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Rafting - it's a swell
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 07/07/2016
» While Thailand's rainy season soaks big cities, causing traffic jams and difficulty in getting around, it allows tourists to fully enjoy a particular kind of adventure -- rafting.
Off the tourist trail
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 26/05/2016
» While most tourists are always rushing to get to the islands, Trat town remains peaceful and easy to explore. Every long weekend, drivers are waiting patiently in a line to spend their time on Koh Chang, though it takes more than two hours to get on the ferry, and another hour to get to resorts.
An award-winning getaway
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 18/02/2016
» In the Andaman Sea off Satun's coast, the long-tailed boat slows down before reaching a small sandbar which is only 2m wide. I jump and walk on it while waves tirelessly splash from both sides during low tide. Within minutes, the sandbar expands and stretches out further.
Peace in Phangnga
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 27/08/2015
» Only a short drive from bustling Phuket, Phangnga is a modest destination packed with rustic charm. On neglected land, bricks are partly buried under thick moss and tree leaves, obviously part of the walls and foundation of a small building that once stood here in Thung Tuk on Kho Khao island in the Takua Pa district of Phangnga Province.
X2 River Kwai
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 30/04/2015
» Kanchanaburi — Situated just two hours west of Bangkok, X2 River Kwai is located near many famous tourist attractions, including the River Kwai Bridge, WWII Museum & Art Gallery, Don Rak War Cemetery and the Thai-Burma Railway Museum.
Stay on top of Otop
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 17/04/2015
» The Songkran festival just wrapped up, and I am sure most of you have only just returned from a long trip. Besides getting soaked in water wars, shopping was also included on many people's holiday itineraries.
A tribute to floral Thailand
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 18/12/2014
» Beautiful flowers never fail to fascinate. Besides the country's landscaped gardens, there are many scenic routes and places in Thailand where you can visit to admire floral beauty. Quite often, the flowers in the wilderness or along the roads, look much livelier and impressive than those in neatly trimmed gardens.
Mountain memories
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 09/10/2014
» It's six o'clock in the morning and the train is running behind schedule. I should have been in Lao Cai 30 minutes ago, but never worry, the bed is cosy, so I don't mind sleeping a little bit longer.
Harmony in the hills
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 02/10/2014
» Tucked into a hollow in a range of mountains northeast of Chiang Mai town, the people of Ban Mae Kampong have been living a simple but contented life in the embrace of nature for more than a hundred years.
Chiang Kham casts its spell
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 24/07/2014
» Many Bangkokians would be hard put to find it on a map and for long-distance motorists the small northern province of Phayao is nothing more than a convenient pit stop on the road between Lampang and Chiang Rai. So it is hardly surprising that only a handful of tourists ever make it as far as Chiang Kham, 76km from Phayao town, the capital of a largely agricultural district which borders our neighbour to the northeast, the Lao PDR.