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Two weeks ago, Hans told the first part of his journey through Spain with others from the Andaman Wine Club. Read on for the conclusion…

PHUKET XTRA - November 13 Ooooh, Friday the 13th! PM heads into red territory, the DD crackdown begins, starfish will be 10% signs, Guess Whos Coming to Dinner in BKK? and Star Wars comes to Changi in Singapore. Phuket Xtra EXTRA out tomorrow. ‪#‎PhuketNewsTV‬ ‪#‎PhuketTV‬

MYANMAR: Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition today (Nov 13) won a parliamentary majority from weekend polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the army.

PHUKET: A speedboat captain suffered injuries when the five million baht speedboat he was driving caught fire when returning guests to a beach in front of Chandara Resort and Spa in Pa Khlok yesterday (Nov 12). Police have said damage to the boat is estimated to be about one million baht.

The final 12 contestants for the Mizsy Phuket 2015 finale were selected at an event held at Limelight Avenue last Saturday (Nov 7).

UKRAINE: A factory in Odessa, Ukraine, has unveiled the world’s first Darth Vader monument. The statue is the work of local artist Alexander Milov who has previously designed a gigantic robot statue which is erected in the city of Yuzhne just outside Odessa, the The Dumskaya reported.

Latest Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been declared winner of the election in Myanmar so the stage is set for a period of rapid change in Thailand’s neighbor.

FLOWBOARDING: Local surfer girl Annissa Flynn from Phuket, now 17, who jumped to fame in 2012 by winning the Asian women’s surfing tittle when she was just 12-years-old, has added on other string to her bow, by making the world flowboarding finals in Bangkok this weekend.

PHUKET: The tactical positioning by Governor Chamroen Tipayapongtada to remove himself from responsibility for any of the beach rules unfolding at Phuket’s key tourist beaches screams tomes about how sensitive the issue really is and what the potential fallout of a bad decision might result in.