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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

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

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

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

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Disillusioned Western men seek to Thai the knot

Mail-order brides meet the Internet in Thailand.

Thailand AFP/Shino Yuasa

Wai From Boy in Lanna Dress

Thailand's Dance of Greeting: The Wai

One of the most charming, yet frustrating aspects of Thai culture is the wai , the gesture of gre...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Yaa baa, the drug driving Thais crazy

BANGKOK, March 30, 2003 - From the clandestine laboratories of Myanmar to the pockets of several ...

Thailand AFP/Pascale Trouillaud

Khao Nam Khang -- Communist Hideout in South Thailand

Many people are aware of the network of tunnels in Vietnam used by the Viet Cong fighters during ...

Thailand Heng Wah

A model presents an outfit designed by Thai designer Medium-Rare as she walks the ramp at the Bangkok Fashion Week 2005, at Queens Sirikit Conventional Center in Bangkok.

* * * BANGKOK, Aug 17, 2005 - Thai fashion is more than just cheap silk and brand-name imitations...

Thailand AFP/Paris Lord

People who come to Pai end up loving Pai.

Of Coffee and Spokes in Pai…

My cycling buddy visits Pai religiously every year since 2001. "What so great about this small to...

Thailand Lee Alvin

A Thai design student works on a creation during her fashion course at the Wat Dammamongkol temple in Bangkok.

Bangkok's Fashion School

Bangkok, March 28, 2004 - Thailand's quest to become the fashion hub of Asia has found a champion...

Thailand AFP/Jack Barton

Cabbages & Condoms: The Rubber Contraceptive Comes Out Of The Closet

There is no dearth of restaurants in Bangkok, which survive on gimmicks. The Royal Dragon, for ex...

Thailand Nabanita Dutt

These Krathongs are released on the nearest body of water in a yearly offering to the Goddess of the water. Loy Krathong festival, Thailand.

Festivals of Thailand

Not many countries can match Thailand in the sheer number and variety of its traditional festival...

Thailand Ee Lin Wan

HYUT BPLOO-UK! (STOP TERMITES!)

Man the Tubs! Termites Invade Thailand!

In the course of a correspondence with the headmaster of the school ultimately responsible for br...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Songkhla: Hidden Tunnels and Green Adventures

Songkhla has always remained a black hole for travelers -- overshadowed by Hat Yai in the south a...

Thailand Ee Lin Wan

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Film Review: The Bridge on the River Kwai

Based on the novel Le Pont de la Rivière Kwaï by Pierre Boulle, The Bridge on the River Kwai de...

Thailand / Myanmar / Japan Celeste Heiter

Me ontop of the Thai-styled Pavilion with the French Garden in the distance

Nong Nooch Tropical Garden

There is a difference between day and night. Lots of tourists during the day, not even a soul at...

Thailand victor wong

Sunset from Gung Café, Kata Beach, Phuket, Thailand.

Phuket in August! It's monsoon season! Why go all that way for rain? When learning that we were r...

Thailand Robert Tompkins

Sunset, Chiang Rai, Thailand.

The Peaks and Pitfalls of Eco-tourism in Thailand

Eco-tourism is the fastest growing sector of the tourism market in the world. The author examines...

Thailand Jim Algie

A Thai chef shows an orchid salad made with flowers at a restaurant at the Rose Garden resort in Nakhon Pathom province.

Thai flower power takes on fried insects

NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand, Jan 8, 2003 - Thailand is known for its street stalls which sell fried s...

Thailand AFP/Amal Jayasinghe

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