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Sambar Deer Grappling With a Guava. Khao Yai National Park, Thailand.

Get Bled at Khao Yai National Park

If you can travel to Thailand's Khao Yai National Park with a British ecologist, do so. The ecolo...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Thailand on a Budget

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

Thailand Heng Wah

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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

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

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

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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Recipe: Gai Pad Khing - Ginger Chicken

Serves about 6 All the ingredients should be ready on plates before heating the oil. 2 tablespoon...

Thailand Habeeb Salloum

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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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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

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

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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India's Andaman Islands

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

Thailand / India AFP/Michael Mathes

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A Northern Thai Primer

A brief article on some of the peculiarities of northern Thai dialect, spoken in Chiang Mai and e...

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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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

This close-up of a painting hanging in a Chiang Mai cafe depicts the Song Kran 'water-war' festival as it was conducted long ago. In the bottom left hand corner, two Thais give each other a good dousing.

Flowers, Floats, and Fun: The Festivals of Thailand

In medieval Europe, almost half the year was taken up by festivals or holidays of some kind. As E...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Of Elephants and Men

Review of the novel High Banks, Heavy Logs by Thai author Nikom Rayawa's, recipient of the South ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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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

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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