• LIFE

  Knowledge of a king

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 20/10/2017

  » Tourism Authority of Thailand has launched Wicha Kao Na (Nine Subjects Of Knowledge), a book inspired by the wisdom of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

• LIFE

  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.

• OPINION

  Giving farmers food for thought

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 31/07/2017

  » The rice farming season has begun. In the next few months, when harvest period kicks off, we can expect to hear from Thai farmers complaining about the falling price of their produce.

• LIFE

  The true economies of travel

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 20/01/2015

  » The dramatic drop in oil prices. The democracy of flying. The VIP buses and their large networks. The odd idea about imposing minimum prices on low-cost airlines.

• TRAVEL

  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.

• LIFE

  The good egg

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 23/07/2014

  » In the remote village of Baan Huai Nam Yen, in Chiang Rai, many hill tribe farmers are doing their best to take care of their chickens. They have built coops far from the community and roads to ensure that their fowl live in peace. They feed the chicken with clean rice grains, beans and even insects. After meals, the chickens are allowed to roam freely around fruit plantations, grazing for food and stretching their legs before their next mealtime.

• OPINION

  Going global, buying local

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 06/06/2014

  » Shopping and travelling are very different activities that somehow get along swimmingly. Looking for new things to buy can be an experience as exciting as the journey itself. And many tourists, particularly those who don’t travel often, regard shopping as the primary priority on any trip.

• TRAVEL

  Frontier fossicking

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 26/06/2014

  » All is now quiet on the eastern front. By the time I arrived in the border province of Sa Kaeo, the mass exodus of Cambodian migrant workers via Aranyaprathet had ended. But things haven’t quite returned to normal yet.

• OPINION

  Wake up and smell the coffee

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 19/02/2014

  » A friend of mine runs a small bakery that sells cakes, bread and a selection of beverages. Her customers keep asking when she will add brewed coffee to the menu.

• TRAVEL

  Highland idyll

  Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 20/02/2014

  » Dawn is breaking. The crowing of cocks echoes through the village, followed by an outbreak of banging and clattering from kitchens in nearby houses. Women are braving the early morning chill to prepare food for their families.

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