King Bhumibol - jazz...saxophone himself - pretty good!
"Bird" (Thongchai McIntyre) (very popular pop!)
Golf & Mike (pop)
Isaan traditional music - Mor Lam http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mor_lam
Movies
recommended:
Beautiful Boxer (2003)
Ong Bak: The Thai Warrier (2003) (w/Tony Jaa)
Tom Yang Goong (also known as The Protector) (w/Tony Jaa)
Chang (1927; same directors as for King Kong a year later; B&W and silent - I have this, it's cool! Chang means Elephant)
ok, but not best depiction of Thailand:
Bridge on the River Kwai
The King and I
The Beach
movies partially or fully shot in Thailand:
The Deer Hunter
Good Morning Vietnam
The Killing Fields
Books
Culture Shock! Thailand (Cooper)
The Teachers of Mad Dog Swamp (Khonkhai, Khammaan)
Thai Ways (Segaller, Denis)
Bangkok 8 (Burdett, John)
Bangkok Tattoo (Burdett, John)
A Child of the Northeast (Boontawee, Kampoon)
About me: This MySpace page is here to tell you about the amazing trips to Thailand we've taken over the past few years. Most of us are students in High School in Vermont and our mentor for these trips is Linda. She has a business called Sweet Mango Tours (www.SweetMangoTours.com) and she wants to spread the word about how wonderful, simple and wholesome other parts of the world are. Her specialty is the part of Asia that includes Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
While her business brings people to Thailand for things like full immersion village home-stays, her Vermont to Thailand work is primarily focussed on kids in their Junior and Senior years of high school. For more detailed information about these projects please visit our website www.VTtoThailand.org.
love and peace!
Who I'd like to meet: People who are interested in traveling to Southeast Asia. We are a high school group (mostly Juniors and Seniors) who live in Vermont and we're working hard to spend our February/March school vacation in Thailand. Actually it'll be 2 weeks.
We want to share our trip with you and hear about your trips too!
