While covering the historic capital of Sukhothai with the Tourist Board of Thailand I saw a group of saffron-robed monks heading out before dawn with their begging bowls…
Every winter the Star Flyer clipper ship sails the clear waters of Andaman Sea on one week trips out of Phuket, Thailand. The seldom visited Surin and Similan Islands, the Malaysian coastal towns and Singapore are all enthralling port calls. But it is the ship itself…
The huge white squaresails billow with wind from a clear and cloudless sky. Lanyards hale and strain against the sturdy steel of the four masts as we speed forward across the turquoise waters of the Andaman Sea. The wooden deck rolls gently with the waves and the breeze fills our spirits too. It is the morning after leaving Phuket on the clipper ship SPV Star Flyer and we are finally under sail…