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Gearing up for tourists
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/03/2018
» After harvesting season, rice farmers in the Northeast hold an annual merit-making ceremony to express gratitude to Mae Phosop (the Goddess of Rice). The farmers bring a portion of their newly harvested rice and pile it up on a temple ground for monks to bless.
A model community
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 17/08/2017
» Somjit Bunraknang, 67, weaves a shrimp by using dry palm leaves. She sits inside a gazebo of her neighbour's house in Ban Ram Daeng in Singha Nakhon district in Songkhla. Despite her impaired right eye, she can skilfully fold the leaves to make fish, grasshoppers, birds, pencil containers and baskets.
Bucolic adventure
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/04/2017
» Khao Lak Canal flows slowly from a mountain to the village of Ban Khao Lak in Trang's Muang district. Both sides of the stream are green forest. The canal later merges with another canal called Lam Phu Ra which ends at the Trang River.
South of the border
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/11/2016
» About 200km apart, Khlong Daen Homestay is in Songkhla's Ranode district in the south of Thailand, while Paya Guring Homestay is in Perlis in the northern part of Malaysia.
Come Together
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 04/02/2016
» A new colourful sign board has been erected. It reads "Ban Rai Kong Khing" and marks the village which is located in Hang Dong district in Chiang Mai. To the eyes of outsiders, it looks like a typical village of a city where people live in their two storey concrete houses or wooden houses with the main gates always locked.
What a difference Dawei makes
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/07/2015
» Myanmar's southern city of Dawei is only 150km away from the Thai border checkpoint at Kanchanaburi's Ban Phu Nam Ron, but travelling to the city requires a considerable amount of time and endurance.
Island in the sun
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 05/03/2015
» Crystal clear water, uncrowded beaches and sunshine are not the main reasons for Sel Bellai, a Dutch businessman, and his family to visit Koh Mak every year for four years.
Green Schemes
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 28/03/2013
» Sao Saenngam is only 49, but he's witnessed more dramatic change in the last few decades that either his father or grandfather saw in their entire lives. His birthplace, a tiny island only 30 minutes by ferry from Pattaya, has been altered almost beyond recognition since he was a boy.
Tribute to Phuket's merchant class
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/10/2012
» Originally a Malay term, Peranakan translates as "locally born" and is used to refer to the descendants of Chinese traders who settled in coastal areas of southern Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia from the late 15th century onwards, where they married local women, prospered in business and founded powerful dynasties.