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    Island community

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 08/09/2016

    » A raised concrete walkway behind Wat Champa in Taling Chan leads to the Koh San Chao canal community. The community might not ring a bell, but it is known among a few travellers as an add-on trip to the famous Lat Mayom floating market in Taling Chan.

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    Klong Toey cooking school

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/06/2011

    » From street vendor to cooking school and cookbooks. An NGO helped her, now she helps others in need.

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    Roadside stalls step up to the plate

    B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 17/04/2016

    » 'Roadside warriors" is a great title for the intrepid vendors that cook food-to-order at stalls and shops beside many roads and lanes in every province throughout Thailand. But not all who buy their food hold it in high esteem. Many customers don't really like this kind of eating and settle for it only when they have no other option.

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    Back to nature

    Life, Pichaya Svasti, Published on 08/12/2016

    » Kanchanaburi has long been a popular destination for day trippers. However, the scenic Sai Yok National Park and several caves and rafting on the Kwae Noi River seem overlooked by Thai tourists. These places are worth visits besides the infamous Death Railway and the Hollywood-misnamed "Bridge On The River Kwai" that remain popular tourist spots.

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    How the world fell in love with Einstein's humanity

    News, Andrew Robinson, Published on 27/11/2015

    » Albert Einstein announced his greatest achievement, the general theory of relativity, in Berlin a century ago, on Nov 25, 1915. For many years, hardly any physicist could understand it. But, since the 1960s, following decades of controversy, most cosmologists have regarded general relativity as the best available explanation, if not the complete description, of the observed structure of the universe, including black holes.

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    Day trip food adventure in Nakhon Pathom

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/05/2013

    » Roam & explore street food like khao moo daeng or hoi thawt, for desert watch the ice cream show & take a walk at Sanam Chandra Palace.

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    Returning flood victims face difficult choices

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 13/12/2011

    » Residents returning to their flood-damaged homes worry that their efforts to restore their homes to their original condition may be may be wiped out by the next flood.

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    A life full of changes in rhythm

    Life, Published on 13/04/2015

    » When Philip Glass was 15, his father, who owned a record store in Baltimore, put him in charge of buying classical albums. Glass was then a precocious freshman at the University of Chicago and taking the first steps on the path to becoming a composer. When he learned of a new recording of the complete Schoenberg string quartets played by the Juilliard String Quartet, he ordered four copies. Aghast, his father asked if he was trying to put him out of business. To teach his son a lesson, he told him to put the recordings of these atonal chamber works on the shelves with the more mainstream classical records and report back when the last copy had been sold. That took seven years. The lesson Glass learned? "I can sell anything if I have enough time."

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    A gift from the King

    Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 06/12/2016

    » Most, if not all, Thais do not know the Tilapia nilotica by its full-fledged name. But most, if not all, have probably eaten it before.

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    Getting to know Trang 1: ของหรอยเมืองตรัง

    Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2012

    » Roast pork or moo yang, a Trang speciality, is the subject of today's Thai/English lesson. Since this is a very southern story, once again Ajaan Sunee Khaenyuk is doing two versions, one in the central dialect and one in phasaa pak tai.

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