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Island community
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/09/2016
» A raised concrete walkway behind Wat Champa in Taling Chan leads to the Koh San Chao canal community. The community might not ring a bell, but it is known among a few travellers as an add-on trip to the famous Lat Mayom floating market in Taling Chan.
Nakhon Phanom: More than meets the eye
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 07/01/2021
» The public space along the Mekong in the town of Nakhon Phanom was quite bright. It was illuminated by the yellow light of street lamps and colourful decorative lights to celebrate Christmas and the New Year. The ambience highly contrasted with the other side of the river, a quiet scene of the reserved forest of the Phou Hin Poun National Protected Area in Khammouane Province in Laos.
A plea for peace
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 04/03/2019
» The travel advisory has been issued for years to warn visitors to avoid travelling to the Deep South where periodic violence occurs in Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat and sometimes Hat Yai in Songkhla province.
Japanese idyll
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/11/2018
» The train was approaching Wakayama Station in the city of Wakayama in Japan. It was outstanding and different from other trains because it has a face like a white cat. There were two brown ears at the top. Two windows for the driver at the front looked like its eyes while there were three lines of whiskers on both cheeks next to a round nose and a straight mouth. The name of the train was the Tama Dencha, or Tama Train.
Temple cities
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/11/2017
» Farmland stretches out and covers most of the flat land along the Irrawaddy River. From the aeroplane, I can see the green fertile land and the brown river before the aircraft lands in Mandalay, the second largest city in Myanmar after Yangon.
The tides of tourism
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 29/12/2016
» During the past 12 months, there have been good and bad things that have impacted the tourism industry. Here is the shortlist of the best and worst situations.
2015 -- a year for Thai tourism?
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 24/12/2015
» The total number of tourists will surpass the target of 28.8 million visitors to 29.5 million, generating 2.2 trillion baht of income to the Kingdom, according to Tourism and Sports Minister Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul.
Complaints as long as airport queues
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/03/2012
» I almost missed my return flight after standing for an hour in a long queue at a security checkpoint and another 45 minutes for immigration clearing in Buenos Aires International Airport. It resembled the situation in Suvarnabhumi Airport that has received wider and louder complaints since February 2011.