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Daring to be different
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 15/02/2021
» Seven years ago, Nongluck Asavasakulchai, now 53, left her job as a nurse in the capital to become a farmer in her hometown in Nakhon Phanom, about 715km northeast of Bangkok. There, in 2014, she founded Community Enterprise Rice Processing Tambon Ban Phueng (Khaowsook) after the price of rice hit record lows. Her goal was to find alternative options and the solution she turned to was organic rice.
Sipping tea in the forest
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/02/2020
» Tea pickers, each having a bamboo basket on one side, walked in a row on their way out of a tea plantation. It was late afternoon. The sky was clear and the sunlight was about to turn yellow. My travel companions and I ambled along the same road but in the opposite direction of the tea pickers. We were on our way to the tea farm to have our tea-picking experience.
Chiang Mai village wins awards
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/12/2015
» Ban Rai Kong Khing in Chiang Mai has won an award at the inaugural Pata Tourism InSPIRE Awards 2015.
Embassies launch Thai heritage map
Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/10/2014
» The European Heritage map is available to highlight 60 sites in Bangkok and five more sites in Ayutthaya.
Cartoon Network's waterpark opens
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/10/2014
» The Cartoon Network Amazone Water Park in Chon Buri is officially open after a soft launch at the end of July.
A slice of the Old World in Latin America
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 22/03/2012
» The first thing you will notice when you roam around Buenos Aires is that Argentina's capital is like a city in Europe. Old buildings along streets recall French or Italian architecture, while the streets are laid out in a grid plan.
Thailand's loss is Myanmar's gain
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/01/2012
» Every January The New York Times lists destinations around the globe worth visiting, but sadly for Thailand missing from the 2012 list are destinations here that made the cut last year _ perhaps the fallout from its worst flooding in 50 years _ while only four Southeast Asia destinations make its list of "45 Places To Go in 2012".