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Behold the gentle giants
B Magazine, Story by Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/03/2020
» A short ride on a jeep brought us along the dirt road. It was just after 5pm in Chiang Rai. The weather was cool, with sunlight seeping between the haze and clouds. We arrived at our destination soon enough. Hiding behind walls of bamboo was lush greenery of the paddy field. We walked through, stepping on stones that led further inside to the big bubblelike structure perched on a raised platform. Right next to it is an enclosure where three elephants roamed.
Is nothing sacred?
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 15/12/2019
» "Hey… you're that farang who teaches English, right?"
Discover Bhutan, your field guide to happiness
B Magazine, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 15/09/2019
» "Welcome to Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon," announces our Druk Air pilot, about 15 minutes before we land at Paro International Airport. For passengers like me, in a window seat on the left-hand side of the plane, the trip of a lifetime begins now.
Don't have a cow, man
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 06/01/2019
» Today, people aren't eating as much beef as they used to. There are many reasons for this. Some feel cows are noble creatures that help and live with farmers, and it would be a pity to eat them. Some feel that beef is too expensive, up to twice the price of pork or three times the price of chicken. It's tougher to chew and digest. If you worship Ganesh or Guan Yin, it's a sin to eat beef.
Weighing risks of herbicide
B Magazine, Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 15/07/2018
» Many stories have been told about people, despairing of life, taking the herbicide paraquat as a way out.
The more the merrier
B Magazine, Apurva Manek, Published on 04/03/2018
» The scaly-breasted munia is known by several names all around the world. The other names with which it is addressed are spotted munia or nutmeg mannikin or spice finch. It is a species of the genus Lonchura.