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    Kaeng Krachan in the mist

    Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 06/01/2012

    » The Tourism Authority of Thailand Phetchaburi Office invites all to enjoy the cool weather on misty mountains in Kaeng Krachan district, Phetchaburi. Interesting activities include:

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    The marvellous heartand soul of Brazil

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 05/07/2012

    » Ranked as Brazil's most popular tourist city, Rio de Janeiro is the heart and soul of South America's biggest nation. The former capital is a destination where you can enjoy a rich variety of historical places and beautiful natural scenery as well as colourful cuisine and a vibrant nightlife.

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    Yen and the art of travelling on the cheap

    B Magazine, Ezra Kyrill Erker, Published on 02/09/2012

    » There is a sign on the door of the Capsule Inn Tajima near Ueno Station in Tokyo discouraging tattooed patrons from making use of the baths or overnight capsules. This is aimed at Yakuza, organised crime figures, who once had leverage over urban businesses but whose influence has waned somewhat in recent years, even in the entertainment districts where they used to thrive.

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    Rain no damper for bikers in Rayong

    Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 20/09/2012

    » The city of Rayong on the eastern seaboard is often associated with industries and their environmental side effects. However, not everybody knows that Rayong boasts almost as many mountain bike trails as industrial estates. And the one I'm going to tell you about will definitely make you envy the bikers who live there!

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    Capital aperitif

    Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 27/06/2013

    » From vibrant but overcrowded Yangon to the faded splendour of Bago or the new orderliness and open spaces of Nay Pyi Taw, visiting Myanmar's current capital and two of its predecessors may help the first-time visitor figure out how far this country has come and how quickly it is changing.

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    Fly-by biking

    Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 19/06/2014

    » I’ve always enjoyed David Byrne’s point of view, as he wrote in his book Bicycle Diaries, that biking is “faster than a walk, slower than a train, often slightly higher than a person”.

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    Over the borderline

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 25/09/2014

    » A temporary tent was set up at one corner of the Three Pagodas Pass, the border checkpoint in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi, while a signboard displayed a tour service with pictures of attractions for Payathonsu town, in Kayin State of Myanmar.

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    Village vibrancy

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 20/11/2014

    » Dozens of old bicycles for rent are kept under an elevated wooden house and in the concrete courtyard of Amporn Leesuksam, the village head of Ban Khok, in U Thong district of Suphan Buri.

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    Into the sublime

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/11/2014

    » Swami Yoganand twists his rubbery legs and crosses them behind his neck in a geometric composition. Boneless? Shape-shifter? Of course not, it’s just that his lithe, 106-year-old body — the centenarian yogi is a vegetarian and his food is always uncooked — has reached the level of physical suppleness that most of us stiff-jointed urbanites can’t even imagine. The swami, an honorific for a religious teacher, has taught yoga for 86 years, and he’s still doing it almost every morning at a school in Rishikesh, a northern Indian town by the Ganges.

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    In full bloom

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 19/03/2015

    » The ephemeral galapraphruek (pink cassia) trees are in full bloom at Flora Park in Wang Nam Khieo district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, about 230km northeast of Bangkok.

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