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Chumphon’s understated charms
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 17/07/2014
» The coffee cherries were ripe, a bright, appetising red. Even from a distance, the scarlet berries stood out clearly on the long, straight branches of Coffea canephora, the botanical name for the species commonly known as Robusta. This type of coffee is widely grown in the South and, according to statistics compiled by the Office of Agricultural Economics, more than half the land devoted to cultivating this cash crop in our southern provinces is located in Chumphon, where plantations also boast the highest yield per rai in the entire region.
Detours in the Delta
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/06/2014
» A truly refreshing contrast to the urban sprawl of Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh City, Sa Dec is a sleepy river port in the Mekong Delta, in Dong Thap province, about 140km southwest of Vietnam’s largest metropolis.
Cut free from stress at Koh Kut
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 10/04/2014
» Koh Kut (also spelled Koh Kood) is the easternmost island before the Cambodian border in the Gulf of Thailand.
The river of dreams
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 31/03/2014
» Sompong Wiengjun sits on a balcony of her house along a dirt road running parallel to the Mun River in Khong Chiam district, Ubon Ratchathani. She sighs while gazing at the foul-smelling river. Twenty years ago, she would have been catching fish and planting vegetables along the river bank.
Thailand Extreme Makeover campaign
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 13/03/2014
» The Tourism Authority of Thailand has joined hands with Yanhee Hospital to launch the “Thailand Extreme Makeover” campaign to promote Thailand as a hub of cosmetic surgery in Southeast Asia.
Delta Diversions
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/03/2014
» The noise made by the engine of the long-tail boat was so familiar that, if I were to close my eyes for a moment, I could easily pretend I was drifting along some quiet stretch of the Chao Phraya. But the river I’m on is actually in southern Vietnam. It’s called the Can Tho, the same name as the province it runs through and its main town, the largest in the Mekong delta.
Koh Tao rated world's 10th best island
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 27/02/2014
» Koh Tao has been named as the 10th best island destination in the world by netizens who took part in TripAdvisor’s 2014 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
Tuscany in Khao Yai
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/02/2014
» Primo Posto in Khao Yai has been expanded and rebranded as Primo Piazza. Opened in 2007, the small vineyard and souvenir shop in Khao Yai was closed for renovation for nearly two years. Business changed hands and the new owner is entertainment tycoon Surachai Chetchotisak, CEO of the music and entertainment giant RS.
Tourism on their Terms
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 02/01/2014
» If you can get a bird's eye view of the terrain, from a plane window, perhaps, or just by poring over a topographical map of southern Thailand, Koh Yao Yai is an elongated strip of green in the middle of Phangnga Bay with the nearest land mass of any size the much bigger island of Phuket and the mainland provinces of Phangnga and Krabi.
Phuket unfazed by political tensions
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 12/12/2013
» Phuket remains a popular destination during the high season with a 27% increase in the number of flights despite the tense political situation, according to Suraphon Svetasreni, governor of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT).