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Relaxing on Koh Lanta

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 | By sl0ggs | Views [3149] | Comments [1]

I'm currently on an island called Koh Lanta, off of the south east coast of Thailand. Basically I'm being lazy and chilling before heading back to Bangkok for two days and then heading off for the next leg of my trip to Australia on the 31st March. ... Read more >

Tags: beaches & sunshine, lazing, snorkeling, swimming

Roosters and Opium

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 | By heidischeifley | Views [2046] | Comments [5]

My grandpa used to tell me that hate is a strong word and it shouldn’t be used lightly because chances are you don’t really hate anything. I’ve thought about this often throughout my life and always found in the end, he was always right. Unfortunately, ... Read more >

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Temples, English Schools, and Khao San Road

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1141]

The group of men in their late 60s and early 70s ahead of me on the plane were overzealous with an overdose of libido on their way to the Land of Smiles. Larry, aged 74, had a passport with mostly stamps from Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines. ... Read more >

Life in Pai

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 | By heidischeifley | Views [1051] | Comments [3]

The past few days have had me breathing freely in the clear air of the hippie town of Pai. After my first experience of car sickness on the winding roads up the mountain, I arrived at the Pai bus station - which could be mistaken for a dirt parking ... Read more >

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Uncle Tui

Tue, 8 Sep 2015 | By sunsanee | Views [784] | Video | Scholarship Entry

My name is Sunsanee. I'm Australian but my my mother is Thai. I'm a PhD student in my final year of what has been a lengthy, challenging but interesting endeavour. I come from a background in science (astrophysics- one of the less 'people' oriented disciplines) ... Read more >

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1 November: Temples... Feel the Spirits of the Past

Wed, 1 Nov 2017 | By gatornav | Views [632]

Today was our first full day in Chiang Mai. We started our day by eating some breakfast at Sailomjoy Restaurant – yes, I ate Khao Soi again today. It was delicious yet again. After breakfast, it was temple time. Starting off on ... Read more >

Tags: chedi luang, chiang mai, temples, thailand

The beginning

Mon, 21 Oct 2013 | By jsgknaus | Views [628] | Comments [2]

October 15-17 I began my journey to Thailand with a 4:30am wake up and dragged my tired self to the car. Luckily, there was no traffic to LGA before the sun came up, though we got a little lost (maybe my fault...) but all was well and mommy made it ... Read more >

The brown-limbed boy of Pai

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [272] | Scholarship Entry

Pai is blistering at this time of day – so hot even the lizards are keeping their tails curled into the shadows to avoid any glare of sunlight. Sensible creatures, I think. Earlier I made the mistake of leaning against the metal skeleton of this rickety ... Read more >

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Surprised by touch

Tue, 6 May 2014 | By | Views [265] | Scholarship Entry

She is beautiful, a little plump and a little older … she plunges into my flesh with a vigour and lack of self-consciousness that both scares and delights me. She clucks her tongue and utters a phrase in lyrical Thai. “Pretty woman,” she says, “you are ... Read more >

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Bangkok

Thu, 6 Mar 2014 | By uhrlund | Views [254]

Endelig afsted igen! Flyveturen med Aeroflot var absolut klasse! Maden i flyveren og benpladsen var perfekt, men det der gjorde turen total overkommelig var, at der var en individuel skaerm til alle, med en fjernbetjening, ogsaa ... Read more >

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Night Train to Nowhere

Sun, 26 Apr 2015 | By | Views [167] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry

Whenever I was discussing this trip with people, the answer to the question 'where are you headed?' was invariably answered with 'Africa and Europe', and this is all very true. It was only the very persistent and those who interrogated us thoroughly pre-... Read more >

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