Adrian Bridge takes a Mekong cruise through Laos, where, despite the encroachment of the modern world, the ‘Mother of Water’ remains the region’s spiritual lifeblood. My...
Chiangrai Times – A few years after returning to Thailand, Thailand late Princess Mother Srinagarindra, the Mother of the current Thai King Bumibol Adulyadej, launched...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Worshiped for the sense of euphoria it brings and loathed for the depression that follows as its effects wear off, opium is...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Seven hours and 90 kilometres into Laos, and cyclists are nearing the top of the day’s third steep climb. The bicycles are...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – Boon rawd Brewery and Singha Corporation own the Rai Boon rawd Farm, which has extensive plantations of barley and tea. Recently it...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The Golden Triangle is one of those regions that has captured popular imagination: think warlords, secret armies, opium mule trains chugging through...
CHIANGRAI TIMES – The many different Hill Tribe Villages in the mountains surrounding Chiang Rai are justly world famous and it is possible to visit...
Chiang Rai, like Chiangmai has a very ancient history. It was once a fortified city complete with walls and moats. When the city fathers decided...
Chiang Rai’s Oub Kham Museum exhibits thousands of rare Lanna items, as well as the artefacts of the Tai people from neighbouring countries Starting as...
From riding elephants to working in fields, touring temples to visiting schools, Amanda Woodard sees Thailand and Cambodia through fresh eyes – those of her...