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Far from the madding crowds
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 13/08/2020
» While the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting border closure has brought about considerable economic impact, not everything is bad news. At the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, which is part of the Grand Palace, the long-lost ambience of tranquillity has returned.
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Thailand's abundance
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 09/04/2020
» April is usually the height of the hot season. The sea, both in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman, is at its best. The forest, meanwhile, may seem lifeless, yet actually there are a lot of interesting things going on in the ecosystem. Most waterfalls, for example, may not be boasting powerful cascades, but the calm, clear water reveals a fascinating array of fish and other aquatic lifeforms that thrive. And guess what: even during this dry period of the year, there are falls in some protected forests where the water continues to flow down rigorously, regardless of what month is shown on the calendar. Too bad I don't have their photographs in digital form and no time to dig through the piles of slides.
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Into the wild
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 10/01/2019
» On Saturday, a whole host of events will be held to mark National Children's Day. If you're one of those parents who dread the idea of scrambling around among hysterical crowds of youngsters, but still wish to do something special with your little ones, how about taking them away from it all? Let's go camping!
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Lighting up Lampang
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 10/05/2018
» Chae Son National Park in Lampang province is famous for its hot springs. However, not many people know that every April the park's geothermal area becomes the venue for nightly mass gatherings of cicadas. Perhaps even fewer people are aware that hidden in the back of the park headquarters, there's a road that goes across the forested mountain all the way to the popular Chiang Mai village of Mae Kam Pong.
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Wintery wonderland
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 08/02/2018
» Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's major islands, makes up one-fifth of the country's land mass. Yes, it's not small. And definitely, it has much more to offer visitors than the already popular destinations like Sapporo, Otaru, Furano, Niseko or Hakodate in the central and southern areas of this large island.
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Rocking and rolling
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 01/09/2016
» Quite a while ago on my first visit to the Hin Chang Si lookout point in Khon Kaen, I promised myself I would come back on a bike. The mountain road was not too long or too steep for me to climb and the magnificent vista of the reservoir of Ubolratana Dam down below would definitely be a sweet reward.
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The fine art of coasting
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 18/08/2016
» I've seen the coastal area at the top of the Gulf of Thailand from an airplane window so many times, but it was only recently that I got to check it out up-close on two wheels.
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A moist mountain ride
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 14/07/2016
» Chiang Mai's iconic mountains, the adjoining Doi Pui and Doi Suthep, are internationally famous as home to some of Southeast Asia's longest downhill tracks. For mountain bikers who are not DH hardcore and also enjoy the challenge of climbing, these mountains definitely have a lot more to offer. The awesome route featured in today's article is just one of the many "all-mountain" trails available there.
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Braving the bull run
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 02/06/2016
» Rural Highway 3052 runs along much of the northern edge of Khao Yai National Park serving as a shortcut between Thanarat (3077) Road to the west and Highway 304 in Wang Nam Khieo to the east. Over the past few years, this area has become a popular holiday destination, especially among well-to-do city slickers. However, not many of those tourists are aware that at the back of the many luxury resorts along the south side of the rural highway there's something which separates them from the protected forest that is home to numerous wildlife.
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Trip down memory lane
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 28/04/2016
» Last week, as I was scanning Google Earth for a biking route that's not too far from Bangkok, the memory of a boat journey I took over a decade ago sprang to mind.
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