Helping HIV/AIDS victims in Thailand By Natalie Lefevre In the summer of 2006, I started a degree in international studies. I had a great time exchanging ideas with like-minded people. I was learning a lot of theories on how to change the world, but I was missing the practical side. I wanted contact with the…
Ayutthaya boast history, culture, and charm By Sarah Cavicchi After exploring Thailand’s bustling cosmopolitan center of Krung Thep (that’s Bangkok to you and me), I was ready to go on later excursions to get a complete picture of Thailand. So when our tour guide gave us a history lesson on Ayutthaya as we settled in…
Yes, Thailand Celebrates July 4th! By Ronald Estrada I love my new life in paradise: Bangkok, Thailand. Now, I finally get to do life’s little pleasures — those things I always wanted to do, but was just too busy working to do. These days, I regularly write while seated on a blanket under a shady…
Laos: Kenton Molloy writes about Bun Bang Fai, the Rocket Festival of Laos and Thailand, held each year to bring on the rainy season.
Thailand: Bruce Marsland travels to the remote village of Laem Mae Phim, Thailand to work on a volunteer program rescuing endangered sea turtles.
Sitting, Walking and Living Like a Monk in Isan, Thailand Bill Reyland writes about his book Sons of Isan While this story took place in Thailand, it is not just a book about Thailand. It is a book about adventure, transformation and the renewal of spirit. It’s about intentionally ripping oneself away from everything one…
By David Rich After a half dozen trips to Thailand it can get boring, except for a single friend of mine who travels yearly for the adventure of serial Thai ladies. For him it seems to never get boring. But for someone who goes to Thailand every year for a combination medical check up, Bangkok’s…
Learning Kickboxing in Thailand By Leah Welch The motorcyclists were bees darting between each other, inside an intricate honeycomb, filling the entire crevice of the city. Bangkok, Phuket, Thailand was a flower I was ready to pluck. Everything was in constant flux from roads to beaches and the in between, here to there, where there…
Baan Dada Children’s Home making a difference “One thing I didn’t expect was how happy the kids were. They were always laughing and playing with us. These kids have nothing except the clothes on their backs and yet they are so happy simply because they have a safe place to live and people to take…
Thailand: a school for elephant trainers in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Hangin’ with the Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand By Terry Braverman “Hello……hello….” The only English word most hill tribe people speak, it’s the initial greeting upon entering their villages, usually said to draw attention to the handcrafts for sale. The “I-sell-you-buy” association can be transcended in two ways. If you’re fluent in the universal languages…
River tracing is a new sport. Not only do you climb up the waterfalls, but you climb up and over every rock and obstacle in the river, tracing it to its source.
