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The Peripatetesthete: Bangkok

Francis Levy | Posted 05.14.2013 | Travel
Francis Levy

Bangkok is, if you think of it, almost the perfect name for a city that has the reputation for permissive sexuality.

Around the World in 80 Sports: Lightweight Female American vs. Heavyweight Muay Thai Boxer

Dana McMahan | Posted 05.10.2013 | Travel
Dana McMahan

I embarked on a little project in 2010, though I didn't know it yet. When I climbed into an open air boxing ring in sultry Bangkok to take a Muay Thai lesson (battering, more like), so began a series of adventures I'm retroactively dubbing Around the World in 80 Sports.

World's Prettiest Castles

U.S. News Travel | Posted 05.06.2013 | Travel
U.S. News Travel

Gone are the days of kings and queens ruling the populace from on high (in most of the world, anyway). But while many monarchs have fallen, their pala...

Soothing Away Stress In The Big Mango

Carolyn O'Donnell | Posted 04.18.2013 | Travel
Carolyn O'Donnell

These spas are some of the city's best. Sightsee and shop in the morning, lunch lightly, and in the afternoon retreat to a spa for a perfect Bangkok day.

Bangkok -- the Lady Gaga of Asia

Robert Oliver | Posted 04.11.2013 | Travel
Robert Oliver

I love Bangkok. Food, traffic, sex, pollution: this town has it all. All pinks and neons, there is nothing half-baked about Bangkok. And Bangkok is hands down the world's greatest city for street food. What's more, the excellence on the street has urged even greater excellence indoors.

10 Things We Can Learn From Bangkok

Posted 03.11.2013 | Travel

The Chao Phraya River winds through the heart of Bangkok, passing the ancient golden temples and brand news skyscrapers jostle together along the city...

The Stalemate in Southern Thailand

Daniel Wagner | Posted 04.24.2013 | World
Daniel Wagner

More likely than not, a prolonged conflict and stalemate await southern Thailand.

Underground Trade Part Four: One Town in Thailand (and human trafficking)

Phillip Martin | Posted 04.21.2013 | Impact
Phillip Martin

The beach town's famed nightlife was already in full swing. Pattaya is a "Wild West" of bars, massage parlors, brothels and strip clubs. I watched as inebriated men wandered up and down the red-light district with its neon-sketched bars to the left and right.

Underground Trade Part Three: The Business of Trafficking

Phillip Martin | Posted 04.13.2013 | Impact
Phillip Martin

Why would someone fly 8,500 miles and spend $4,000 dollars to pony up to a bar in Pattaya, Thailand? "If they go into Pattaya, it's not because Pattaya has nice beaches," said Somerville, MA., Police Chief Thomas Pasquarello. "It's because it has sex tourism."

Making Sense Of Bangkok's Wildness

Carolyn O'Donnell | Posted 04.12.2013 | Travel
Carolyn O'Donnell

The backpacker village of Khao San Road is worth inspection.

Underground Trade Part Two: The Route Through Queens

Phillip Martin | Posted 04.10.2013 | Impact
Phillip Martin

Without ever knowing it, you've driven the same routes, passed the same landmarks and used the same rest stops as today's human trafficking networks that operate from New York to New England.

Underground Trade, Part One: Hiding in Plain Sight

Phillip Martin | Posted 04.09.2013 | Impact
Phillip Martin

Wellesley, Mass., went from a town renowned for its colleges and highly educated residents to a place where cops busted an alleged prostitution ring that operated out of a massage parlor.

20 Musts In Thailand

Malerie Yolen-Cohen | Posted 03.30.2013 | Travel
Malerie Yolen-Cohen

Get a massage.

Can Bangkok Be Mapped?

AP | By ELISA MALA | Posted 03.17.2013 | Travel

BANGKOK (AP) — Navigating the streets of Bangkok can challenge even the most seasoned of travelers. Roads wind into each other instead of running pa...

The Big Burg Theory

Marian Salzman | Posted 03.12.2013 | World
Marian Salzman

Megacities create megaproblems. Say "cities" and the negative associations come cascading out: noise, dirt, housing projects, shantytowns, concrete, crowding, crime, drugs, pollution, gridlock, stress, alienation. But they also spur people to figure out megasolutions.

A Visa Scavenger Hunt To Visit Myanmar

Lisa Niver Rajna | Posted 02.24.2013 | Travel
Lisa Niver Rajna

From September 23 to 28, 2012, we focused in Bangkok, Thailand on figuring out how to get a visa to Myanmar. We traveled by local boat (15B about 50 cents) and sky-train (15B one stop) from Koh San Road to the Silom area where the Myanmar embassy is located.

WATCH: A Stroll Around The World

HUMANITY.TV | Posted 02.02.2013 | Travel
HUMANITY.TV

The world is walkable.

Prison Goes Gangnam Style

AP | Posted 01.28.2013 | Weird News

BANGKOK — A day before South Korean rap sensation PSY brings his "Gangnam Style" to Thailand, scores of inmates have danced to the hit behind ba...

PHOTOS: Asia's Intrigue, Adventure And Great Food

Laura Lippstone | Posted 01.24.2013 | Travel
Laura Lippstone

Who hasn't fantasized about the Orient-Express? I want to ditch the hoodie, my overbearing dachshund and job for some adventure on the rails.

In Bangkok, Learning To Be 'An Idiot Abroad'

Tarun Sakhrani | Posted 01.01.2013 | Travel
Tarun Sakhrani

Since I have moved to Asia, I have had the opportunity and been lucky enough to carry on a trend of expanding my horizons and broadening my mindset, visiting different parts of the world. Since I moved to Singapore three months ago, my travels have taken me to Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Not only have these travels given me an education, but they've also made me realize that Karl Pilkington wasn't the only Idiot Abroad.

From Bangkok to California, a Self-Proclaimed Coward's Tale

Kristie Ko | Posted 11.14.2012 | Teen
Kristie Ko

Following my graduation, my family traveled to Bangkok, Malaysia and Singapore in order to, as my parents put it, "learn about family history and immerse ourselves in the culture."

Breaking the Climate Stalemate

Walden Bello | Posted 11.12.2012 | Green
Walden Bello

We can no longer tolerate a situation in which the United States and China portray themselves as opponents but actually provide each other with the rationale to pursue their environmentally destabilizing trajectories.

Red Bull Heir Arrested For Running Over Cop With Ferrari

AP | Posted 11.03.2012 | World

Associated Press BANGKOK -- A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police off...

RUBBED THE RIGHT WAY: Mass-Massage World Record Set

AP | TODD PITMAN | Posted 08.30.2012 | Weird News

BANGKOK -- Thailand has long been known as the massage capital of the world. Now, it has a Guinness World Record to prove it. A record-breaking 641 m...

Bangkok Traffic Jam? The King Must Be In Town

AP | Posted 07.27.2012 | World

BANGKOK -- Bangkok's legendary traffic jams may be getting a bit lighter. Or at least less of a joke. A handbook distributed to police and other auth...