At the Three Pagodas Pass, in the wild and beautiful far west of Thailand, the orchid and furniture trade is booming, shoot-outs between Burmese rebels and Thai soldiers are rare and the area remains one of those beauty spots that have not yet succumbed to mass tourism.
View Aroon Thaewchatturat’s feature story on Thailand’s Three Pagodas Pass, republished in Traversing the Orient Magazine in May 2009. Text by Tom Vater.