Come November of each year, the waterways and the skies light up with krathongs (floating banana leaves fashioned with candles and flowers) and khom fais (hot-air lanterns from the ancient Lanna kingdom). It is the Loi Kratong, a festival held at full moon of the Thai lunar Read more »
Sometimes, tragedy strikes an island paradise and it takes more than its natural bounty to revive it. Beauty renews as nature intended. Yet, beyond this, it is the tenacity and spirit of its people that buoy its revival – such as the case of Phuket, Thailand’s biggest island. Read more »
Bangkok was once dubbed as the “Venice of the East” because of the canals that ran through it. Waters flowed from the Chao Phraya River. Bangkok was originally Bang Makok, or “The Village of Olives.” Back then, Bangkok was only a small village Read more »