Temples and Legends
Date: 02/11/2007Tripping into an "auspicious hole" in the courtyard of a Khmer temple is no less embarrassing than tripping into an ordinary hole in the road.
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Thai wines and spicy food
Date: 01/31/2007
After 10 years, Laurent Metge-Toppin, a French oenologist, is still grappling with the vexations thrown up by making wines in tropical climes. The vines yield grapes twice yearly, but that's not necessarily a boon, as the both yields produce grapes low in sugar levels, especially the second harvest in September. "One option with the second inferior harvest is to do a fruit juice," Laurent says. "Another is to make a different wine from each harvest and label it as such, although with the Malaga Blanc we have been mixing juice from the two harvests into one production and it seems to work."
Read OnThe Genuine (and Cheap) Thai Experience
Date: 01/21/2007If you're seeking an alternative to Thailand's blistering heat and tourist resorts, you'll find it in Nakhon Ratchasima, also known as Khorat.
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Destination: Detox-today's way of healing your body, without the scalpel
Date: 12/31/2006
I'd reached an age where the effects of my lifestyle had finally caught up with me. Not only was I out of shape and unable to sustain high levels of energy, when I compared pictures of myself from just a few years earlier, I was shocked at how much I'd changed.-And it seemed to have happened suddenly. If I were going to make a change, I would need more than just a New Year's resolution. What I needed was a good kick in the pants.
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From rocket science to restaurateur-a taste of home at Don's
Date: 12/31/2006
Most of Phuket's 8,000 or so expats hanker for a taste of home sometime. And when they do, they find it at Don's, a large outdoor restaurant between Nai Harn and Rawai Beach. This is "expat central."
For Americans, there are home-style delights from Texan barbecued ribs to chicken-fried steak with cream gravy and meat loaf with mashed potatoes. Brits can tuck into proper Lincolnshire sausages and baked beans on toast. For Italians, there's pizza and pasta. Swiss will find r?sti (grated-potato cakes) and Swiss coffee, and Germans are catered to with bratwurst. (There's also Thai food on the menu, by the way.)
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What it costs to live in…
Date: 12/31/2006
Bangkok, Thailand
Every month in 2007, we'll tell you the costs incurred to you, should you move abroad. This month, we visit Bangkok, Thailand to give you the low down on some general items you'll be paying for.
A New Face for the New Year?
Date: 12/10/2006Like most Westerners and many Thais, you can avail of the private medical service, which caters for those covered by private medical insurance.
Read OnPhuket For Beginners
Date: 11/23/2006Baking under intense blue skies, Phuket satisfies those wintertime fantasies of white sands, coconut palms, superb seafood, and soothing spas.
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