Tweet This week on 5 we’re taking a trip to the lower Isaan region of Thailand to visit a silk village. Thai silk comes from the cocoons of Thai silkworms. The silkworms are raised on a diet of mulberry leaves and the resulting silk is considered one of the finest fabrics in the world. Before [...]
Tweet Situated on top of a 525m cliff in the Dangrek mountains of northern Cambodia is Prasat Preah Vihear. Straddling the border between Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province and Sisaket province in Thailand, the 11th century Angkorian temple lies on disputed ground. Over the past millenium, the temple has been located at times in both Cambodia [...]