Although the town is tiny, Roi Et is home to some titanic temples   Whether for a long weekend, or a brief contemplative retreat, Roi Et—a sleepy little city in…

Paying homage to a friend and trailblazing musician on the anniversary ceremony to commemorate his passing   At Thai funerals the deceased are not only honoured but treated as revered…

One of my passions is travelling.  My wanderlust genes were probably passed down from my parents and their fore-generations. But gone are the days when merchants and migrants had to…

Bangkok’s historic Central Post Office takes on a cultural brief   I wrote several Joe’s Bangkok columns while seated in the library of the Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC)…

A contemporary heritage hub for Bangkok The up-until-now rather quiet Central Embassy is finally bustling with life, and this has a lot to do with the opening last May of…