It's hard to believe the Lonely Planet guide to Thailand is in its 13th edition; having first graced the shelves of alternative bookstores and organic co-ops in 1982, a full month before the guidebook that started it all, Southeast Asia on a Shoestring (or the 'Yellow Bible'), hit the stands. Lonely Planet was a little...

Khao San Road (Bangkok, Thailand) There are many places in the world where I’d happily sit, at two o’clock in the morning, on a dirty curb, watching urban nightlife take its course. One such place is Thailand’s Khao San Road. Khao San (sometimes spelled Khao Sarn) is a 500-meter stretch of asphalt tucked away in...

[Note: Each Saturday this month, Vagablogging will feature self-published travel books reviewed by self-published travel authors. We start with Robert Downes's review of Two Laps Around the World .] Review by Robert Downes A book of ideas as well as adventure, Two Laps Around the World by Bob Riel offers the sort of insights that...

In Tone Deaf in Bangkok , Janet Brown does a remarkable job of capturing daily life in Bangkok and chronicling her transformation from her early days exploring the city as a farang to settling into the rhythms of the city to her eventual journey back to the United States. Nana Chen's photography accompanies Janet Brown's...