Detweiler, Gayle
Devine, Elizabeth
Dye, Morris
Fall, Timothy
Gault Millau
Gray, Paul
Greenwald, Jeff
Griffiths, Jay
Habegger, Larry
Hamilton-Merritt, Jane
Harris, Marvin
Hollinger, Carol
Hoskin, John
Iyer, Pico
Jones, Tristan
Kepner, Susan Fulop
Kusy, Frank
Larsen, Karen L.
Lewis, Elaine
Lewis, Norman
Lewis, Paul
Mc Auliffe, Kevin
McNeely, Jeffrey A.
McRae, Michael
Mills, James
Minifie, Kemp M.
Newman, Steven M.
Nicholl, Charles
O’Neill, Thomas
Parkes, Carl
Pixley, Burnett Q.
Pramoj, Kukrit
Rabinowitz, Alan,
Rajadhon, Phya Anuman
Reisner, Gena
Rember, John
Rhodes, Richard
Ridout, Lucy
Ross, Nancy Wilson
Savage, Barbara
Seabrook, Jeremy
Segaller, Denis
Simon, Joel
Spies, John
Stephens, Harold
Stier, Wayne
Summers, Diane
Swenson, Karen
Swift, E. M.
Tambiah, S. J.
Tefft, Sheila
Van Beek, Steve
Wachtel, Paul Spencer
Ward, Tim
Warren, William
West, Richard
Weller, Anthony
Wilde, Henry
Winchester, Simon
Zepatos, Thalia
Acknowledgments
Heartfelt thanks to Tim O’Reilly for having the idea and making it happen, Wenda Brewster O’Reilly and Paula Mc Cabe for life-support systems, Susan Brady for so many things we can’t even remember them all, Raj Khadka for his early work and enthusiasm, Serm Phenjati and Kathy Baumgartner of Thai Airways in San Francisco for their help with research, Peter Mui for his criticism, Joe Cummings for his discerning manuscript commentary and contribution of Thai proverbs, Edie Freedman and Jennifer Niederst for their spirited artistic involvement, Anna, Noelle and Mary O’Reilly for their patience and good humor, Maureen Sullivan Kravitz for being a true friend, Bob Geldof for his interest and courtesy, and Rich Paoli for helping us hit the road. Thanks also to Michael Buckley, Jeff Greenwald, Susan Fulop Kepner, Carl Parkes, and Steve Van Beek for help towards the end. Finally, a special thank you to all the storytellers whose words are this book. Long may you wander.
“Sixth Sense” by Robert Sam Anson reprinted from Condé Nast Traveler, June 1988. Reprinted by permission of Condé Nast Publications, Inc. and the author. Copyright © 1988 by Robert Sam Anson.
“Monk for a Month” by Timothy Fall reprinted from Great Expeditions, May/June 1991. Reprinted by permission of Great Expeditions and the author. Copyright © 1991 by Timothy Fall.
“Love in a Duty-free Zone” by Pico Iyer reprinted from Video Night in Kathmandu by Pico Iyer. Copyright © 1988 by Pico Iyer. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
“The Secrets of Tham Krabok” by Michael Buckley reprinted from Great Expeditions, Winter 1991/1992. Reprinted by permission of Great Expeditions and the author. Copyright © 1991 by Michael Buckley.
“Moonsong and Martin Luther,” “Mekong Days” and “Poppy Fields” by Charles Nicholl reprinted from Borderlines: A Journey in Thailand and Burma by Charles Nicholl. Copyright © 1988 by Charles Nicholl. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., and Pan (U.K).
“To Eat Means To Eat Rice,” “Elephant Scream,” “Echo of the Forest,” “Tapir Tracks,” and “A German Monk” by Alan Rabinowitz excerpted from Chasing the Dragon’s Tail: The Struggle to Save Thailand’s Wild Cats by Alan Rabinowitz. Copyright © 1991 by Alan Rabinowitz. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., and the William Morris Agency.
“The Reverend Goes to Dinner” by Kukrit Pramoj excerpted from Kukrit Pramoj: His Wit and Wisdom, compiled by Vilas Manivat, edited by Steve Van Beek. Reprinted by permission of Steve Van Beek and Editions Duang Kamol, Bangkok. Copyright © 1983 by Kukrit Pramoj.
“Ghosts of Siam” by Norman Lewis was first published as “Siam” in Granta, Edition #26, Spring 1989, and subsequently appeared in To Run Across the Sea by Norman Lewis, published by Jonathan Cape Ltd. Copyright © 1989 by Norman Lewis. Reprinted by permission of Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd.
“Meditation in a Thai Forest” by John Calderazzo reprinted from Audubon, January 1991. Reprinted by permission of Audubon and the author. Copyright © 1991 by John Calderazzo.
“Island Entrepreneur” by Joe Cummings published with permission from the author. Copyright © 1993 by Joe Cummings.
“Who Was Anna Leonowens?” by William Warren reprinted from Sawasdee, the inflight magazine of Thai Airways International, February 1992. Reprinted by permission of Sawasdee and the author. Copyright © 1992 by William Warren.
“Where the Footnotes Went” by Carol Hollinger reprinted from Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind by Carol Hollinger. Copyright © 1965 by Houghton Mifflin Company and Carol Hollinger. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company and Curtis Brown, Ltd. All rights reserved.
“Lure of the Chao Phraya” by Thurston Clarke reprinted from Travel Holiday, November 1991. Reprinted by permission of Travel Holiday and the author. Copyright © 1991 by Thurston Clarke.
“Siriraj Hospital Museum” by Gena Reisner reprinted from Relax, November 1990. Reprinted by permission of Relax and the author. Copyright © 1990 by Gena Reisner.
“Bite-sized Buddhas” by Jeff Greenwald published with permission from the author. Copyright © 1993 by Jeff Greenwald.
“A Cooking School in Bangkok” by Kemp M. Minifie reprinted from Gourmet Magazine, November 1988. Reprinted by permission of Gourmet Magazine and the author. Copyright © 1988 by Gourmet Magazine.
“Wat Massage” by Anthony Weller reprinted from the September 1991 issue of GQ, Reprinted by permission of Condé Nast Publications, Inc. and the author. Copyright © 1991 by Anthony Weller.
“Paradise Found, Paradise Lost” by Pico Iyer was originally published as “Indian Summer of Love” in Islands, January/February 1991. Reprinted by permission of Islands. Copyright © 1991 by Islands.
“The Alms Bowl Village” by John Hoskin reprinted from Sawasdee, the inflight magazine of Thai Airways International, March 1989. Reprinted by permission of Sawasdee and the author. Copyright © 1989 by John Hoskin.
“Take to the Hills” by Sophia Dembling reprinted from The Dallas Morning News, April 26, 1992. Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News and the author. Copyright © 1992 by The Dallas Morning News.
“Relics of Old Siam” by Simon Winchester reprinted from Pacific Rising by Simon Winchester. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc., and the Wallace Literary Agency, Inc. Copyright © 1991 by Simon Winchester.
“Highland Carnival” by John Rember reprinted from the February 1990 issue of Travel & Leisure. Reprinted by permission of Travel & Leisure and the author. Copyright © 1990 by John Rember.
“Cycling Rural Thailand” by Morris Dye reprinted from the September 22, 1991 issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Reprinted with permission from the San Francisco Examiner and the author. Copyright © 1991 by the San Francisco Examiner.
“The Burning Hills” by Jeff Greenwald reprinted from the September 13, 1992 issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright © 1992 by Jeff Greenwald.
“Sport in the Land of Sanuk” by E. M. Swift reprinted courtesy of Sports Illustrated from the February 15, 1988 issue. Copyright © 1988, Time, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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�Mein Gott, Miss Siripan” by Susan Fulop Kepner reprinted from Winds, the inflight magazine of Japan Air Lines, October 1990. Reprinted by permission of Winds and the author. Copyright © 1990 by Susan Fulop Kepner.
“Farang for a Day” by Karen L. Larsen reprinted from the English Journal, April 1987. Copyright © 1987 by the National Council of Teachers of English. Reprinted with permission.
“Bridge to Yesterday” by Kevin Mc Auliffe reprinted from Travel Holiday, November 1990. Reprinted by permission of Travel Holiday and the author. Copyright © 1990 by Kevin Mc Auliffe.
“The Spirit Likes a Little Blood” by Tim Ward excerpted from The Great Dragon’s Fleas by Tim Ward. Copyright © 1993 by Tim Ward. Reprinted by permission of Celestial Arts, P.O. Box 7327, Berkeley, CA 94707.
“Roaches and Redheads” by Karen Swenson reprinted from the July 1, 1993 issue of The Wall Street Journal. Reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright © 1993 by Karen Swenson.
“Flying Kites” and “Walking South” by Steven M. Newman excerpted from Worldwalk by Steven M. Newman. Reprinted by permission of William Morrow & Company. Copyright © 1989 by Steven M. Newman.
“Farang Correspondent” by Michael McRae first appeared in the March, 1993 issue of Outside. Reprinted from Continental Drifter by Michael J. McRae by arrangement with the publisher, Lyons & Burford, 31 West 21 Street, New York, NY 10010. Copyright © 1993 by Michael J. McRae.
“In the Dark” by Joel Simon reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright © 1993 by Joel Simon.
“A Meditator’s Initiation” by Jane Hamilton-Merritt reprinted from A Meditator’s Diary by Jane Hamilton-Merritt. Reprinted by permission of Souvenir Press Ltd., London. Copyright © 1976 by Souvenir Press Ltd., London, £8.95.
“In the Akha Village” by Thalia Zepatos reprinted from A Journey of One’s Own: Uncommon Advice for the Independent Woman Traveler by Thalia Zepatos. Reprinted by permission of Eighth Mountain Press, Portland, Oregon. Copyright © 1992 by Thalia Zepatos.
“Sin, the Buffalo Man” by Steve Van Beek reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright © 1993 by Steve Van Beek.
“Could This Really Be the End?” by Barbara Savage excerpted from Miles From Nowhere: A Round-the-World Bicycle Adventure, by Barbara Savage, published by The Mountaineers, Seattle. Copyright © 1983.
“Thai and Dry” by Gayle Detweiler reprinted from Runner’s World, August 1992. Reprinted by permission of Runner’s World. Copyright © 1992, Rodale Press, Inc., all rights reserved.
“Under the Golden Triangle” by John Spies reprinted from Sawasdee, the inflight magazine of Thai Airways International, March 1987. Copyright © 1987 by John Spies. Reprinted by permission of Sawasdee and the author.
“Dark World Of Gourmet Soup” by Diane Summers reprinted from International Wildlife, January/February 1992. Reprinted by permission of the National Wildlife Federation. Copyright © 1992 by the National Wildlife Federation.
“Fooling Yourself for Fun” by Ian Buruma excerpted from God’s Dust by Ian Buruma. Reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, Inc., and Jonathan Cape. Copyright © 1989 by Ian Buruma.
“By the Sea” by Vatcharin Bhumichitr reprinted with the permission of Atheneum Publishers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Company, from A Taste of Thailand by Vatcharin Bhumichitr. Copyright © 1988 by Vatcharin Bhumichitr. Reprinted by permission of Vatcharin Bhumichitr and Pavilion Books.
Additional Credits (arranged alphabetically by title)
Selection from “An Island Between Two Worlds” by Tristan Jones reprinted from Cruising World, July 1988. Copyright © 1988 by Tristan Jones.
Selections from “The Arcane Power of Amulets” by Michael Buckley reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright © 1993 by Michael Buckley.
Selections from Bangkok Handbook by Michael Buckley reprinted by permission of Moon Publications and the author. Copyright © 1992 by Michael Buckley.
Selections reprinted from Borderlines: A Journey in Thailand and Burma by Charles Nicholl. Copyright © 1988 by Charles Nicholl. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., and Pan (U.K.).
Selections from “Bridge on the River Pai” by Robert Sam Anson reprinted from Condé Nast Traveler, May 1993. Reprinted with permission of Condé Nast and the author. Copyright © 1993 by Robert Sam Anson.
Selection reprinted from Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in North-East Thailand by S. J. Tambiah. Copyright © 1970 by Cambridge University Press. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press.
Selection from “The Burma Road” by Miles Kington reprinted from Great Journeys with the permission of BBC Enterprises Limted. Copyright © 1990 by Miles Kington and BBC Enterprises Limited.
Selections from Cadogan Guides:Thailand by Frank Kusy reprinted with permission by Cadogan Books Limited and Globe Pequot Press. Copyright © 1991 by Frank Kusy.
Selections reprinted from Chasing The Dragon’s Tail: The Struggle to Save Thailand’s Wild Cats by Alan Rabinowitz. Copyright © 1991 by Alan Rabinowitz. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc., and the William Morris Agency.
Selection from “Cheap Thrills” by Jeremy Seabrook reprinted from the New Statesman, 31 May 1991, by permission of Cover Stories. Copyright © 1991 by the New Statesman & Society.
Selections from Culture Shock! Thailand by Robert Cooper and Nanthapa Cooper reprinted by permission of Times Editions. Copyright © 1982 by Times Editions Pte. Ltd. Revised edition 1990.
Selections from “Death in the Candy Store” by Richard Rhodes reprinted from Rolling Stone, November 28, 1991. Copyright © 1991 by Richard Rhodes. Reprinted by permission of Janklow & Nesbit Associates.
Selections from “Dream Come True” by Susan Brady published with permission from the author. Copyright © 2002 by Susan Brady.
Selections from Gault Millau: The Best of Thailand reprinted by permission of Gault Millau, Inc. Copyright © 1991 by Gault Millau, Inc.
Selection from God’s Dust by Ian Buruma reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Inc., and Jonathan Cape (U.K.). Copyright © 1989 by Ian Buruma.
Selection from Great Expeditions reprinted with permission. Copyright © 1991 by Great Expeditions.
Selections from Guide to Healthy Living in Thailand by Henry Wilde, M.D., Supawat Chutivongse, M.D. and Burnett Q. Pixley, M.D. reprinted by permission of the authors. Copyright © 1990 by Henry Wilde, M.D., Supawat Chutivongse, M.D. and Burnett Q. Pixley, M.D.
Selection from Kukrit Pramoj: His Wit and Wisdom, compiled by Vilas Manivat, edited by Steve Van Beek. Reprinted by permission of Steve Van Beek and Editions Duang Kamol, Bangkok. Copyright © 1983 by Kukrit Pramoj.
Selection reprinted from Mai Pen Rai Means Never Mind by Carol Hollinger. Copyright © 1965 by Houghton Mifflin Company and Carol Hollinger. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company and Curtis Brown, Ltd. All rights reserved.
Selection from The Meditation Temples of Thailand: A Guide by Joe Cummings reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright © 1990 by Wayfarer Books. All rights reserved.
Selections reprinted from A Meditator’s Diary by Jane Hamilton-Merritt by permission of Souvenir Press Ltd., London. Copyright © 1976 by Souvenir Press Ltd., London, £8.95.
Selections from “The Mekong” by Thomas O’Neill reprinted from National Geographic, February 1993, by permission of the National Geographic Society. Copyright © 1993 by the National Geographic Society.
Selection from “Paradise Lost” by Susan Brady published with permission from the author. Copyright © 2002 by Susan Brady.
Selections from Peoples of the Golden Triangle by Paul and Elaine Lewis reprinted by permission of the publisher, Thames and Hudson. Copyright © 1984 by Paul and Elaine Lewis.
Selections from The Rough Guide Thailand (formerly The Real Guide Thailand in the U.S.A.) by Paul Gray and Lucy Ridout used by permission of Prentice Hall Travel/a Division of Simon & Schuster. Copyright © 1992 by Paul G
ray and Lucy Ridout.
Selections from “Royal Family Thais” by Richard West reprinted with permission from The New York Review of Books. Copyright © 1992 Nyrev, Inc.
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