Adam Skolnick

Men’s Journal Magazine - February 2007 Here’s the cruel truth. Sometimes life grabs you by the balls and twists. Depending upon your point of view, it could be the fault of your mother (Freudian), the planets (Aquarian), or (gasp!) you (e.g. Mel Gibson). We’re not here to assign blame. Just to remind you that stress kills (or [...]

Spa Magazine - February 2007 Just north of the island’s “Big Buddha” temple, rambling over 20 acres of a secluded peninsula that kisses the Gulf of Thailand, is Koh Samui’s most unique and stylish healing retreat. Think 66 zenned-out, palm-thatched private villas made from limestone, wood and glass. Add a touch of butler service, imaginative fusion fare [...]

Travel & Leisure Southeast Asia – July 2010 I didn’t expect strollers. Yet there I was eyeing an army of young mom’s wheeling prams along Hat Pattaya, a crescent of white sand that rolls into Ko Lipe’s main long tail harbor. This is Lipe’s gateway, and I’d landed here only moments before thinking of the [...]

A professional environmental and human rights direct action activist. He has plied his trade for the Ruckus Society, Greenpeace, and the Burma Humanitarian Mission in the US, Canada, Brazil and Burma, where he also trains young activists to resist non-violently.

Travel & Leisure Southeast Asia – May 2008 It was a near-perfect afternoon on Thailand’s Northern Andaman coast, and Khao Lak’s horseshoe bay had revealed itself. Resort rooftops peeked out from the coconut palms, tourists lounged on golden sand, and the turquoise sea gently licked the shore in overlapping ovals. A minute later we rolled into [...]

Ko Phi Phi, a drop dead gorgeous, jungled limestone and white sand butterfly is one of Thailand’s signature islands. Just fifteen years ago it was a backpacker’s secret, laced with sandy trails and dotted with a few thatched bungalows. Then it blew up, grew concrete streets, plugged into absurdly loud sound systems, and became the cheesy fire dance Mecca of the south seas.