Travelers' Tales Thailand: True Stories | 
 enlarge | Creators: James O'reilly, Larry Habegger
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Category: Book
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 66217
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised & Updated
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 488
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 1885211759
Dewey Decimal Number: 959.3
UPC: 692077211757
EAN: 9781885211750
ASIN: 1885211759
Publication Date: February 9, 2002
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Product Description
Winner of the Lowell Thomas Award for Best Travel Book, this newly designed collection paints a unique portrait of a complex and captivating land. One contributor lives as a monk for a month, gaining an inside look at monastic life. Another discovers Bangkok’s riverine pleasures, a world away from its car-choked streets. Yet another finds refuge as the houseguest of an isolated tribesman. Through these engaging personal stories, readers witness how Thailand satisfies just about any traveler’s hunger for the exotic, the beautiful, the thrillingly different. Writers include Pico Iyer, Norman Lewis, Diane Summers, Simon Winchester, Ian Buruma, Thalia Zepatos, and Tim Ward. “The breadth and color of the collective portrait [the contributors] provide of Thailand is remarkable.” — Los Angeles Times
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Travel an learn from home December 6, 2008
This is an outstanding book with vivid detail and compelling stories, most of which are true. It is a must for anyone interested in Thailand.
Surprise! Surprise! November 23, 2008
I was surprised to find my own story published in this book. Anyone thinking of visiting Thailand should do it. I have been there two more times since I wrote this story about 30 years ago. Hello to any former Peace Corps volunteers who lived there when I did.
Fabulous Thailand September 9, 2008
I love collections of stories about any one country, all rendered in one book. They allow true insight into the geography, demography, religion, and customs. This book on Thailand is superb. The stories about the cities, villages, the parks, the forests, people, absolutely beautiful and incredible. Getting around doesn't sound as cumbersome as some reports from acquaintances. Taking the water route in Bangkok instead of taxis sounds delightful, and the stories on the "sex trade" don't make it sound so awful.
After reading all the tales, I feel as if I had actually been there. I hope to find more books on other countries just like this one.
Excellent May 30, 2008
Well written; excellent research. Will be using the book during my stay... I want to visit all these wonderful places that are off the track.
 Good Book, But Make No Mistake February 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a hybrid bewteen guide book and an anthology of travel stories. Quite a novel concept, except that it doesn't work so well as a guide book. There are only a couple of dozen pages on visas, weather and other practical issues towards the end of the book. This book works much better as a collection of beautifully essays - some of the best work by authors like Pico Iyer, Joe Cummings, Ian Buruma and many others.
These essays are highly varied in terms of style and theme. Some are downright romantic and introspective. Some provide a little insider's information on things that most tourists miss out. Some are incisive social commentaries which touch on subjects which may be considered taboo by the sensitive Thais. The editors have attempted to organise the articles in 4 main parts, namely:
1.Essence of Thailand
2.Some Things to Do
3.Going Your Own Way
4.In the Shadows
The 5th part only has one essay. The way these parts are named may cause some confusion. For instance, "some things to do" may contain Pico Iyer's musings on the impact on Thai tourism.
I would give it 5 stars for the great prose, highly enlightening pieces like "Who Was Anna Leonowens" by William Warren and the brutal honesty of many of the articles that are not afraid to go against everything the travel brochures tell us. It's an extremely goo read for people who wish to explore the kingdom or stay awhile. But for the somewhat misleading format and arrangement, I would minus one star.
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