Exploits in Southeast Asia
The following article appeared in The Nation Junior, a magazine based in Bangkok in association with The Nation, and is recreated here for archiving purposes. Phnom Penh, Halloween, October 31, 2006 Phnom Penh is an anarchist’s wet dream, and I but a kid in a playpen. I step off the bus into the middle of a mob …
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Vimanmek Mansion is the largest teakwood mansion in the world and was built by royal command of King Rama V in 1900. The mansion was completed on March 27, 1901 and King Rama V moved from the Grand Palace to reside in the mansion for the next five years. Like most temples and palaces in …
This past Monday, October 23, was a national holiday. October 23 is the day King Chulalongkorn died and the Thai people remember his accomplishments and kingdom by paying homage to him all day. The worshipping is set up throughout the country and in three major locations within Bangkok: the statue of him in front of …
My first day on board with The Nation, Thailand's leading independent newspaper, came as a bit of a shock to me. I have to take a train across town, then a dilapidated bus another 15 minutes down the road to reach the office. It was a humid morning and I had dressed fit for a …
About two and a half hours north of Bangkok rests one of the biggest tropical rainforest reservations in the world. Khao Yai is 80 percent untouched jungle and completely alive with the sounds and shrieks of nature. Somewhere between the 100 meter waterfalls, tribes of monkeys, and the several undaunted deer that set up camp …
Justin Calderón 