My recent trip to Thailand (Phuket & Bangkok) was amazing. The sights, sounds and smells of a city heaving under the weight of millions of citizens living literally on top of each other was a wake-up call to the luxuries I’m afforded by living so far away from the centre of the civilized world.
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David Thompson is, in his own words, “the white boy muscling in here” – “here” being Bangkok, where this Aussie chef has become the Western world’s leading authority on Thai food. If you are visiting Bangkok, you must eat at Nahm - even if you have to stay in a backpackers’ fleapit to save the [...]

Photo by Kath McLean
This photo was taken on bamboo Island off the West coast of Thailand. Its uninhabited and tourists are only allowed to stay, with permission of the Thai Government, in tents without electricity and amenities. The water is so clear and pristine that you can see little fishes swimming in it [...]

It’s easy to forget that there was ever a tsunami on Phi Phi Island. Were it not for the hundreds of tsunami warning signs and hotels sold as being made of tsunami durable materials, you could believe that it was just another holiday place for travelers coveting some serious fun in the sun. I sunned [...]

When you hear a Thai rendition of Nirvana’s ‘Lithium’ at a bar in Ao Nang, Krabi, you really start to appreciate just how powerful the early nineties Seattle rock movement is, and that while Kurt Cobain may have passed, his spirit is well and truly enduring. Venturing into a karaoke bar the night before last, [...]