The Empress makes her grand entrance onto the city’s competitive convention-centre scene
Chiang Mai’s Empress Hotel rolled out the red carpet for the opening of its modernist-inspired Empress Convention Centre (ECC) last week. Located on Chang Klan Road, just 10 minutes by car from the Tha Pae Gate and a short walk from the Night Bazaar, […]
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Home to Thailand’s largest fresh seafood markets, Samut Sakhon has a few other attractions to offer the weekend tourist
A seaport that 140 years ago was a base for the British operators of the country’s largest sugar factory, Samut Sakhon is now known for its salt farms, seafood factories and hardworking Burmese labourers.
Yet the province really […]
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My mother grew up in a canal community along klong (canal) Bangkok Noi, our ancestors having made their way down from Ayutthaya at the end of the Ayutthaya Dynasty. Although part of my life is connected to this community, I enjoy it most during a cruise.
While there are several options along the Chao Phraya River, […]
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