Country Archive
Temple Etiquette, Thai-style
Date: 04/07/2005Three minutes, three gaffes. I'm at Bangkok's Erawan Shrine with my 20 baht's ($0.52) worth of offerings. And making a complete nonsense of the good luck ritual...
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Date: 04/05/2005Musicians and a group of traditional Thai dancers wait, tucked in a corner of the shrine
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Up-country adventures in Isaan--the Thailand most tourists never discover
Date: 04/01/2005
Author:
Steenie Harvey
The young Isaan driver and his brother aren't Thailand's most adept guides. Although it's only 50 miles from their home in Udon Thani, they take a wrong turn on the road to Phu Phrabat's geological wonderland.
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Date: 01/17/2005I wish I'd known during my last trip to Thailand that the inexpensive treasures I bought as souvenirs would have made me an easy import/export profit of up to 800% back home. This time around, I'll be a little wiser…
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Thailand's Most Romantic Evening
Date: 11/26/2004Tonight is the full moon of the twelfth lunar month, and the last night of Thailand's Loy Krathong, or Festival of Light. Candlelit ceremonies will take place across Thailand to make this the most beautiful evening of the year.
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Seven reasons why living in Thailand's Golden Triangle may be right for you
Date: 10/01/2004
Thailand, Burma, Laos, and China meet in Chiang Rai-known as the Golden Triangle. Bamboo- and teak-covered mountains separate wide river plains to form a lush landscape of thick jungle with hidden cascading waterfalls, rice paddies, and groves of lychee trees criss-crossed by roads lined with giant red flame trees and bright yellow laburnum. The Mekong-one of the world's last great untamed rivers-forms the eastern border and the Mae Kok river, which is widely regarded as Thailand's most beautiful and unspoiled, flows through the province from Burma to Laos.
Read OnBig Fun in Hua Hin
Date: 09/23/2004During the King's Cup Elephant Polo Tournament, six players and their elephants go trunk to trunk while a burly umpire elephant oversees.
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