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A town built with teak
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 27/09/2018
» A picture is worth a thousand words, so they say. But sometimes even a thousand pictures cannot say enough. The photos you see on this page show some of the many beautiful houses in Phrae's old town. But, of course, there is more than meets the eye. Each house has its own story, some also played an important part in the history of the town, and even that of the Kingdom.
Feeling the need for speed in Hong Kong
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 08/12/2016
» Hong Kong has more mountains than Victoria Peak, that famous place every first-time visitor to the territory must go to enjoy the spectacular view of the skyscraper forests on both sides of Victoria Harbour. If you don't consider yourself an ordinary tourist but a mountain biker, remember this name: Tai Mo Shan.
You can't stand under my umbrella
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 17/09/2015
» Love it or hate it, the monsoon is a part of life in Thailand. Bangkok is located in the tropics and there's nothing much you can do about it. For an unknown reason, we Thai men never carry an umbrella. So every time I leave my apartment I take with me the next best thing, a hat. And that is usually good enough as protection to keep me going, rain or shine. But the other night it rained so heavily I had to give in.
Welcome to the jungle
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 30/05/2013
» Over the past two years, the hill of Hin Lek Fai in Hua Hin has become one of the Kingdom's downhill mountain-biking hot spots, with five adrenaline-pumping DH trails for lovers of the gravity sport to enjoy. In mid-March, however, access to the best three of the trails was denied to downhillers when staff of the TV relay stations on the hilltop renovated and locked their crumbling metal gate that was previously left open.