Tag: Days of Yore

Obituary of an expatriate Chiang Mai resident

Roongroj Piamyossak, an artist, activist and retired village head has spent the past two years chronicling the teak old houses of Sanpatong District.

It’s easy to scoff at all the nonsense found on Facebook, but then you would miss out on the absolute gem that is Chiang Mai Memories.

In the 1960s Thea Hanson's grandparents were pioneering medical missionaries training hospital teams in Chiang Mai. Fifty years later she retraced their steps.

If you are travelling to Taiwan you have a unique opportunity to wiew some of China’s most treasured artefacts. Check it out.

What's in a name? Pim Kemasingki provides a brief history of the many derivations of the name of Chiang Mai city.

The Lanna Folklife Museum, situated across from the Three Kings Monument, displays arts and crafts of Northern Thailand.

Tom Yum Kung is a arguably Thailand's most famous dish and it has a royal connection stretching back to 1888.

The legendary story of Wat Phra That Doi Suthep and its connection with a fabled white elephant. It's a story every Chiang Mai school child knows - do you?

Magokoro Teahouse and Matcha Café allows visitors and local to enjoy a traditional Japanese tea ceremony in their Japanese-style tea garden.

Sanongpanyakun Yomcharoen is a Thai veteran of the Vietnam War. He speaks to Citylife about his story.

Thailand's legendary King, His Majesty Rama V, had a passion for cooking.