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Tourists drawn to Communist relics in Phitsanulok forest
Kyodo News, Published on 20/03/2019
» PHITSANULOK: When the outlawed Communist Party of Thailand launched an insurgent campaign in 1965, its headquarters were here in the mountains of this northern province.
Full bloom
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 12/01/2017
» Seven years ago no one would have ever thought that mountain grasslands without a single tree at Phu Lom Lo in Loei would one day be a popular tourist destination.
Putting the "in" in indie
Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 29/04/2016
» Day in and day out of listening to global hits can lead to getting fed up of "today's music". If you've already resolved to driving in silence or you're desperately revisiting records from three decades ago or more, you may be overlooking gems that are playing right in front of you.
The mountains are calling
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 17/09/2015
» Driving along the highway, I look out of the window and see the rolling hills that spread across the horizon. Endless lush vegetable plantations carpet the landscape that is also dotted with houses and colourful resorts. It is a picture perfect route that might make motorists feel as if they are driving through something out of a postcard.
Not beyond reproach
News, Published on 06/02/2015
» Re: "Pheu Thai sends 'facts' to US", (Online, Feb 3).
Thailand makes expat top 10
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/10/2014
» Thailand has been listed in the top 10 destinations for a balanced expat lifestyle in 2014, according to the seventh annual Expat Explorer survey by HSBC.
Landmine found at ex-communist base
Published on 27/07/2014
» PHITSANULOK — An anti-personnel mine believed to have been left by communist guerrillas fighting government troops in the Cold War era has been found in Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park.
Pink is the new green
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 23/01/2014
» Ice cold winds sweep over the mountains. White clouds fly past peaks like in a time-lapse video. On the hilltop grassland, tents flutter like they are being rattled by invisible hands. But the cold does not stop tourists from witnessing the colour of the wild Himalayan cherry tress, which paint the mountain pink.
Dividing the straddle
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 23/05/2013
» A couple of weeks ago I wrote about an all-mountain trail from the highlands of Phu Hin Rong Kla down the mountain to Ban Huai Nam Khao south of the national park. But that wasn't the only trail I rode during the trip with the filming crew of the Sua Nong Toh TV programme. The following day, we did another route. This time it was in the northern part of the park that straddles Phitsanulok and Loei provinces.