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This Bangkok Festival Is the Artistic Inspiration You’ve Waited All Year For

THE WORLD HAS REOPENED and our imaginations are piqued. Thailand is leading the way on an inspiring, uplifting cultural renaissance. That’s right, Bangkok’s International Festival of Dance & Music is back in full form this year for its 24th iteration, from September 7 through October 18, 2022, at the Thailand Cultural Centre. There are 11 …

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Spend the Night with 2 Elephants in a 2-Bedroom Bubble Tent in the Jungle

I AM PRETTY SPOILED as far as elephants go. Living in Thailand for nearly a decade, I’ve gotten to spend a lot of time up-close-and-personal with them – almost always in responsible rescue camps where you can have meaningful, cruelty-free interactions with them and learn lots about what’s happening in their big brains along the …

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Review: The Standard, Hua Hin

THE STANDARD, HOLLYWOOD OPENED on the Sunset Strip back in 1999, a renovated 60s motel that was instantly a playground of glitterati. The uber-hip hotel company has grown, gone global and changed hands in the intervening years but in the newest Standard, their debut in Thailand, you can see a direct throughline from founder Andre …

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