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Beyond the beach
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 10/11/2022
» After a one-hour journey from Bangkok to the southern town of Trang, the pilot announced we were landing, but our plane took off again a few minutes later. I looked out the window and spotted rain clouds forming over the airport and runway. Due to poor visibility, the pilot opted to return to Bangkok before changing his mind and landing temporarily in Krabi.
Remarkable recovery
Life, Published on 10/05/2018
» Even though Phuket is well known for clear water and sandy beaches, the island also has alternatives for those who want to know more about local communities.
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.
Weaving traditions
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/03/2017
» When a tourist bus from Nakhon Pathom reaches the gates of Ban Phu Homestay in Mukdahan's Nong Sung district, villagers are lined up. Many of them grandmothers, dressed in ethnic Phu Thai costumes, they wai each visitor and greet them with a "Sawadee".
A special kind of blue
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 21/07/2016
» With a small loom built specially for kids, Jaruwan Chaitamas, an eight-year-old girl, is practising to weave indigo clothes. She slowly weaves and creates the pattern, then corrects it when she finds the pattern going wrong.
Harmony in the hills
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 02/10/2014
» Tucked into a hollow in a range of mountains northeast of Chiang Mai town, the people of Ban Mae Kampong have been living a simple but contented life in the embrace of nature for more than a hundred years.
Linking up to Laos
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 23/01/2014
» Corn was once grown in the fields separating Ban Don Mahawan, a hamlet in Chiang Khong district, from the banks of the mighty Mekong. Nowadays this land sustains a very strange "crop" indeed _ huge concrete pillars sprout from the soil, erected to support the new bridge linking Chiang Rai, our northernmost province, to Huay Xai across the river in Laos.
Tourism on their Terms
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/01/2014
» If you can get a bird's eye view of the terrain, from a plane window, perhaps, or just by poring over a topographical map of southern Thailand, Koh Yao Yai is an elongated strip of green in the middle of Phangnga Bay with the nearest land mass of any size the much bigger island of Phuket and the mainland provinces of Phangnga and Krabi.
New Kid on the block
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 23/02/2012
» Nestled 715km northeast of Bangkok is Bung Kan _ Thailand's newest province. It was part of Nong Khai before being carved out and declared the country's 77th province on March 22, 2011. Covering around 4,300km2, this province comprising of eight districts is full of mountains and waterways and rich in Thai and Lao cultures since Bolikhamxay, a Laotian province nearest it, is just across the Mekong River.
Escape to the highland
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/02/2012
» The highland of Chiang Rai is a popular destination during the cold weather, with many tourists expecting to see a sea of mist when they visit mountain routes in this northernmost province.