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On Yer Bike Bangkok
Friday, September 16th, 2011Tiger Tales September-October 2011 On Yer Bike Bangkok PDF
The price of volunteering in Thailand
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011What are the differences between paid and unpaid programs? Volunteers and organizers weigh in
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” It’s perhaps with that thought in mind that thousands of travelers arrive in Thailand every year to volunteer.
But it can be difficult [...]
Bangkok’s best and worst of 2010
Thursday, December 30th, 2010CNNGo December 27, 2010 — It was a riotous year for Thailand in 2010. The rural masses took to the streets of Bangkok and brought the city to a standstill with their futile attempts to get to the front of the queue for an imported brand of donut, only to be shooed away by the [...]
Rambling for Peace
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Reader’s Digest May 2010 Rambling for Peace PDF
Bangkok books that bring the city to life
Friday, April 2nd, 2010CNNGo January 8, 2010 — Walk into any English-language bookstore in Bangkok and you get the impression every foreigner who ever visited wrote a novel based on his or her experiences.
The truth is most of these “experiences” led to an endless parade of prostitutes, ladyboys and beer bars causing bookshelves to heave under the weight [...]
The decade’s top 10 head-scratching moments
Friday, April 2nd, 2010To the outsider looking in, Bangkok is a hodgepodge of oddness, a city full of curiosities lurking around every corner. But the less things make sense to befuddled outsiders, the more normal they appear to locals. It’s been an eventful decade in Thailand, so join us as we look back at 10 of the strangest [...]
Bangkok parkour: See how they run, leap and fly
Friday, April 2nd, 2010CNNGo November 30, 2009 — A gaggle of women are bouncing in unison in front of the main stadium at Thammasat University’s Rangsit campus, fueled by an absurd techno beat. If any of them notices they’re in the presence of a superhero, they don’t show it. Bangkok’s parkour “Spiderman,” meanwhile, is busy scuttling up walls [...]
Jame Needham: The Serious Writer
Thursday, April 1st, 2010In Residence May 2007 Jame Needham: The Serious Writer PDF
Author! Author!
Thursday, April 1st, 2010Real.Time/Bangkok Post Author! Author! PDF
Playing it cool: Sonia Couling on cheating boyfriends, posing nude and staying out late
Thursday, April 1st, 20102 Magazine Playing it cool: Sonia Couling on cheating boyfriends, posing nude and staying out late PDF