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Country and King: As part of the King's birthday celebrations, the national flag of Thailand is flown alongside the yellow flag symbolizing the Thai royalty. Ban Chang, Thailand.

Thailand's King Grows One Year Older, No the Less Wise

* * * * * Every year on December 4th, the day before the birthday of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adu...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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 hand-made sign greets visitors to the island.

The Proverbial Real-Life Paradise

If you think about it, the perfect tropical island can't really be reviewed in any lengthy way. T...

Thailand Samantha Brown

An elephant, near Mae Rim, Thailand.

An Abolitionist for Elephants

Lek, director of Chiang Mai's Elephant Nature Park and a National Geographic "Heroine for the Pla...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

The Inner Shrine of a Chinese Temple in Ban Chang, Thailand.

Psychedelia in Stone: Chinese Temple Architecture

For thousands of years, industrious and ambitious Chinese have left China in search of wealth in ...

Thailand / China Kenneth Champeon

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

Traditional dancers in Cambodia

Looney Planet travel guides

At first, it was subtle. But the more I read, the more I saw a pattern emerge.

Thailand / Cambodia Jack VanNoord

Exploring Hua Hin

With the upgrading of Route 2 to the south of Bangkok, Prachuap Province has become within easy r...

Thailand Tom Aikins

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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

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

Thailand on a Budget

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

Thailand Heng Wah

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

Surin Elephant Roundups

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

Thailand Tom Aikins

Takraw or Thai volley ball

Thai style vollyball or Takraw

This is a very thrilling, fast paced game and seeing how the players 'spike' the ball is incredib...

Thailand Randy Gaudet

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

Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival float

The Chiang Mai Thailand Flower Festival

The sheer profusion of color that the flower festival and carnival brings to Chiang Mai aptly giv...

Thailand Randy Gaudet

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

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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

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

Riding elephants through the jungle in Thailand

7 to 10 Day Thailand elephant safari with white water rafting in real jungle rain forest

This is a real Thailand adventure by elephant, raft, and hiking. You will visit hill tribe villag...

Thailand Randy Gaudet

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