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Chiang Mai will hold the City Pillar Inthakin Festival at Wat Chedi Luang from May 17 to 24. A celebration of peace and prosperity, this annual festival brings thousands of people from around the northern region to pay homage to the ancient city pillar and also features cultural shows and spiritual events. The ritual can [...]
With secluded luxury villas overlooking the Mindanao Sea, Eskaya Beach Resort & Spa is luxurious but you’ll need deep pockets to stay there Travelling as part of a media junket to Bohol Island in the Philippines in February, I stayed a couple of nights at the Eskaya Beach Resort & Spa. One of island’s most [...]
From a botanical garden stacked with art to lazy lunches on an unspoilt river and its famous chocolate hills, Bohol is a nature lover’s paradise Life moves at a snail’s pace in Bohol, an oval shaped island next to Cebu in the Philippines. Its capital Tagbilaran is quiet unlike the boisterous Cebu and even though [...]
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has applauded the Japanese government for pledging US$7.4 billion (227 billion baht) in aid to help develop infrastructure and transport in five Mekong region countries including Thailand. LET’S SHAKE ON IT: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, third left, shakes hands with the leaders of the Mekong region nations, from left, Cambodia’s [...]
Two small earthquakes occurred in Phuket early Sunday morning, but there were no reports of damage, the Seismological Bureau reported. The first tremor measured 2.2 on the Richter scale and occurred at 4.07am in Thalang district, the epicentre of recent quakes. The second quake, of 2.4-magnitude, was reported at 8.42am in the same area, the [...]
At least that’s what the rockets of Yasothon’s Bung Fai Festival aim to do – some fall a bit short When rural folk in Thailand’s northeast want rain for their land, they leave the Rain God a message. And a loud, high and terrifying message it is too, with some 100 hand-made rockets, or “bang [...]
Pattaya is gearing up to host the Top of The Gulf Regatta International 2012 from May 4 to 8. Growing annually, Asia’s largest regatta is continuing to lead the way with organisers working at full speed as they prepare for the eighth edition. Scheduled to run over the long weekend celebrating His Majesty the King [...]
Chulalongkorn University needs cash and Siam Square is hot property News that the Lido and Scala cinemas might be demolished and the sites redeveloped for more “lucrative” commercial purposes has created a huge uproar, especially among Chulalongkorn University alumni. The future of the Lido cinema as well as the nearby Scala in Siam Square hangs [...]
Tranquil and pristine, Koh Kood is ideal for anyone wanting nothing more than to sit on the beach with a book The fourth largest of the Kingdom’s islands and located right at the end of Thailand’s eastern marine territory, Koh Kood has remained relatively unscathed from developers’ bulldozers thanks to its distance from the mainland [...]
Celebrate summer in Hua Hin, one the country’s best beach destinations. Rest Detail Hotel is now offering a two-night Family Package starting at Bt11,500 depending on room type covering two nights luxurious accommodation for two adults and two children under 12 sharing the same room, breakfast, a private cooking class, wireless Internet access and 50-per-cent [...]