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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

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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

fun time by swimming pool

Just another day in paradise

This timethe Andaman Sea is aquamarine blue that makes the sky looks pale, cool breezewas gently ...

Thailand Gomase Theenanon

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Detox in Thailand

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

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Bangkok skyline

Twenty-Four Hours to Kill in Bangkok

Bangkok. Once it was a dreamy, Asian city laced with tree-lined canals. Today, it's a modern metr...

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Mountain sunset, Khao Yai, Thailand.

Thailand is fortunate in that the last quarter of the 20th century saw it ascend to become one of...

Thailand Tom Aikins

Bophut Beach. Samui, Thailand.

Surprisingly to some, Samui has a high season in July and August. This precedes the September/Oct...

Thailand Tom Aikins

Volunthai Teaching

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

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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

Thai Buddhist Monks

The Colorful Process to Monkhood

Experience some aspects of monk life...

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The Overture

Film Review: The Overture

Inspired by the life of one of Thailand's most revered musicians, The Overture tells the story of...

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Prasat Hin Phimai: How and Why?

Everything you would want to know about Prasat Hin Phimai. This stunning Issan landmark, located ...

Thailand Toy Tuanphimai

White water rafting in Thailand

Thailand Elephant Safari with White water Rafting

Experience the best in nature, culture, adventure and beauty Thailand has to offer. Includes camp...

Thailand Randy Gaudet

A float in the Yasothon parade, Yasothon, Thailand.

Yasothon's Big Bang

It's a centuries-old festival practised right across Isaan . It's dangerous, it's breathtaking an...

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Lotus Flowers. Sukhothai, Thailand.

No Self = Self-Help: The Dhammapada

An essay on the Buddhist scripture Dhammapada.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Muay Thai: The "Invincible" Martial Art of Thailand

The village of Chang Khien, hard by the old city of Chiang Mai, is home to the Lanna Muay Thai tr...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Beach Chairs, Ko Samet, Thailand.

Thaisland Miscellany 2: Ko Samet

Well before reaching Ko Samet, we are caught in its commercial tractor beam. A man on a motorcycl...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Nobody ever forgets their first encounter with a tusker on the streets of the Thai capital.

Tusk Force: Thailand’s Pachyderm Parade

Jim Algie takes you on the annual Elephant Roundup in the northeastern province of Surin, Thailand.

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Brahma Spirit House, Ban Chang, Thailand.

From where I am sitting, I can just see a spirit house off in the distance. This is comforting, f...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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A Dog is for Life

An anecdote about Thai rural life.

Thailand Toy Tuanphimai

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