The Khorat Fossil Museum combines a Petrified Wood Museum, an Ancient Elephant Museum and a Dinosaur Museum in three separate impressive buildings. It's a disappointment, I have to say. I remember the days when museums were packed like Aladdin's caves...

Thailand would not be the same without orchids. They are so easy to grow - hang in the shade and spray with water daily. And so cheap to buy too. The variety of types and colours of bloom is such that they never become boring - always attract the...

The annual Phi Mai Festival, every November, attracts visitors from all over Thailand. In additional to the many local and visiting Thai people, it draws foreign residents and tourists. It seems that all of the townsfolk are either working to make it a...

Umdang Ceramics is in the famous pottery and ceramics village of Dan Kwean, between Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) and Chok Chai. There are some interesting shops in Dan Kwean but, so far as pottery is concerned, I find it a dull and expensive place. It's...

Lady of Isan by Michael Schemmann is refreshingly different from most books that I have read about Thai/farang relationships. Michael has written honestly and from the heart about his own experiences without bitterness, hate or blame. Too many foreign...