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Doi Tung, and the lessons for Colombia
News, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/12/2016
» The haunting sound of a Colombian flute hovered in the morning mist covering the hills of Nan. Walker Emelec Hoyos Giraldo was in his element, standing among seedlings at the Mae Fah Luang Foundation's training centre for its reforestation project high in the remote mountains.
Som tum a smash hit
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/04/2016
» Who says som tum can't be "hi-so"?
An escape that’s to the east of centre
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 13/12/2015
» Residents of Bangkok’s eastern suburbs don’t have to go far to hang out now, with the recent opening of Central Festival Eastville on Praditmanutham Road. The new lifestyle centre opened with a bang, with celebrities, models and young entertainment personalities joining the party, along with their furry friends to take advantage of the pet-friendly facilities.
Lament for a mango tree
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 03/08/2015
» Last week, on the night of the heavy rainstorm, a big mango tree in my family compound uprooted itself and keeled over, right over the driveway and on to my fence and poor frangipani tree. The heavy wind in the afternoon might have shifted the weight of the tree and the rain-soaked branches and leaves later that night finally triggered the fall.
The last year of youth
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 06/04/2015
» Songkran is coming up, and this will be the last year that I will be in the "young" group for my relatives' Songkran ceremony.
A pier into the past
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 22/03/2015
» Once a bustling but run-down pier on the Chao Phraya River, Tha Maharaj has recently received a face-lift and is now a trendy little community mall that boasts a Thai-modern look with colonial fusion architecture.
Raising a glass to a vintage year
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 13/01/2014
» One of the perks of my job is that I get to meet so many interesting people and do so many interesting things. Last week, almost as a prologue to my new work year, I was invited to a wine lunch to meet a pretty, young, second-generation winemaker of the Jean-Luc Colombo wine estate in the northern Rhone Valley, France.