We have Thailand to thank for its prodigious contributions to the orchid universe. And its cultural mystique is unforgettable.
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The Orchid Show: Thailand – New York Botanical Garden’s 15th Orchid Exhibit
The variety of orchids is stellar; one appreciates so many intricate shapes and flamboyant hues of the hybrids landscaped with ferns, bromeliads, palms, ficus, bamboo, mat dai and more. It is a festival for the eyes.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Lumpini Park’ by Ty Hutchinson
Hiddin in the darkness of the gaming world, a killer awaits.
Read More »Movie Review: The Impossible is Haunting and Unforgettable
I guarantee you will feel changed as you walk out of the theater and want to run home and hug those who are dear to you.
Read More »Book Review: Rotting In The Bangkok Hilton: The Gruesome True Story of a Man Who Survived Thailand’s Deadliest Prison by T. M. Hoy
Life in a Thai prison, from an American's personal perspective.
Read More »Book Review: The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia by James C. Scott
Hints at an alternative world history in which the nation state is something many people fled over millennia, not a "civilising" influence.
Read More »Movie Review: The Hangover Part II
Second verse exactly the same as the first as Todd Phillips' films keep getting progressively darker.
Read More »Book Review: 187 Pain and Bliss by Wade J. Halverson
Action-packed novel reminiscent of Robert E. Howard.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: The Marine 2
Ker-pow and bang-bang: it’s another WWE film, kids!
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