Bangkok

10 Essential Thai Words and Phrases

Anonymous — Sun, 25 May 2003 02:04:09 +0000

1. mai bpen rai , mai mee bpunhaa The first phrase roughly translates to "it doesn't matter", the second to "no problem." Together, they typify the Thai approach to life: don't get bogged down by...

Loy Krathong

Anonymous — Mon, 26 May 2003 03:57:49 +0000

As with many traditional festivals, the Thai festival of Loy Krathong, known as Yi Peng in the north, has many conflicting explanations of its purposes. Is it a Brahmanic rite honoring the dead? A...

Discount Airlines of Asia

Anonymous — Mon, 09 May 2005 07:55:02 +0000

Dozens of low-cost airlines have been launched recently in Asia, transforming the continent's travel landscape. Here is a list of them...

Celeste Goes to the Movies

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 23:23:13 +0000

Film Reviews by Celeste Heiter

Thai Massage Missionary

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:08:55 +0000

At the Wat Po School of Traditional Medicine and Massage, students learn a discipline which dates back some 2,500 years to the age of the Buddha.

Shopping Asia

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2003 07:05:28 +0000

Afghanistan Kabul shopping * * * China Death of a Beijing Flea Market A Geek's Guide to China * * * Hong Kong Hong Kong: Shop til you drop * * * India Bangalore Shopping The Bombay Bazaar A Guide to...

Bangkok Nightlife: Some Do's And Dont's

Anonymous — Sun, 20 May 2001 07:57:49 +0000

9 pm, Bangkok time. You have just landed at Bangkok International airport. You have only three nights to sample all the delights promised in Amazing Thailand and you are raring to go. By the time you...

Pico Polo

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:20:23 +0000

In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly...

He Went For A Walk in the Jungle

Anonymous — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:41:45 +0000

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

Thai Girls and All That

Anonymous — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:32:23 +0000

Review of "Thai Girl" by Andrew Hicks.

The Klongs of Bangkok

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Feb 2001 01:36:23 +0000

Canal life has long been a part of Thai culture. The Europeans used to call Bangkok "Venice of the East". That was fifty years ago, when Bangkok still had hundreds of canals ( klongs ). In the...

The Curious Case of Jim Thompson, Thai Silk King

Anonymous — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 12:59:10 +0000

On Easter Day, 1967, American businessman and founder of the modern Thai silk industry James H.W. Thompson disappeared while supposedly on a stroll in the jungle-clad Cameron Highlands, central...

Thailand's Shakespeare? Sunthorn Phu

Anonymous — Thu, 15 May 2003 17:56:29 +0000

Oh, how everything was against me then. Even termites made their way to my bedroom. They ate the mat and destroyed all my books. It was distressing to think of those books And the yellow robes I used...

Bedazzled by Bangkok (1)

Anonymous — Wed, 20 May 2009 05:52:12 +0000

Bangkok, Asia's night entertainment capital...

Guns, Hookers and Durian: Bangkok Chinatown

Anonymous — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:21:25 +0000

Guns, Hookers and Durian: The first of a trilogy concerning Asian Chinatowns.