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Beyond the coast
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 01/07/2021
» Tall casuarina trees (son talay in Thai) stand handsomely in rows along the coastal line of Wa Ko beach in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Muang district. Branches of those needle-like leaves sway in the wind while soft waves curl up to the shore.
Empire of joy
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 31/05/2021
» The midday sun is almost unbearable. During the dry season, farmlands crack. Nothing is growing. It is hard to imagine that the area along Highway 2074 (the Buri Ram-Nang Rong road) in Khu Muang district in Buri Ram province can one day become fertile land.
Phuket gears up for 9-day vegetarian festival
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/10/2020
» The annual vegetarian festival will get under way between the first to the ninth day of the ninth lunar month in the Chinese calendar. This year, it will fall between Oct 17-25 and celebrations have been organised in many places including Bangkok, Pattaya, Suphan Buri, Nakhon Sawan, Takua Pa in Phangnga and Hat Yai. The highlight will be a grand celebration in Phuket, believed to be the origin of the vegetarian festival in Thailand.
Sleepy community wakes up
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/03/2020
» Folding doors of wooden shophouses gradually opened as morning came. Some shop owners arranged their shelves and filled the space with packages of snacks, daily-use products, and even postcards, while some others prepared their cooking tools to make noodles and hot meals. Coffee shops started to turn on soft music.
What 2019 brought to Thailand's strongest industry
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/12/2019
» Life reviews the highlights of the tourism sector during the past 12 months.
White light
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 28/11/2019
» After the entrance gates closed at 5pm, people waited outside the Chiang Rai landmark of Wat Rong Khun for a much anticipated light and sound show organised for the first time since the temple's 1977 opening.
Stay a little longer
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 17/10/2019
» The sweet fragrance of cocoa diffuses in the air inside the house of Preecha Inkong, the owner of Rose Cocoa Garden, in Tha Sala district in Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Following in Sunthon Phu's footsteps
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 25/07/2019
» All along the Chao Phraya, from Bangkok Noi in the capital to Bang Kruai in Nonthaburi, are several old temples and communities that have stood for more than two centuries. These sites are mentioned in the works of Sunthon Phu, the great poet who lived during the reigns of King Rama I through to King Rama IV (1786-1855).
Bangkok's hidden gem
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 07/02/2019
» Sitting on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River, the old Chinese community of Talat Noi in Samphanthawong district dates back to the early Rattanakosin period. For years, the community was overshadowed by the more famous Yaowarat, Bangkok's Chinatown. But more recently, tourists have started exploring more of Bangkok to find destinations a little bit off the beaten path.
Reaching heaven
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/12/2018
» The peak of Phu Chi Dao Mountain in Chiang Rai's Wiang Kaen district was shrouded in mist. A cool breeze was blowing in from the mountain range in front of me. I zipped up my jacket to the neck and put on the hood while I patiently waited for the sunrise.