Get Soaked In Fun, Frolics And Thailand’s Songkran Festival

The Songkran festival is known worldwide and is celebrated to honour family values, pay respect to seniors, and participate in traditional ceremonies throughout the nation’s temples. This festival is observed as a three-day national holiday from April 13 to April 15 in Thailand. However, some locations also celebrate this festival a little later with unique…

Thailand Expected To Have A Hotter Summer This Year

Thailand is bracing for a hotter summer this year, with the Meteorological Department forecasting an average temperature increase of one degree Celsius from last year. The hottest weather this week has been recorded in the North of the country, with temperatures peaking at 41.5°C in Phetchabun’s Mueang district on Thursday. Closer to Bangkok, the highest temperature was recorded…

6 Vietnamese Timber Smugglers Arrested In Isaan Wildlife Sanctuary

Photo via Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Wildlife rangers and officers from Chaiyaphum Police Station arrested six Vietnamese timber smugglers at the weekend at Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary in Chaiyaphum province in the Isaan region of Thailand. The suppression of the Vietnamese timber smuggling gangs started last year after Phu Khiao Wildlife Sanctuary wildlife rangers were notified that a…

Thailand Welcomes Really Cool Airlines

    Really Cool Airlines plans to commence operations by the end of 2023 Patee Sarasin, CEO of Really Cool Airlines, said: “We are thrilled to introduce Really Cool Airlines and look forward to providing travellers with an exceptional flying experience. Our team of experts has worked tirelessly to create a new standard for the…

Bear Intrudes Village In Northeast Thailand

A sun bear wandered out of the forest and into a village in Chaiyaphum province in northeast Thailand yesterday. It took rescue workers five hours to trap the wild animal. Atnoonm, residents of Ban Huai Ruam village in Moo 2, Wang Thong subdistrict, Phakdi Chumphon district reported that a sun bear (“bear-dog” in Thai language) had strayed…

Revered Thai Monk’s Body Defies Decomposition 20 Years After Death

More than 20 years after revered Thai monk Luang Phu Woraphon Thawitan passed away, his body remains displayed in a glass case at his temple in Khon Kaen province, northeastThailand. Not only has the deceased monk’s body not decomposed – defying science – but his skin has turned emerald green, reports Sanook. Yesterday, Phra Khru Sri Pattarasan, the current abbot of Chumphon…

Phuket And Isaan Make TIME’s Top 50 World’s Greatest Places of 2023

Roi Et province, Isaan Iconic New York-based news magazine Time released their ‘World’s Greatest Places‘ list of 2023, including two Thai locations: Phuket and Isaan. huket making the cut might come as no surprise given the island’s reputation as a much sought-after holiday destination. Isaan, however, is not hot on tourists’ radars despite its rich culture and temples, vast landscape, amazing traditional…

Top 10 Islands In South East Asia

Thailand To Build 7 New Airports

The Department of Airports (DOA) plans to spend 50 billion baht on the development of seven new regional airports in around Thailand, in Nakhon Pathom, Bueng Khan, Mukdahan, Kalasin, Phayao, Phatthalung and Satun provinces, reports DailyNews. The department wants to boost connectivity and provide more travel options for Thais and foreign tourists. New airports around Thailand’s lesser-known locations have been in the pipeline…

Curries Of The World

Phanaeng curry, was listed as the best curry in the world by #TasteAtlas latest ranking of the world’s best stews & curries released Saturday Bangkok time. Japanese curry  came second, followed by Sichuan Hot Pot at # 3. Thai green curry, or kaeng khiew wan  came at Number 8, followed by massamun curry  at Number…