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Good vibes and rail rides
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 21/12/2017
» Gimhae, the neighbouring city to the west of Busan, is worth a day-trip when you plan to visit the southern tip of South Korea.
'Amazing Thailand' campaign launched
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/11/2017
» The Tourism and Sports Ministry has launched the "Amazing Thailand Tourism Year 2018" campaign at the World Travel Market in London.
To catch a (wildlife) criminal
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 30/08/2017
» A small round sample of smuggled ivory is put in a zip-locked plastic bag. Although the piece is the size of a bead, it is hard and must be hammered many times before being broken into little pieces. The specimen is put in a test tube so a freezer mill can grind and pulverise the ivory sample for a DNA test.
Spreading Thainess
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 14/08/2017
» Many retire at the age of 60, but not Theeratep Promvongsanon, aged 62. After retiring as the consul-general of the Royal Thai Consulate in Sydney, Australia, he became director of the Thailand Foundation.
Chiang Mai among world's best
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/07/2017
» Chiang Mai has been voted among the World's Top 15 Cities by readers of Travel + Leisure Magazine.
Making the Land of Smiles more accessible
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/10/2016
» Pattaya Tadtong, 37, likes to go places by himself although he must use a wheelchair. The boccia Paralympic gold medallist feels unease when he uses footpaths in Bangkok.
Off the beaten track
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 28/07/2016
» The province may not yet be on the tourist map for first-time travellers to Thailand, nor does it have a romantic town where you can see the Sun rise above the Mekong River, but Sakon Nakhon is a noted destinations for Thais wanting to visit temples of late revered monks such as Luang Pu Man Bhuridatto or Luang Pu Fan Ajaro.
Natural sanctuary
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 07/07/2016
» Boontoemphu Rongluean has never thought that one day he would offer a cruise boat service in Yala. The province does not have access to the sea, but it has a reservoir where tourists can board a boat to the Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary. The lake was created after Bang Lang Dam was completed in 1981, blocking and diverting Pattani River.
A down-south diamond
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 05/05/2016
» Warm sunset colours with endless green mountains and yellow lights from the street highlight Betong during twilight. This southernmost city is the most famous tourist destination in Yala, one of three provinces in the Deep South where the unrest started more than a decade ago.
Water to the rescue
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 21/04/2016
» To cool people down during the summer, new waterparks have sprung up around Bangkok and in the provinces.