My time as an extra on the season 3 set strangely mirrored my two-sided experience as a traveler in Thailand—both as a ...

The condo towers of Pattaya jut on the horizon like Surfers Paradise gone walkabout. To reach them I return to the mainland ...

Having first visited Thailand as a backpacker two decades ago - and returned annually ever since - my hotel tally broke 100 some time ago.