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Calm before the storm

29/05/2012 : I sat by the Yuam River, watching rain clouds linger over lush mountains, far away. A Karen farmer urged his water buffaloes to cross the clear stream to the eastern side of the river.
FREEWHEEL School's out ... for biking

24/05/2012 : How many schools or colleges in Thailand do you think teach biking in their physical education classes?

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Focus on father-son relations at new Museum Siam show
24/05/2012 : If you're planning to visit "Please Mind the Gap", a though-provoking exhibition currently underway at Bangkok's Museum Siam on Sanam Chai Road, do bring your parents along so that you can derive the maximum pleasure from this interesting installation.
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Sifting through the past
24/05/2012 : Saraburi may not boast Thailand's most important historical sites. But if you have been to all those former capitals such as Ayutthaya, Sukhothai or Chiang Mai, this province about an hour and a half drive northeast of Bangkok is one of the places you have to visit to get a better idea of history's finer details.
New social hub for historic site
18/05/2012 : When it comes to lifestyle and recreation, Bangkok never seems to stop spoiling its dwellers and visitors thanks to the back-to-back opening of new venues.
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Exhilarating descent for mountain bikers
17/05/2012 : A meeting on Sunday afternoon may not sound exciting to everybody. But for almost 80 downhill mountain bikers from across the country, the meeting last Sunday at Khao Yai Da in Rayong made their hearts thump days before it took place.
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Learning history in a funway
17/05/2012 : Visiting historical parks and museums may well have been boring in the past. Well, not any more. Visitors cannot only look at ruins of palaces and temples or ancient artefacts, but they can also have fun learning about the history from well-trained guides and multimedia presentations, share opinions, ask questions, and grasp what the old sites were like in ancient times.
After the revolution
15/05/2012 : How irresistibly intoxicating the taste of freedom can be! Even for a non-drinker like me, a glass of Cuba Libre (Free Cuba), a mix of rum, Coke and lime, seemed to have unlocked a new door of endless possibilities. Soon I found myself clapping hands along with those dark-skinned dancers engaging in the colourful orgy of salsa up on the stage right in front of us.
The forgotten forge
15/05/2012 : Like the circle of life, which has a beginning and an end, the life of stone-finished bowls also known as khan long hin in the Ban Bu community is approaching its last breath.
'Asia's Vegas' more than bright lights
13/05/2012 : Mediterranean-style cobblestone squares. Chinese shophouses. Western brand outlets. Cantonese dim sum for brunch and galinha a Portuguesa (Portuguese-style chicken) for dinner. Sixteenth-century cathedrals and forts stand beside Chinese mansions and gardens, or temples thick with incense. Garish high-rise casinos and decrepit apartment blocks form a backdrop over narrow winding lanes along the old city walls _ a clash of tastes that mesmerises and disorients.
Cotai caught up in resort complex boom
13/05/2012 : "This is the Asian century, hope you enjoy it!" said Michael Levin, Las Vegas Sands president and COO, at the grand opening of the Sands Cotai Central in Macau last month.
A Head of the Times
11/05/2012 : There's one place in Thailand where you have to set your watch one hour ahead, walk around bare foot, refrain from reading and hearing about any news, and your requests are fulfilled by the butler called Friday.