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Timeless opulence
B Magazine, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/01/2019
» Having grown up in India, I'm no stranger to train travel. So even though I've lived in Southeast Asia for more than a decade, train travel has never really enticed me; that is, not until I laid eyes on the Eastern & Oriental Express.
Classical piano soothes old elephants at sanctuary
Published on 14/12/2018
» KANCHANABURI: Lam Duan, a 65-year-old blind elephant, is enjoying her lunch, and listening to Silent Night being played on a piano.
What the children make
Life, Published on 13/12/2018
» For 40 years, the Foundation for Children (FFC) has been protecting and providing opportunities for abused, underprivileged and neglected children by nourishing their souls through alternative learning methods.
Sustainable everything possible
Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 11/12/2018
» For John Edward Roberts, sustainability does not just equate to green initiatives. For the Minor Hotels' Group Director of Sustainability and Conservation, it means the eco-friendly mindset that is embedded into even the smallest part of daily life.
The great outdoors
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 09/11/2018
» If you have felt the crisp, cool Bangkok mornings, then you're probably aware that the cool season is about to kick-off. While we may not have four seasons in Thailand, we definitely have camping season. The slightly lowered temperatures means this is the perfect time to spend a few days in the mountains surrounded by nature instead of skyscrapers. The word "camping" may give rise to a few assumptions -- roughing it out in the wild, having to rely on your wits and limited resources, being out in the open with the possibility of dangerous animals lurking about, sleeping in a tiny cramped tent, and worse of all, having to go to the "toilet" in a hole in the ground. But it's 2018 and there ways to go camping without having to suffer such discomfort.
Thai evolution alive and well
Special Publications, Published on 05/11/2018
» Just when you thought Thai food couldn’t surprise you, out of left-field comes Siam Tea Room, not so much with outlandish concepts as startling tweakings.
Helping humanity
Life, Published on 26/10/2018
» Last Friday, His Royal Highness Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, was the guest of honour at an exclusive dinner held by the British embassy and Siam Piwat, to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity Thailand (HFHT), at the British ambassador's residence.
A tour of taste
Life, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 05/10/2018
» The Vietnamese are no strangers to Thailand. Going back 230 years, to the beginning of the Ratanakosin reign, a group of Vietnamese were forced to move into Kanchanaburi province as a military troupe to protect the country from war enemies.
In a land before time
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 12/09/2018
» Stepping into the Itsarawinitchai Hall of the National Museum Bangkok, visitors will feel like travelling back in time to the pre- and early historic periods of present-day Thailand at the "From Village To Early State: The Transformation Of Culture In Our Land" exhibition which will run until the end of this month.
A caravan of friendship
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 09/08/2018
» Travelling in a four-wheel-drive on a 2,700km route from Myanmar's old capital of Yangon through Thailand via the Dawei-Kanchanaburi border sounds tough for many. Yet, it was considered a small adventure for some 80 Myanmar and Thai people who recently took part in the "Myanmar Tourism Marketing-Tourism Authority of Thailand Heritage Trail Tourism Cross-Border Rally" because most of them love challenges.