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Following in the footsteps of the great poet
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 17/06/2021
» Around May to July every year, I set my calendar to visit the East as it is fruit season. Last week, I went to Klaeng, a coastal town in Rayong province. I planned to get fresh ripe fruit from an orchard, take in the fresh sea breeze and visit the memorial park of Sunthon Phu, one of the great poets of the early Rattanakosin era.
The navel of the Mekong
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 29/10/2020
» The partly cloudy sky gradually turned orange and red after sunset. The twilight colours, which reflected on the Mekong River, provided a great contrast to the dark green mountain ranges in Laos and grass dotted with white flowers on the bank of the river in Thailand's Bueng Kan province.
Tiptoe through the tulips
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/08/2020
» A large tent has been erected on the roadside shortly before the entrance to Sai Thong National Park in Chaiyaphum. The facility is a screening checkpoint to make sure visitors to the park do not have a fever -- a symptom of Covid-19.
Pretty in pink
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/06/2019
» It's normal to see oxen on the streets of India. However, during my recent trip to Jaipur, I was surprised to see people riding camels and elephants on the other side of the road, while our minibus was stuck in traffic alongside public buses, cars, horse carriages, rickshaws and swarms of motorcycles.
An accident waiting to happen
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 16/07/2018
» It is sad to know that tourist safety would be treated as a national issue only when there is a fatal accident.
The tides of tourism
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 29/12/2016
» During the past 12 months, there have been good and bad things that have impacted the tourism industry. Here is the shortlist of the best and worst situations.
A positive turn in the deep South
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 26/10/2015
» With knowledge of the fact that there is no magic pill to suddenly stop the decade-long violence and restore peace in Thailand's deep South, Panu Uthairat, secretary general of Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC), has tried his best to accomplish his initial mission -- to reduce the loss of innocent lives.
Six countries lift travel warnings
Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 18/09/2014
» Six countries have lifted their travel advisories for citizens planning to visit Thailand — Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Vietnam, Iran and the UAE, according to Department of Tourism acting director-general Arnupap Gaesornsuwan.
Prevention is better than cure
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 21/11/2013
» Despite the current political uncertainty, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is optimistic that the number of foreign tourists this year will reach the target of 26.3 million, a 17% growth from 22.3 million in 2012.
Mount meditation
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 13/09/2012
» At the entrance gate, there are warning signs that read: "This is not a tourism place" and "Keep quiet." However, Phu Thok is a hard-to-miss attraction when you visit Bung Kan, the Kingdom's 77th province, in the Northeast.