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Gems of the Northeast
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 04/05/2023
» As the summer heat in Surin rose, we made our way to Satom Organic Farm in Chom Phra district. It is located among vast organic fields temporarily covered with yellow sunn hemp in the post-harvest season. This farm belongs to Sutaen Sukjit, who abandoned office work in Bangkok and returned home with a commitment to sustainable living.
Lighting up the sky
Life, Published on 18/11/2021
» After the much-loved Yi Peng Festival returned to the northern town of Lamphun last week to celebrate the beauty of Lanna heritage, Bangkok rings in the festive season with the first edition of the International Lantern and Food Festival, which will light up the Ancient City Museum until Dec 6.
Historic crossroads
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 17/12/2020
» The blue sky gradually turned orange after sunset. The tender wind carried the cool night air to where we stood on the top of Khao Yai Thiang in Nakhon Ratchasima. The grass flowers and tree branches swayed in the breeze.
Plus-size sunflowers
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 14/12/2017
» Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University has opened its training and agricultural research centre to welcome tourists.
Mekong's steady flow of tourism
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 09/07/2015
» On a squeaky bicycle, a lean woman spins her way leisurely down the streets of Thakhek, a Lao town by the Mekong River. From the attire and Vietnamese-style conical hat she's wearing, it's likely she's of different descent from many she shares the road with. Lao women, in contrast, tend to wear the pha sin traditional long skirts, even when riding motorcycles.
Temple fair in Bangkok
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 04/06/2015
» From June 7-14, celebrations of the 150th anniversary of Wat Ratchapradit Sathitmahasimaram, King Rama IV's symbolic temple, will take place from 5-10pm on the temple grounds and in front of Saranrom Palace near the Grand Palace, Bangkok.
Boat procession in Hua Hin
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 11/09/2014
» From Sept 27-28, the "Merit Making, Boat Procession, Floating Bad Luck Away" festival will be held on the beach near the Chao Mae Tubtim Shrine in Hua Hin district, Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
Town of Honesty Fair
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 13/02/2014
» The Town of Honesty’ fair will be held at the Phanthai Norasingh Shrine in Muang district, Samut Sakhon from tomorrow to Feb 16. The aim of the two-day fair is to promote this unique cultural attraction and to honour Phanthai Norasingh – a heroic royal barge captain who begged Phra Chao Sua, a king from the Ayutthaya kingdom, to execute him instead of forgiving him after the royal barge he was captaining swerved and hit the bank of a canal.
Planting trees in Kaeng Krachan
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 06/06/2013
» The public is invited to help grow trees and build water retention dykes and artificial salt licks for wild animals in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, on June 12 at 8.30am.
Repository of Romance
Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 14/02/2013
» Shortly after dawn one fine morning during the cool season, a couple from Monaco climbed into a hot-air balloon in Doi Saket district, about 10km from downtown Chiang Mai. Then it was up, up, up to float over the countryside in their rainbow-coloured conveyance, feasting their eyes on the refreshing green expanse of rice fields dotted with villages and Buddhist temples.