Chiang Saen, Thailand, Aug 13, 2003 - Nestled in the heart of Southeast Asia's infamous Golden Tr...

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Pagong's exclusive kimono silk shirt with vintage flower design

Silk Buying in Asia

Buying silk in Kyoto, Yogyakarta, Kuching, Chiang Mai and Hanoi is fun.

Thailand / Vietnam / Indonesia victor wong

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

Antonio Graceffo (left) learns the Khmer martial art of Bokator under the watchful eyes of Master San Kim Saen in Phnom Penh.

Learning History and Culture Through Martial Arts

David Calleja talks with Antonio Graceffo, host of Martial Arts Odyssey, and leading Filipino kun...

Thailand / Vietnam / Myanmar David Calleja

Bamboos form the backdrop of the main chapel. This area with a solitary bench is one of my favourite places at Seven Fountains.

Silent Retreat at Seven Fountains

Chiang Mai is laid back, quiet and its people friendly. Along a busy (well, at least in Chiang Ma...

Thailand Diana Tan

Sawadee Kha !

A Floating Life.

Heaps of juicy fruit neatly piled on one side and rows of fresh flowers impeccably arranged on th...

Thailand Hansa Piparsania

in the village

on visiting a Kayan Lahwi Village

A part of me thinks it would be better to stay home.

Thailand / China Jack VanNoord

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Hard Traveling: Exploring Southern Laos by Tuktuk

Bangkok to Savannakhet for a visa run, with a visit to Huen Hin...

Thailand / Laos Janet Brown

The writer with the good doctor & son.

A visit with the Famous Doctor Ho

Doctor Ho is the most written about Chinese doctor in all the world. He is the most talked about...

Thailand / Vietnam / Myanmar Joshua Samuel Brown

Wall plaque, Room 3211, Indigo Pearl Resort.

Rivets and Silk, Tin and Teak

With its tin mine motif woven through a luxurious environment, the five-star Indigo Pearl Resort ...

Thailand Robert Tompkins

Pig Head Anyone?

Ode on a Thai Fresh Market (With Love and Squalor)

Every Thai municipality worth mentioning has a fresh market. In a way, the market defines the mun...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Hat Yai town at night

Hat Yai, Thailand

Located in the Southern Thai province of Songkla, some 947 kilometers from Bangkok and 50 kilomet...

Thailand Ee Lin Wan

Phang Nga Cave. Thailand.

Favorite Thai Diving Spots

Year round good diving conditions is but one of the reasons Thailand is a popular dive destinatio...

Thailand Tom Aikins

Traveling Solo in Thailand: A Guide for Solo Woman Travelers

Thailand is fast gaining popularity among budget travelers, and understandably so. With the Baht ...

Thailand Ee Lin Wan

Wat Na Phranen

Ayutthaya - Old Capital Of Thailand

Ruins are notoriously deceptive. Gazing at these towering pagodas - Ayutthaya's most visible and ...

Thailand Tom Cockrem

Brought from Sri Lanka, the main chedi in Wat Mahathat has a gold-covered tip measuring 8.294 inches high.

Nakhon Si Thammarat: A Glimpse Into Thailand's History...

Something "Different" My recent trip to Nakhon Si Thammarat in South Thailand is best described a...

Thailand Ee Lin Wan

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Charles Baker's Drunken Oriental Junket

An NPR interviewer once asked writer David Sedaris why he had left New York and moved to Paris. H...

Thailand / Indonesia / Japan Kenneth Champeon

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