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Explore Turkey with Siam Society
Life, Published on 20/02/2025
» Siam Society is organising a 11-night trip to Turkey's Black Sea and southeastern regions, from May 12-23.
Loei gears up for Phi Ta Khon Festival
Life, Published on 20/06/2024
» The town of Dan Sai in Loei will host the annual Bun Luang and Phi Ta Khon Festival from July 7-9. Influenced by a Buddhist folktale, the celebration will transport worshippers back in time to when Prince Vessandorn, one of Buddha's past lives, returned to the palace after meditation. People came out to greet him at the entrance as spirits had accompanied him from the forest to the city.
Coming in hot in 2024
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 03/01/2024
» To welcome 2024, here’s a round-up of what to look forward to outside the country we call home.
Stunning Switzerland
Life, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 14/12/2023
» 'It's impossible to take a bad photo in Switzerland -- it's a blind photographer's dream," said Scottish comedian Jamie MacDonald, and I agree.
Top Scenic Routes in Europe: Navigate the Continent's Most Breathtaking Roads by Van
Published on 20/10/2023
» Embarking on a road trip across Europe is a dream that beckons travellers from around the world. The thrill of the open road, the allure of hidden gems, and the freedom to discover at your own pace are irresistible.
Closer to heaven
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 01/12/2022
» Doi Luang Chiang Dao in Chiang Mai is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to discover lush sub-alpine woodland and limestone mountains that rise 2,225m above sea level. As part of Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, its topography is comparable to that of the Himalayas and south China.
Climbers at odds over far-right dogwhistle route names
AFP, Published on 09/11/2022
» WIENER NEUSTADT (AUSTRIA) - Just outside Vienna, climbers scramble up "Fortress Europe", one of the routes up an impressive rockface towering over fields and forests.
'Water is life': Covid-19 exposes chronic crisis in Navajo Nation
AFP, Published on 29/05/2020
» THOREAU, United States: Amanda Larson pulls up at a water station a few miles from her home in the Navajo Nation and her three children get to work filling up large bottles lying on the bed of her pickup truck.
Trophy hunt of protected Alpine ibex sparks Swiss debate
AFP, Published on 17/01/2020
» VEX (SWITZERLAND) - A woman wearing a bright orange vest aims her rifle and on her second shot, a large Alpine ibex with majestic curved horns collapses in the snow.
Tasmania, Australia: Enchanted isle beyond down under
Christopher Lombardi, Special publications, Published on 30/10/2019
» Tasmania, or Tassie as it is known by locals, is an isolated island lying about 300 km south of the Australian mainland across the turbulent Bass Strait. Despite it being Oz’s smallest state, more than 40% of the island’s 68,401 sq.km is dedicated to world heritage areas and protected parklands brimming with nature sites like sparkling alpine lakes, unspoiled rivers and mist-shrouded peaks.