Best Bus Travel Tips for Southeast Asia
Bus Travel: Be prepared before you board the famous night buses for long trips in Southeast Asia.
Thailand
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 […]
Stand-Up Paddleboard-Camping in Thailand
Bandit Camping to Paddleboard: Koh Tao, Surat Thailand. By Naomi Allard As the wind subsides, all is quiet except for the sound of the waves. Then, somewhere in the jungle above, a cicada sends out a high pitched note and moments later a symphony of critters erupts. This is my only means of telling time […]
Close Encounters in Bangkok Thailand
But What About Your Buddha? By Hy Lyfe I had all sorts of erotic fantasies about life in Thailand ever since I first heard Murray Head’s one-hit wonder, “One Night in Bangkok.” So I was thrilled when my agent informed me that he got me a gig as a piano entertainer at the piano bar […]
Staying with the Hmong in Thailand
In Northern Thailand, staying in a Hmong hill tribe family home. Animal sacrifices, village life, leeches and more are explored.
Thailand: Experiencing the Jungle
Thailand Living Excerpt from What the Buddha Never Taught The Heat of the Day Dissipates By Tim Ward The heat of day dissipates in the late afternoon, allowing the tin roof of my kuti to cool. This is my favourite time of day. Robe washing finished, my wet sabongs dry on the line above my […]
Bangkok: A Girl’s Guide
Bangkok, Thailand: A girl’s guide to getting pretty, dining, dancing and enjoying life as a girl in this exciting city and getting a manicure in Bangkok.
Thailand: Cooking in Bangkok
Cooking Thai Food in Bangkok, Learning from Local chefs By Ronald Estrada Sometimes I get bored in Bangkok (imagine that!), and sometimes I even get hungry. Fortunately, I found one solution to these problems—learning how to cook Thai food. I followed the old saying that we have in the West: “When in Rome, do like […]
Thailand Love Me: Bangkok and Pattaya
Bangkok and Pattaya, Thailand: Paul Shoul reflects on the country’s appeal, its fabulous cuisine and its unforgettable sites and ladyboy shows.
Dirty Hands: Studying Permaculture in Panya, Thailand
Kathleen Boradhurst visits the Panya Project in northern Thailand where she learns about permaculture, organic farming and sustainable living.
Thailand Adventures: Songkran Festival and Red Light District
Discovering the Heart of Thailand By Jean Miller Spoljaric Thailand’s wide range of activities and attractions, and the fact that it was the only country in Southeast Asia to escape European colonization makes it a premier tourist destination. Located between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea, the country covers 198,000 sq. miles and […]