• TRAVEL

  Merit-making in the South

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/09/2017

  » From Sept 14-23, the "Bun Sat Duan Sib And Red Cross" fair will be held at the Princess Mother Memorial Park (Thung Thalat) and in front of the provincial hall and Muang Nakhon Si Thammarat Municipal Office in Muang district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province. The fair has become an annual event since 1923.

• TRAVEL

  Drive away bad luck in Hua Hin

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 24/09/2015

  » From Saturday to Sunday, the annual "Merit Making, Boat Procession, Floating Bad Luck Away" festival will be held on the beach near the Chao Mae Tubtim Shrine on Naresdamri Road in downtown Hua Hin.

• TRAVEL

  Merit-making in Suphan Buri

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 13/08/2015

  » From Aug 31-Sept 4, the "Thing Krajad Suphan Buri 2015" tradition will be held at the City Pillar Shrine in Muang district, Suphan Buri province.

• TRAVEL

  Learning from nature

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 01/06/2017

  » Travelling along the Gulf of Thailand's coast from Samut Sakhon to Prachuap Khiri Khan non-stop takes around three hours. Tourists can go slowly and stop at some of the many attractions along the shore, including beaches and mangroves. One of several must-sees is the Sirinart Rajini Mangrove Forest Learning Centre, an outstanding example of human effort to turn overexploited land into a mangrove in Pran Buri.

• TRAVEL

  Marking the birth of a city

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 07/04/2016

  » As Bangkok will celebrate its 234th anniversary as the capital of Thailand on April 21 this year, the Bangkok Commemoration Museum is an interesting place for people to visit and learn more about this city besides palaces and temples. This private museum on Lat Phrao 43 is the brainchild of Jantakarn Khloisai, who has a keen interest in everything which marked the 100th, 150th and 200th anniversaries of Bangkok.

• LIFE

  Creating a knowledge sharing culture

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 12/01/2016

  » The famous Red Mill in the old town of Songkhla has long been a landmark of the province, where many people reminisce about the good old days. Through local initiatives, the mill has recently become much more than a symbol — it is a new learning centre and a model of community development that shows how bottom-up input can present a platform of knowledge to the people.

• TRAVEL

  Singing in the rain

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 28/05/2015

  » Throughout the rainy season, the Tourism Authority of Thailand's (TAT) Central Regional Office is running the "Travel In The Rainy Season: Discover Happiness" campaign to promote tourism in the 19 provinces of the Central Region.

• TRAVEL

  Flora Fair in the Park

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 04/12/2014

  » Until Dec 10, the annual "Phan Mai Ngam Aram Suan Luang Ror Kao" (Beautiful Flora in the Suan Luang Rama IX Park) fair will take place in this park in Suan Luang district, Bangkok, to celebrate His Majesty the King's birthday on Dec 5.

• OPINION

  The right to refuse

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 11/09/2014

  » I was 17 when I started university. I remember feeling happy and more than willing to participate in welcome activities or initiation ceremonies. The longing to be among the cream of the crop was stronger than any other feeling I had, so refusal or objection to do so never crossed my mind. Fortunately the activities my faculty organised, in my opinion, never reached what is nowadays called “hazing”.

• TRAVEL

  Robe presentation in Chai Nat

  Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 26/06/2014

  » To mark the start of Buddhist Lent, the people of Chai Nat will participate in the annual ceremony to present and wrap a huge saffron robe around the principal pagoda of Wat Phra Boromthat Worawihan in Muang district on July 12.

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