thailand doesn’t have a six flags, disney world, or even a lego land … we do have dream world (”the world of happiness”) tho. it was built well over 10 years ago and probably hasn’t been touched much since then. the upside is that we never had to queue long for rides but the [...]

thich nhat hanh is in thailand now along with 90 monastics from his temple in france. he lead a day of mindfulness in lumpini park yesterday, is leading a retreat in chiang mai soon and will have three more talks in bkk towards the end of the month. all of the talks are build around [...]

the new issue of vanity fair has a photo spread on indian and western yogis … some pics are a little odd, but most are rather pretty.
here’s the pic of guruji, looks like it was probably taken within the last few years. it captures his smile rather well … he has this love and [...]

i just booked my ticket to mysore, leaving bangkok on june 7 and coming back on august 29th. nok air, a thai-based discount airline, just started offering service from bkk< ->bangalore for around $200 which is a huge savings off the $500 price on thai airlines. my only other trip to india was 2.5 years [...]

a few years ago the tourist authority of thailand decided to help establish ampawa as a tourist destination. located in samutsongkram province about 90km south of bangkok, it may be the last city in thailand that has been able to resist getting a 7/11 or mcdonalds. the city looks much like thailand (bangkok included) did [...]

the hell-bus-ride from lumpini felt totally worth it when we saw pokhara. the city is a common starting point for trekking and is in the foothills of many mountains, including the annapurna range which we were planning to trek. we only spent two days in pokhara, but manged to get out and see lots of [...]

it’s been a big week for russian / us relations, first off russian president vladimir putin compared US policies to the third reich and then my interview in russian newsweek appeared. probably not related but there might be some sort of star alignment that caused it all to happen at once. first off the quote [...]

so i feel like i’ve been getting a bit of a karmic beat-down lately, which i guess means it is all very well deserved. i’m not sure if i’m just getting more sensitive (which is possible with the lack of sunshine lately) and easily annoyed in class or if more and more students are doing [...]

the thai government is pushing for stricter censorship laws. the new law (which is expected to pass) would do as follows

A bill to give the information and communications technology (ICT) minister unrestricted power to shut down pornographic and anti-monarchy websites is expected to be tabled in the military appointed National Legislative Assembly (NLA) next month.

it [...]