PHUKET: The recent petition by Phuket nightlife venue operators to local government has once again highlighted the ongoing battle to extend closing times for bars and nightclubs on the island.
BANGKOK: Desperate to brighten up the gloom of Thai prison life, Prontip Mankong and her fellow female inmates used to sneak food colouring from the kitchen and mix it with Vaseline to create a homemade lip gloss.
Brunching is one of the great pleasures of life in Phuket, when at last lazy Sunday rolls around and you can side-step the frenetic tumult of weekday deadlines, kick back with friends and family, and indulge in a long, languorous meal, maybe a little music and a glass-bound bubble or two and even a dip in an inviting aquamarine pool.
PHUKET: Phuket residents and officials commemorated Queen Sirikit’s 85th birthday today (Aug 12) which is also Mother’s Day in the Kingdom.
ETHIOPIA: Ethiopia’s foreign ministry said last week that it will issue identification cards to Rastafarians, granting rights to a community that has long complained of living in limbo in their “promised land”.
The Phuket Botanic Garden opened in 2012 and for a while, I was reluctant to visit obvious tourist attractions (call me a cynic). I mean… we have plenty of plants in our garden and we don’t have to pay to see them!
PHUKET: Police arrested two men from Myanmar in Chalong today (Aug 12) for the murder of a Myanmar woman on August 10.
PHUKET: Two vehicles crashed into a traffic island this morning (Aug 12) in two separate incidents, just 150 metres from each other.
Cradled in a valley swathed in lush tropical rainforest and hidden geothermal hot springs, natural caves, cascading waterfalls and magical 260-million-year-old Paleozoic limestone hills is the unique and spectacular Banjaran Hotsprings Retreat.