"There are over 15,000 species world wide but I was intrigued by lady slipper orchids, which are as rare as they are stunningly beautiful with only 70 species world
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He worked on the English country estate of one Lord Oveur d'Wreste in the middle eighteen hundreds. Known as Wad to his friends (thanks to his initials), he was
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"Oddly a couple of months ago, I went to visit Narissa, owner of Hinlay Curry, a descendent of William Bain, who lives just next door to here. We were sitting there
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"We have stayed in some amazing homes across the world, from Ecuador to England, but not all are fancy. Periods of house sitting time can last anything from a week
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Handsome and charming, like all the Buranupakorn men, Boonlert sits at his vast desk surrounded by Buddha images and framed certificates.
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For expats with a drinking problem Chiang Mai is a difficult environment where social life is often based around drinking, but help is available.
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"I have always wondered why beautiful, brainy and sporty kids get scholarships to great schools and universities,"
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It was barely seven o'clock, but we had walked for miles, past savages dressed in rags, angelic maidens draped in silk sarongs and noble Englishmen clad in Red Bull
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Not much fun. For what seemed hours most of us hacks were banged up in an RTAF transport aircraft at Wing 41 waiting for the Princess's BA 146 to leave.
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During one more recent visit, I stopped by to ask a friend, Pim Kemasingki, about the present and future. "Chiang Mai is changing and will continue to change.
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The international press in Vietnam has more freedom than the local press, as is the case in some other South East Asian countries.
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James Austin Farrell looks over the last 30 years Thailand's health care system and how it has has expanded to cover all Thai nationals for relatively little cost
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