Thailand: Floating with the Sea Gypsies
These are Thailand’s “sea gypsies” who have lived almost entirely on the sea for generations, and I was learning the tricks of fishing these pristine, crystal waters.
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Experiences I’ll Never Forget in Chiang Mai Thailand
Chiang Mai Thailand. This heavily touristed destination provides so many intriguing sites, from temples to the beaches, and the famous spicy Thai foods.
Taking a Year Off, Risk and Rewards
A Year Off: A story about traveling the world, how to make it happen for you. A travel book by Daniel and Samantha Brown explains how to take a year off.
Thailand: A Cozy Bangkok Bookshop Worth Discovering
Dasa Books is a Bangkok Bookshop the Place for People Who Love Used Books By Alex Lane “Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. Besides, in this random miscellaneous company, we may rub […]
Chiaw Laan Lake, Thailand: Staying in a Raft House
Thailand’s floating bungalows in Chiaw Laan Lake By Hayley Anderson We were so close to winning the Euromillions but forgetting we had the golden ticket in our back pocket – theoretically speaking of course. Having spent the past couple of days being bitten by mosquitos, nats and a bloodsucking leech next toa waterfall at Khao […]
SwellWomen: Active Wellness Retreats for Women
SwellWomen is a company offering wellness retreats tailored to women at destinations where they can both learn something new and then relax.
Bangkok: A Great Place to Be an Ex-pat
Bangkok, Thailand is an excellent city for American and European ex-pats to live. An overview of transport, and co-working spaces in the city for ex-pats.
Thailand: Swimming with Sharks Phi Phi Island
Swim with Sharks in Beautiful Thailand By Andrew Neal There are many things that kill more people each year than sharks – dogs, cows, and lightning. Trying to follow that logic was important as a blacktip reef shark, longer than I am tall, swam towards me in the open water just off the beach at […]
Thailand: Saving Dogs from Becoming Dinner
At the Soi Dog Foundation, volunteers help save man’s best friends By Chantal Briere At 8:30 in the morning in Phuket, Thailand’s largest island, it was already very hot and humid and my husband, Bob, and I were sweating bullets. We had just walked at a brisk pace for 25 minutes or so, along the […]
Best Bus Travel Tips for Southeast Asia
Tips on Boarding a Night Bus in Southeast Asia By Oliver Jarvis Southeast Asia may be the up and coming place to party, work or ‘find yourself,” but these luxuries and drunken-fueled epiphanies are often surrounded by Good Morning Vietnam-esque scenes of poverty and corruption. Currently based in one of the most advanced SEA cities […]
Thailand Taboos: Things You Shouldn’t Do
Thailand’s Taboos: Beware of Bare Feet and Too Much Skin. Reflecting on Thailand’s obsessions. Taboos in Thailand include things that might surprise.
Thailand: Hanging Over Tonsai Bay
Rock Climbing in Thailand: Scaling the Limestone in Tonsai, Krabi By Eloise Horsfield My first challenge is to cross from dirt path to crag in flip flops without tumbling into the leafy precipice. And now, having admired a jaw-slacking view of beach, bay, and hunky men – because all men who rock climb are hunky […]