Chris Schalkx

1 week ago | cntraveller.com | Chris Schalkx

We'd been plodding through the northern Congolese rainforest for almost two hours when I started to suspect that our guide had lost the plot. Gabin Okele, standing little more than five feet tall in his patched-up rubber boots, madly hacked his machete through the thicket, snipping away snarls of arrowroot and knotty lianas with a pair of garden scissors ("Salad surfing," he called it).

1 week ago | cntraveller.com | Chris Schalkx

I met a man on Koh Surin Tai, and he didn’t know his age. A dozen wispy hairs curled from his chin, his eyelids drooped under the weight of decades spent reading horizons. He was a Moken, or sea nomad. His Austronesian ancestors roamed the Andaman Sea for centuries, and stories of their liquid lives lingered in his mind like the salt on his skin. He remembered his early days: a childhood spent on a flotilla of kabang houseboats, living by the monsoon winds and changing tides.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Chris Schalkx

1 day agoThailand: Shocking moment of skyscraper collapses in Bangkok after powerful Myanmar earthquakeRESTRICTION: “BANKIIZDMZ / VIA TIKTOK" - NO RESALE / MUST ON-SCREEN COURTESY SHOTLIST: BANGKOK, THAILAND (MARCH 28, 2025) (BANKIIZDMZ VIA TIKTOK - RESTRICTED) 1.

3 weeks ago | cntraveller.com | Chris Schalkx

Daybreak in Bangkok Noi. From my bedroom window, I watch a troupe of saffron-robed monks shuffle past to collect alms from early risers. Riled-up roosters cock-a-doodle in their bamboo coops as a rainbow-roofed longtail boat sputters by, chrysanthemum garlands dangling from its bow.

3 weeks ago | foodandwine.com | Chris Schalkx

Photo: Alexander Spatari / Getty ImagesFood & Wine's 2025 Global Tastemakers Awards were determined prior to the Myanmar earthquake that's impacting Thailand. Here's how you can help. Bangkok mornings break with pillowy deep-fried pa thong ko crullers dunked in sweet coffee and bags of chile-dusted green mango, all consumed on bustling commutes. Moo ping, skewers of fatty pork caramelized over charcoal, fuel late afternoons, and roti dripping in condensed milk make for a perfect late-night snack.