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  • LIFE

    Getting their goat

    Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 23/08/2016

    » Every morning, Dolrawee Phatarakulwimon is busy milking his goats. A computer programmer by training, Dolrawee first started his goat farming as a hobby, which he says helps him relax from his stressful job. But soon he found out that the baying creatures can make money for him as well.

  • OPINION

    No merit in such soulless commercialism

    Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 02/12/2015

    » I recently participated in a traditional ceremony to mark the end of Buddhist lent in a remote village of Chiang Mai. Without having a big budget, the locals had no choice but to prepare the site and organise the rites themselves, instead of hiring someone to do it. It was a simple ceremony in which everyone was happy to partake. People in rural areas usually think that apart from money, labour can also be donated as a way to make merit.

  • 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

    Heart of Hanoi

    Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 13/11/2014

    » As soon as I exit Noi Bai International Airport and get into the taxi, I am catapulted onto a bustling, sprawling highway that cuts through the vast rice paddies and beautiful countryside of Hanoi. Trucks and buses roar all around me, warning sporadically-placed groups of motorcycles in front of them.

  • OPINION

    It's moto-madness out there

    Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 20/11/2014

    » Each country has a different driving environment. Sometimes, what looks dangerous may in fact have its own chaotic flow. For visitors to Vietnam, the stream of motor scooters that dominate the roads look quite scary.

  • 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.

  • TRAVEL

    Exploring Chon Buri

    Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 06/03/2014

    » The school holidays are coming and the ensuing chaos at home may soon be driving parents to look for a good day out with their family.

  • TRAVEL

    Rush-hour revelations

    Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 27/03/2014

    » Negotiating the busy streets of central Bangkok by bike can be a hair-raising experience at the best of times. In broad daylight, one at least has a better chance of seeing manic motorists, jaywalking pedestrians, dozing dogs and other obstacles in time to take evasive action. But traversing the downtown area on two wheels after dark is surely a recipe for disaster. Which is why I am so nervous about signing up for a bicycle tour of the city, organised by a firm called Co Van Kessel, which starts just before sunset.

  • OPINION

    Leave boring museums in the past

    Life, Peerawat Jariyasombat, Published on 22/11/2013

    » Have you ever noticed that most Thai museums are pretty quiet and almost lifeless? A handful of visitors briefly roam the place and then leave quietly.

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