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Few institutions in Southeast Asia rival Dib Bangkok’s scope. The museum houses a permanent collection of 1,000 works created by 200 global artists — including Louise Bourgeois, Damien Hirst, Anselm Kiefer, Takashi Murakami, Sho Shibuya and James Turrell — and Thai artists such as Montien Boonma, Pinaree Sanpitak and Somboon Hormtientong.
It may appear that a single Koh Samui hotel (the Four Seasons) stars in the White Lotus Season 3, yet three other 5-star Thailand hotels play bit parts.
How to travel around Bangkok by Skytrain, MRT subway, Airport Rail Link, taxis (motorcycle, tuk-tuk and car) and boat (canal and river). Includes how to get to and from the two airports.
Along with the stories of King Thibaw and Queen Supayalat, The King in Exile tells of the strange, twisted lives of their four daughters and seven grandchildren. As foreign visitors surge in, drawn by the idea of a new frontier, the book erodes the mythology, so pervasive in the region, of a happier, fairer era when white European men kept the grateful dumb natives gently in place.
A mother and daughter are planning a multi-million dollar upgrade of Bangkok's passenger riverboats, while adding hospitality and real estate ventures to their 100-year-old company.
Susan J Cunningham 