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One thing the virus can't touch
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 19/03/2020
» Because of the coronavirus, a lot of long-planned social functions and activities have to be postponed or cancelled. Even the Songkran Festival is no exception. Still, there is an event that would never, ever be affected by any pandemic: the sunset.
To the mountaintop
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 22/02/2018
» Rising 2,285m above mean sea level, Doi Pha Hom Pok of Chiang Mai's Fang district ranks as Thailand's second-highest summit. On my recent visit to the mountaintop -- I had not returned to Doi Pha Hom Pok since I first climbed it 25 years ago -- I wanted to make the most of the trip, so I added biking as part of it.
View from the top
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 07/01/2016
» To most people, Doi Kham Fah in Chiang Mai province may not be a familiar name. Not to me, either. But a couple of weeks ago, I happened to spot on the internet some nice photos of Doi Luang Chiang Dao, the Kingdom's tallest limestone mountain with its unmistakable jagged peaks, and learned that they were taken from Doi Kham Fah.
Doi Suthep's dizzying delights
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 14/02/2013
» To me Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai has always been synonymous with downhill mountain-biking, and nothing else. Of course, every time I was on the truck that shuttled me and my bike up to the trailhead high on the mountain, I saw many cyclists spinning their way up to the top. I wished I could do that too but I knew full well I would drop dead even before I finished the first kilometre. However, on my recent visit to the northern city, my view was changed.