Traversing The Orient Magazine

Ken Pearce travels to the hills of Khao Yai to savour the wine and scenic beauty of Village Farm Winery Photos by Kevin Pearce It all seems slightly surreal. I’m being driven out of Bangkok. The traffic is surprisingly light, ...

Beverly Hills 6750 Multi-Specialty Aesthetic Institute’s vision is to be a premiere center bringing world-class aesthetic services to Asia and to promote the Philippines as a new destination for medical tourism. Traversing the Orient gets beneath the scalpel ...

Ben Hopkins meets the world famous Chef Ken Hom in Bangkok’s Mason Chin Restaurant Photographs by Louis Teran Back in the late 1970’s Chinese cuisine in the UK was in its infancy. Pork balls drowning in soy sauce alongside prawn crackers were considered ...

From their office in the “gem district” of Bangkok, which begins around Silom Soi 11 and stretches down to the banks of the Chao Phraya River, Liz Smailes meets with GIA, Graduate Gemologist, (Gemological Institute of America) Mark Power and his business partner and jewelry designer Laurie Hardoon Adulayavichitr....

Laurence Civil discovers Sutapa Karnkoravict’s source of passion for all things French and gains an insight into her role as Director of Sopexa Thailand. “In my high school exams at Sirindhorn School in Surin,” says Sutapa, “I was top of the class ...

Sef Cagoco travels to the beautiful island province of Romlon Province to meet the Governor fondly known as ‘Jojo’. Governor Natalio F. Beltran III sits on the lower bunk of a double-decker bed in a small ferry waiting to cross the Sibuyan ...

When the great boxer Manny Pacquiao flew into Bangkok Traversing the Orient's Ben Hopkins was there to throw a few questions On May 2nd, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Manny Pacquiao sent a shock wave through the world of ...

As Senior Vice President of Dusit International Octavio Gamarra understands well the need to plan ahead in times of political gridlock and economic stagnation. As a teenager he was a world standard swimmer and today is a tri-athlete who races to win. There’s no shortage of energy and vision from ...

Maria Elena talks with the famous Filipino dancer Pinky Puno about her many passions When Michaela “Pinky” Puno was seven, her parents enrolled her in the ballet class of  Joji Felix Velarde and the late Totoy Oteyza. Little did they know that this would kick start a life-long  passion ...

TTO introduces Dr. Pierre Clero, a distinguished Cosmetic Surgeon and Wellness Practitioner who is always at the top of his field with the latest anti aging techniques in beauty and wellness. With his vast experience Dr. Pierre R. Clero is ...