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By Marc Atchison
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BANGKOK — While we wait for our lessons to begin at the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok Hotel’s world renowned Thai Cooking School, members of the class introduce themselves to each other.
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By Marc Atchison
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 TraveLife staff offers up a "must do list" for when you visit Thailand.
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By Marc Atchison
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BANGKOK. THAILAND - We push our way through the teak door entrance and two attendants dressed in traditional Thai clothing rush towards us with garlands of flowers and place them around our necks.
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By Marc Atchison
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 BANGKOK, THAILAND - You get a belly full of culture when you visit Thailand. That's because Thai food is an important ingredient in the country's past, present and future.
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By Marc Atchison
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 AYUTTHAYA, THAILAND - This is one of Thailand’s poorest communities but it’s filled with some of the country’s richest treasures.
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By Marc Atchison
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 JAMES BOND ISLAND, THAILAND - The middle-aged couple hurried past the hawker selling island excursion tours in the lobby of Phuket’s Sheraton Laguna hotel, hoping the chap wouldn’t bother them with his sales pitch.
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By Marc Atchison
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 CHIANG MAI, THAILAND - The rumbling of some loose boards over a makeshift moat trumpeted our taxi’s arrival at the entrance of a regal-looking compound guarded by a large gate, a stone wall and a watch tower.
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By Marc Atchison
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 BANGKOK, THAILAND - The flower ladies sit in the stifling heat of a Bangkok morning delicately threading the petals of exotic orchids and jasmine flowers onto strings. They effortlessly turn the pedals into beautiful multi-coloured garlands called a malai, which they then sell to passersby for just pennies.
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