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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

Waxen Angel in Phimai, Thailand.

I'll Have Wax Sculptures, Flowers On the Side, Hold the Suffering

In July, Americans set off explosives to commemorate the "rockets' red glare" attending their cou...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Disappearing in the Discos of Chiang Mai

What man would not be a dancer if he could, said the judge. It's a great thing, the dance. -- Cor...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Chiang Mai Night Bizarre

One of the first places I had the pleasure to visit in Chiang Mai is its Night Bazaar or Night Ma...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Southeast Asia gears up for palm oil boom

Governments and companies have been scrambling to cash in since palm oil prices jumped last year ...

Thailand / Indonesia / Malaysia AFP/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

A very nice guesthouse in Pai

Foreigners find Pai enchanting

Gazing up, the clouds above Pai seem different from elsewhere, their form and shape influenced by...

Thailand Gomase Theenanon

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

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A Dog is for Life

An anecdote about Thai rural life.

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Ko Chang In the Mist.

Thaisland Miscellany Part 1

Ko Boo Boo* The first Thai island I ever visited was not known even to locals living a short dist...

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Meditating in Southern Thailand

Every night the elderly security guard sweeps carefully and at length around my Singapore apartme...

Thailand Leslie Nevison

Nana style room at Botanic Resort

Chiang Mai and Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden

Away in deep Mountain near elephant sanctuaries, Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden is tranquil and ful...

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Bless This House

A house is blessed in Chiang Mai, Thailand ...

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

The singh, or lion-dragon, typically appears sitting at entrances to a wat, including Bangkok's Wat Phra Keo. Harmless to humans, the singh inhabits the mythical forest Himaphan, a place of never-ending rice.

The Thai Wat: An Architectural Tour

A story told with photos.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

Lotus Flowers. Sukhothai, Thailand.

No Self = Self-Help: The Dhammapada

An essay on the Buddhist scripture Dhammapada.

Thailand Kenneth Champeon

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Masked Insanity

Halloween comes early to the northeastern Thailand province of Loei. Or so it would appear. It's ...

Thailand Donald Gilliland

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Violent student brawls a part of life in Asia's swelling cities

Large scale violence between students forms a backdrop to unrestrained urban growth in many of As...

Thailand / Indonesia / China AFP/Aubrey Belford

crossing the border from Thailand to Cambodia

on Crossing the Border from Thailand to Cambodia

For the fourth time that day we allowed ourselves to be put in the hands of a complete stranger w...

Thailand / Cambodia Jack VanNoord

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Go With an Open Mind

After countless interviews and exhaustive research on studying abroad, the author compiled this l...

Thailand / Singapore / China Dawn Stanton

Cracking Up

Khmer. Wat Pho?

This gave rise to the following exchange

Thailand / China Jack VanNoord

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