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...GOSSIP OF THE WEEK: Fred N. Kearns ’04 always has some sort of weird juice or something. “What are you talking about?” he asked incredulously as he sipped a mauve-colored liquid. “This is just a Thai iced tea from Spice. It’s delicious!”...Brenda G. Hofstra ’04 is unsure if she wants to live off-campus next year. “On one hand, it’s like I wouldn’t have to live...
...hours we explored the ruins of the ancient capital, trying to imagine what it was like when it was one of the most important trading cities in Asia. Established as the royal capital in 1350, Ayuthaya was the center of Thai culture, wealth and religion for more than 400 years, and home to more than 1 million people by the time of its fall to Burma...
...YOUR OWN BOAT Want to take the helm yourself? The folks at Thai Marine Leisure, based in Phuket, furnish an array of do-it-yourself boat vacations for all levels of experience. Choose from luxury charters complete with gourmet chefs and a professional crew, to rentals of bare boats, where would-be Ahabs can fulfill their own nautical fantasies by cooking, navigating, and swabbing the decks. Find them all on the Web at thaimarine.com, or call...
...taxi-boat driver, promised me it was worth the trip when I stepped into his boat nursing a cup of Starbucks, of which he clearly disapproved. That's how my erstwhile tour of the old klongs of Bangkok was transformed into a quest for authentic kafae thung, or Thai bag coffee. We took off from Nonthaburi, a small town just north of Bangkok. As we quietly chugged through the network of canals in Poon's canopied, motorized canoe, he watched for the itinerant vendors who sell coffee and other necessities to residents who live in the weathered stilt houses lining...
...motion he scooped a plate of ice into a plastic sack, poured in the steaming coffee, stabbed it with a straw and deftly secured the bag with a rubber band. Poon triumphantly handed me the kafae thung and eyed me as I sipped the potent, sweet brew. "Very good Thai coffee," he said, scowling at the empty Starbucks cup rolling around the bottom of the boat. I agreed...