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Best Western
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 01/03/2018
» The hotel management chain has a Best Deals promotion for its properties in Myanmar. Guests can book two consecutive nights at any Best Western in Myanmar and get 20% off throughout the year.
Port city
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 07/12/2017
» Ningbo, a port city in Zhejiang province of China, may not be a familiar name. Located on the eastern coast of China, Ningbo's history dates back 7,000 years. Established in 738, Ningbo Port is now well-developed and is one of the busiest in China. At present, nearly 1,000 million tonnes of cargo pass through the port annually.
Looking to the dragon
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 30/10/2017
» Every time I get an assignment in China, old images of chaotic cities pop up in my mind. From the country's notorious images of dirty toilets where severe smells always frighten foreigners, no queuing, noisy conversations, to the hustle and bustle of narrow roads where bicycles, tricycles, motorcycles, cars, and trucks share the same route and try to criss-cross each other, for me a trip to China means language barriers and a massive culture shock.
Among the tamed tigers
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 29/06/2017
» 'Come on," Pansuphusana Phongsurang, customer relations of Tiger Park, says to me while walking me through a steel door. "It is a bit difficult to make up your mind. But everyone has the first time. I never forget my first time with tigers."
Market city
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 22/06/2017
» It is a cloudy day. Winter in Taipei has long gone, leaving behind a cool breeze wafting through the entire city.
King of the mountain
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 23/02/2017
» After driving along a very long electric fence that divides farms and lush forest, I finally reach a small office located in the middle of nowhere. The staff are waiting for me. Their shotguns are ready in hand.
Weaving intangible patterns
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 02/04/2015
» Chengdu Shu Brocade and Embroidery Museum showcases the best brocades in China. Guide Yan Hua walked me into a room where two people were busy working on a loom. It is no ordinary loom. The greater draw loom is 6m long, 5m high and 1.5m wide. A man working on the loom concentrated hard as he pulled the harnesses. A woman at the base of the machine inserted shuttles and beat the weft threads.
City of Eternal Spring
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 09/01/2014
» After an afternoon of roaming the bustling back lanes of Kunming, capital of China's Yunnan province, I was relieved to come across a bench next to some flower beds. Grateful for an opportunity to take the weight off my feet, I sat there contentedly, shortly before dusk, observing the congestion as hundreds of motorcycles, electric scooters, buses and cars crawled past, the noise level suggesting that all the drivers were leaning on their horns at the same time.
On the right side of the tracks
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 02/05/2013
» Hundreds of passengers quietly hang around Bangkok's Hua Lamphong station. Some have waited for so long that they decide to sit on the floor because all the benches are occupied. Maids take a break and enjoy chatting in a quiet corner, out of their supervisor's sight.
In the city of roosters
Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 16/08/2012
» For motorists heading to Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai, Lampang may be just a pit stop. However, if you linger a bit longer, you will notice that the town has a lot to offer.