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High on fun, low on carbon
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 03/03/2016
» About 60 Thai tourists enjoyed sea, sand and sun and participated in environmentally-friendly activities on the five islands of Trat during the recent three-day Low Carbon Holiday 2015. The success of the first official low-carbon tour in Thailand is proof the project is taking shape in Trat, about 300km from Bangkok.
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.
Ecotourism in Trat
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 25/06/2015
» When it comes to a community where people of different religions live happily together and co-operate for the success of sustainable tourism, Ban Nam Chieo in Laem Ngop district of Trat springs to mind for many Thai eco-tourism advocates.
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.
Flight of fancy
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 05/02/2015
» Every weekend, old hangars in a quiet corner of the grounds of the Royal Thai Air Force, in Don Muang, come alive with aviation enthusiasts.
Reel-Life repository
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 27/02/2014
» Housed in a replica of the long-demolished Sri Krung, the country’s first facility for recording full-length movies with soundtracks, the Thai Film Museum on Phutthamonthon Sai 5 Road celebrates the history of motion pictures in the Kingdom, from 1897 to the present day, in a most inviting, interactive fashion.
Travel to two towns
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 29/08/2013
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is promoting the 3rd ''Unseen Destinations 2 Samut'' in Samut Sakhon and Samut Songkhram. Destinations are Wat Khok Kham, Phanthai Norasingha Shrine, the Salt Farming Learning Centre, St Anna Church and Don Hoi Khraeng in Samut Sakhon and Amphawa Floating Market and King Rama II Memorial Park in Samut Songkhram.
Capital aperitif
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 27/06/2013
» From vibrant but overcrowded Yangon to the faded splendour of Bago or the new orderliness and open spaces of Nay Pyi Taw, visiting Myanmar's current capital and two of its predecessors may help the first-time visitor figure out how far this country has come and how quickly it is changing.
Links forged in faith
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 04/04/2013
» Buddhists in Sri Lanka are preparing to mark the 260th anniversary of a milestone in their history: the arrival on their shores of a high-level delegation, dispatched by the king of Ayutthaya, which was to play a key role in reviving the monkhood in their country.