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MERIT-MADE
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (9 October, 2022)
Thai Buddhist amulets, believed to provide protection and bring good luck to those who wear them, have a long and rich history in Thai culture and religion.
Golden Lanterns Of Chiang Mai
Celebrating The Age-Old Yee Peng Festival of Northern Thailand
Yee Peng is a northern Thai term signifying the full moon of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar. In Chiang Mai, Yee Peng is celebrated as a religious holiday. Throughout the region temples are full as people make merit, whilst monks give special sermons and recite religious texts. Traditionally, scrolls illustrating these texts were hung outside the temples to help explain the monks’ readings, and in some small villages of the north this custom is still followed.
THE GENTLE ART OF WALKING
Story by Ron Emmons / CPA Media (15 August, 2022)
Our correspondent Ron Emmons takes us on a journey into the fine art of meditation and shows how even the busiest life can benefit from a few contemplative moments every day.
City of Blood, Dreams and Gold: An Architectural Anatomy of Yangon
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (14 January, 2023)
The great Chilean poet and Nobel laureate, Pablo Neruda, once walked these streets.
Hidden Islands, Secret Beaches Safari
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (14 January, 2022)
Renowned travel writer Joe Cummings really does nurture his inner Robinson Crusoe. Take a trip with him to Thailand’s little known Ko Kam Archipelago.
BEST UPSCALE BARS IN BANGKOK
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (11 April, 2023)
Every once in a while, do you feel like dressing up a bit for an evening out on the town? Heels for the lady, a buttoned waistcoat for the gentleman?
Soi Phat Sai: Caffeine & Opium
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (9 February, 2022)
Take a stroll down Soi Phat Sai in Bangkok’s Chinatown, once the site of the world’s largest opium den, now home to an array of Chaozhou-style coffeeshops and eateries.
HOTEL NOSTALGIA
Story by Joe Cummings / CPA Media (28 July, 2022)
Joe Cummings discovers the long and rich history of Bangkok’s Florida Hotel.