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Smiling Thai guide welcome visitors to the Jim Thompson home in Bangkok

He Went For A Walk in the Jungle

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

There is an air of mystery about the Jim Thompson home in Bangkok.

Destinations: Thailand | Bangkok
Topics: Travel | Adventure | 20th Century History | Art | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Economy | Photography | People | Working Abroad | Fashion | Shopping | Architecture
The rapids on the Nam Khan River were a little more challenging than I thought

Kayaking Adventure

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

Kayaking down the Nam Khan River near Luang Prabang in Laos...

Destinations: Vientiane | Luang Prabang | Laos | Lancang-Mekong River
Topics: Travel | National Parks | Adventure | 20th Century History | Ecotourism | Culture | Food | People | Beaches & Resorts | Agriculture | Sports | Nature
A barbershop on the streets of Hanoi

The Streets of Hanoi

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

Crossing the street in Hanoi is an act of faith and an experience you won't ever forget.

Destinations: Hanoi | Vietnam
Topics: Travel | Adventure | 20th Century History | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Food | Economy | People | Fashion | For Kids | Shopping | Architecture
Lovely women in traditional costume served our Loy Krathong dinner.

Loy Krathong

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

Loy Krathong is a special festival celebration in Thailand in November. Float your sorrows away and release your hopes and dreams into the heavens.

Destinations: Pathum Thani province | Nonthaburi province | Mae Hong Son | Buriram province | Ko Tao | Sukhothai | Ko Phi Phi | Uttaradit province | Khao Yai National Park | Nakorn Chaisri | Phimai | Ko Phangan | Chonburi province | Lopburi | Ranong | Satun province | Nakhon Ratchasima | Lampang | Ko Sichang | Narathiwat Province | Hua Hin | Mae Sot | Khon Kaen province | Phetchaburi | Yasothon province | Surat Thani | Golden Triangle | Hat Yai | Songkhla province | Tak province | Thailand | Phang Nga province | Kanchanaburi province | Samut Songkhram province | Krabi | Nakhon Phanom | Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng | Chachoengsao province | Ko Chang | Khon Kaen | Chumphon | Ko Samui | Surin province | Chiang Mai | Nakhon Pathom province | Loei province | Nong Khai province | Phuket | Udon Thani | Ayutthaya | Kampaengphet | Ubon Ratchathani | Bangkok | Phitsanulok | Lancang-Mekong River | Nakhon Si Thammarat province | Chiangrai province | Ko Samet | Umphang | Rayong | River Kwai | Mae Sai | Ban Chiang | Savannakhet | Pattaya
Topics: Travel | Art | Ancient History | Festivals | Adventure | 20th Century History | Religion | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Nature | For Kids
Monks are given rice by faithful women  on their early morning walk through Luang Prabang

Sticky Rice

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

After living in Asia for three years I thought I had tried every kind of rice dish imaginable. Laos held proved me wrong.

Destinations: Vientiane | Pakxan | Luang Prabang | Vang Vieng | Savannakhet | Pakxe | Luang Namtha | Laos | Plain of Jars | Lancang-Mekong River
Topics: Travel | Adventure | 20th Century History | Traditions | Ecotourism | Economy | Food | Culture | People | Working Abroad | Agriculture | Shopping
Wat Phra Ram, oldest Ayutthayan temple

Amazing Ruins of Ayutthaya

ARIEL ALEXIS NOBLE - arnobs66 [1,232]

  Ayutthaya , whose name means “undefeatable” in Sanskrit, may not be as popular as Bangkok, Chiang Mai or Phuket but it’s one of the many places in Thailand that’s...

Destinations: Malaysia | Singapore | Manila | Woodlands | Changi | Baguio | Ayutthaya | Philippines | Bangkok | Boracay Island | Johor Bahru | Tagaytay City | Laguna | Seoul | Korea, S | Kuala Lumpur | Mindanao | Thailand | Cebu
Topics: Travel | People | Photography | Beaches & Resorts | Shopping | National Parks | Festivals | Ecotourism | Culture | Nature | Architecture
This fruit seller had a business on her boat

The Venice of Asia

MaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443]

I could have been in Venice. Bangkok is a city of canals and waterways.

Destinations: Thailand | Bangkok
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Animals | 20th Century History | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Food | Economy | People | Religion | Fashion | Agriculture | Shopping | Nature | Architecture
"I would not want to waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum" Frances Willard - 1893

Vientiane on bended knees

Lee Alvin - oldyonfoldy [801]

A colorful journey on 20" wheels, across the land of a thousand smiles into the land where time moves slower. A rich experience of meeting people, and sampling the tapestry of cultures and history that Vientiane offers. Truly charmed!

Destinations: Malaysia | Indonesia | Indochina | Singapore | Vietnam | Cambodia | Laos | Thailand
Topics: Travel | Adventure | 20th Century History | Ecotourism | Food | Architecture

Traditional Thai Teak House

Jan Tomasiewicz - massagelondon [142]

The traditional Thai teak house represents a style of living that is almost absent from Bangkok these days - with citywide modernisation, it is hard to find older houses that are still in use...

Destinations: Bangkok
Topics: Culture | Travel | People | Art | Nature | Traditions | For Kids | Architecture | Ecotourism
Dani village in the Kurulu area, Baliem valley, Papua Barat, Indonesia

Baliem valey's mummies

Carlo Ottaviano Casana - cocasana [40]

Wim Tok Mabel's mummy held by one of his descendant. Apparently the mummy is 362 years old. Wim Tok Mabel was a "big man" and everybody in the valley wanted his advices. Even nowadays somebody is...

Destinations: Malaysia | Indonesia | Singapore | Hong Kong | Mekong River | Cambodia | Laos | Burma | Indochina | Maldives | Thailand
Topics: Travel | Adventure | Literature | 20th Century History | Art | Photography | People | Religion | War & Conflict | Ancient History | Animals | Traditions | Ecotourism | Culture | Food | Working Abroad | Architecture
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