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Basic Training for Tourists

Where else in the world can a tourist be a soldier for a day or two, shoot off an M-16, jump from...

Thailand Jim Algie

A stall with a variety of Thai dessert at MBK food court.

A Foodie Experience in Bangkok!

In Bangkok, you do not need to look hard to find good food. After a month long diet prior to my t...

Thailand Audrey Lim

Hat Rin Beach, Koh Phangan, Thailand

Neil's Guide To Full Moon Parties...

We all need to let go every now and then and whether you've spent the last two months on a mounta...

Thailand Neil Campbell

A Royal Welcome. A row of fountains, 200 feet long, lead you to the reception area of the Samode Bagh.

Unwinding... à la Samode

Choosing a holiday destination is never easy but the grandeur of Samode,that awaited us, came as ...

Thailand / India Hansa Piparsania

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Resurgence of Thai massage brings employment for the blind

Thanks to its many health benefits, Thai massage is enjoying a resurgence in the country of its c...

Thailand AFP/Samantha Brown

Thailand on a Budget

The Challenge: traveling from Kuala Lumpur to South-eastern Thailand for a week's holiday, having...

Thailand Heng Wah

Traditional dancer, Ban Nong Hoi Yai village

Isaan: Gateway To The New Indochina

To the strains of the ancient khaeng pipes, the villagers file past us, all armed with cotton cor...

Thailand Graham Simmons

Surin Elephant Roundups

It's Round-up time again and the ever increasing popularity of Surin's elephant extravaganza take...

Thailand Tom Aikins

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SEA-worthy: Some Recent Southeast Asian Literature

When one thinks of famous Southeast Asian writers, one thinks of...nobody. Nada. Not exactly true...

Thailand / Vietnam / Myanmar Kenneth Champeon

Durians at the Krabi night market in Thailand

Learning from Durian

Developing a taste for this Asian delicacy brings to mind philosophies to more fully appreciate y...

Thailand / Vietnam Adam Bray

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The Illustrated Men

What do Hell's Angels, Green Berets, and Popeye have in common? Until a few years ago, they were ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Volunthai Teaching

Volunthai is a program sponsored by a university in North Carolina that sends young travellers to...

Thailand Jim Algie

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Detox in Thailand

Clay shakes and colon flushes at Thai detox resort on Koh Phangan...

Thailand AFP/Allison Jackson

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India's Andaman Islands

Port Blair, India, March 28, 2004 - India's remote and spectacular Andaman islands, unexploited j...

Thailand / India AFP/Michael Mathes

This sign for a Chiang Mai restaurant shows the word 'coca' transliterated into Thai. The four characters are, from left to right, o-k-k-ah; but, because of Thai's placement of vowels, it is read 'kokah.' Transliterations are common for loan words; 'download', for example, is 'daonlot', with a mark over the 'n' to make it silent.

Learning the Thai Language

Westerners in Thailand take up the study of the country's language to a degree unprecedented in m...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

A vendor carries coconuts on the way to a nearby floating market.

A Breath of Fresh Air

The small wooden boat bobs around precariously as the three of us clamour aboard. The boat pilot ...

Thailand Samantha Brown

Fighting beetles for sale in northern Thailand

The Battle of the Beetles in Southeast Asia

Siamese Rhinoceros Beetles in Northern Thailand...

Thailand Exotissimo

The wetter the better: Thailand's Songkran festival

Imagine this scene: scads of Clampett-like hillbilly families crammed into the back of pickup tru...

Thailand Donald Gilliland

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Thai Means Free

A review of a book about the Free Thai, the anti-Japanese resistance movement during WWII.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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The Legend of Padjitt and Orapima

The Legend of Orapima and Prince Padjitt. Why Prasat Hin Phimai was built and how Phimai got it's...

Thailand Toy Tuanphimai

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