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Discovering Chachoengsao
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 15/08/2024
» Weekends bring life to the century-old Ban Mai Market in Chachoengsao, where local vendors set up stalls to offer a wide range of local delicacies like chaenglon (grilled fish cake), galorgee (rice dumpling topped with black and white sesame), kanom tuay (coconut rice custard) and hoi jo (deep-fried crab meat rolls) that evokes a rush of nostalgia.
The beating heart of old Bangkok
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 12/10/2023
» Song Wat Road is not as busy in the early morning as when it was a major hub for modern trade following Bangkok's transport transition from water to trains and cars more than a century ago.
Rediscovering Bangkok
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 14/04/2022
» With no traffic congestion or long lines at popular restaurants, the prolonged Songkran holiday is always the best time for those who stay in Bangkok to enjoy pleasant leisure time without the usual masses. This year, with water fights prohibited, you can feel free to arrange a day trip by foot, bicycle or river cruise.
Rediscovered splendour
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 25/11/2021
» On a sunny day, I spent about 50 minutes riding the Airport Rail Link and taking advantage of the extension of the MRT Purple Line to travel from Bangkok's eastern suburb to the old town of Nonthaburi in the northwest.
Chinatown preserves its past
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 28/10/2021
» It became more convenient for local folks and tourists to travel to Bangkok's Chinatown after the Wat Mangkorn MRT station opened in late 2019, giving Charoen Krung Road a sense of urban life.
New rendering of ancient epic
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 26/11/2019
» With its scenario pertaining to the current situation in Thailand, this is a good chance for the classic novel character Mae Ploy to educate young audiences about history, as Si Phaen Din: The Musical will stage at Lhong 1919 from Friday until Dec 15. It's an adaptation of MR Kukrit Pramoj's classic novel Si Phaen Din (The Four Reigns).