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Songs for the universe
B Magazine, Story & photos by Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 19/07/2020
» With a presence and contagious smile that can light up the room, Thai-Italian singer-songwriter Valentina "Ploy" Giardullo -- known by her stage name Valentina Ploy -- recently spoke with B. Magazine about her life and music.
Stop and smell the miang kam
B Magazine, Story & photos by Suthon Sukphisit, Published on 22/12/2019
» The number of traditional Thai snacks has sadly diminished over time. One old favourite, miang kam, is a savoury snack that requires meticulous skill to prepare. Its many ingredients are, however, readily available in the kitchen to achieve the perfect balance of flavours.
Island paradise
B Magazine, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 12/05/2019
» Luxury is often unassociated with eco-friendliness. That is not the case in Cambodia. At the Royal Sands Koh Rong, an hour off the coast of Sihanoukville, the environment is of prime concern, even before the resort was built.
Timeless opulence
B Magazine, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 20/01/2019
» Having grown up in India, I'm no stranger to train travel. So even though I've lived in Southeast Asia for more than a decade, train travel has never really enticed me; that is, not until I laid eyes on the Eastern & Oriental Express.
Magical times
B Magazine, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 09/12/2018
» South Korean series remains a powerful vehicle of the K-drama wave that shows no sign of waning across Asia -- and Southeast Asia. And fans have a new reason to be thrilled as one of the year's most anticipated television series aired its first episode on Dec 1. Memories Of The Alhambra, on the Korean cable network tvN, has been made available to international audience on the same day as in South Korea via Netflix.
Borneo to be wild
B Magazine, Story & photos by Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 23/09/2018
» Landing in Kota Kinabalu, we weren't sure what to expect. The name, to most globetrotters, conjures up the sky-piercing Gurung Kinabalu -- a mountain whose conquerable peak of 4,095m entices both novice and serious mountaineers from all over the world. But we weren't here for that. We were here for everything else (that the Malaysian Tourism Board could stuff) in between.
Greyscale greatness
B Magazine, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 09/09/2018
» They look like pictures that could have been taken on Mars, if not heavily Photoshopped, but Tom Jacobi emphasises again and again that all his photos are of real and uncontrived structures on Earth. Ranging from deserts with pockets of water to dramatic mountain ranges, his photographs capture a world you've likely never seen before -- largely in grey tones because he has gotten up at 4am to get these shots.
Trekking lightly: a trip through the himalayas
B Magazine, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 10/06/2018
» It was 7.30 in the morning. Driving through misty clouds on an unpaved road sandwiched between a plummeting mountain drop and a local Nepali village, our jeep clamored its way up from Pokhara's peaceful lakeside to Nayapul -- the starting point to the "shortest" and "easiest" trek in central Nepal.
The innocent isle
B Magazine, Pathomkanok Padkuntod, Published on 21/01/2018
» A country just beginning to realise its tourism potential can be a wonderful place to visit. You can enjoy its natural delights free of the scams and overcrowding associated with more famous destinations that have had their charms tainted by the very industry that first put them on the map.