THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
This Hollywood-style name was originally given to an ill-defined area covering parts of northern Thailand, Laos and Burma where opium was widely produced. The drug…
MAE RIM AND CHIANG DAO
Mae Rim is some fifteen kilometers (nine miles) north of Chiang Mai. Turn left immediately after the town for the Mac Sa valley and its…
MEO HILL TRIBE
The Meo hill-tribe village is just over three kilometers (two miles) past the palace. Where the road forks, stay on the asphalt and go downhill…
CHIANG MAI ANCIENT MASSAGE
Chiang Mai prides itself on its traditional therapeutic massage (also referred to as ancient massage, and not to be confused with the sexual variety). Many…
HILL TRIBES AND MOUNTAIN BREEZES
Anna Thai, “Land of Abundant Rice Fields,” is what Thais call the northern part of their country. The region is perhaps Thailand’s most distinctive: it’s…
Thailand GOINGS-ON
Following is a list of our favorites of the many events that go on annually in Thailand. Luckily for the visitor, Thais stage festivals all…
Getting around Bangkok
The best way to travel around the capital is in air-conditioned comfort. That means using either your hotel’s limousine service, generally Mercedes or Toyotas, or…
Boxing Thai Style – Muay Thai
The Thai version of mayhem in peacetime, Muay Thai must have inspired Indiana Jones’s theme song, “Anything Goes.” Elbows, knees, shins, feet and fists are…
The Spirit House
Strategically placed in most any Thai residential or business compound is an elegant little structure resembling a miniature house or Buddhist temple. Known as a…