The Latte River is coming!

Few people, Thai or farang, venture into the heart of rural Thailand. Even fewer paddle a boat through the countryside. Steve Van Beek has and returned with compelling stories of country life and people that inform The Latte River.

This is the successor to the highly popular Slithering South chronicling the author’s 58-day journey down the Ping River from source to sea.

In Latte, discover rural Thailand as it has never been depicted. Along the way, meet the rat roasters, overzealous villagers convinced he is a terrorist. Encounter the mysterious floating stones, an accidental all-night float, an encounter with a crocodile, and a lady vendor selling “silencers”.

Read in tandem with Slithering South and meet Sin the Buffalo Man, the Cowboys of Tha Sala, Jamrat and the “Boom Boom Girl”. He is preyed on by poachers and finds himself a murder suspect.

High adventure and a peek into a Thailand little known by the outside world.

Now available at Asia Books and other English-language bookstores in Thailand.

Readers have asked to see photos of the entire Thai river system. Please find them in Thailand Reflected in a River.