by Jim Algie | Aug 2, 2016 | Press
The Phuket News interviews Jim Algie, author of The Phantom Lover and Other Thrilling Tales of Thailand, about why quite often fiction is the only way to tell the truth about Thailand, in the February 5th, 2014 edition. Email interview by Jody Houton What in your...
by Jim Algie | Aug 2, 2016 | Features
When a young Brit fell off a train going from Bangkok to Surat Thani in April 2017, it brought back a similar accident that spawned this story and underlined the need for health insurance, writes Jim Algie. Riding the night train from Penang, Malaysia to Bangkok, a...
by Jim Algie | Aug 2, 2016 | Features
Without a grounding in the supernatural one is unable to understand the daily effects of Thailand’s ancient animistic culture. In this retelling of the infamous Thai ghost story Jim Algie untangles the historical truths from the fantastical legends. The Thai...
by Jim Algie | Aug 2, 2016 | Films
Miles ahead of the competition in the sports-film sweepstakes, Rush is one of the best movies to come barreling down the straightaway in many years. One of my first ambitions in life was to race stock cars and be a Formula 1 driver. Most of the models I built as a...
by Jim Algie | Aug 2, 2016 | Travel Tales
A holistic retreat on Koh Samui called Kamalaya caters to burnt-out execs by combining age-old disciplines with science, art, film screenings, traditional Chinese medicine and Ayurveda, as well as workshops on everything from meditation to Tibetan music and anger...
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