Showing 51-60 of 105 results
-
Hotels.com: Phuket beaches a good value
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 05/04/2018
» Booking website Hotels.com has revealed that Phuket's Kathu district, home of Patong and Kamala beaches, was among the top five destinations for affordable five-star accommodation in 2017.
-
No hell below us, above us only sky
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/04/2018
» The Pope did not say there is no Heaven. There is nothing intellectually embarrassing about the notion that good people go to Heaven when they die. It sounds a bit like a wish-fulfilment fantasy to outsiders, but it's the sort of thing a loving and all-powerful god might provide for his creatures. However, the Pope did say there is no Hell.
-
Enduring play moves into the #MeToo generation
Life, Published on 05/04/2018
» Last Thursday, women from 12 countries took the audience by storm in a perceptive, inspiring, and hilarious performance of The Vagina Monologues. The diverse members of Bangkok Rising, a volunteer organisation whose main cause is to raise awareness of the need for gender equality and an end to gender-based violence, rendered tangible the reality of womanhood in a context of oppression, abuse, and also self-discovery. In a powerful conclusion, they turned their attention to the appalling state of gender-based violence today, more than 20 years after the play's premiere.
-
Fun, food and Buddha statues
Life, Published on 05/04/2018
» Future Park and Zpell will set aside a large space of up to 2,000m² for three days of Songkran fun during Zanook Fest 2018 from April 13-15.
-
Release of turtles to the Andaman Sea
Life, Published on 05/04/2018
» The Mai Khao Marine Turtles Foundation invites interested persons to celebrate the Thai New Year by releasing turtles into the sea during the 9th annual "Mai Khao Marine Turtles Release Ceremony". It will take place at the beachfront of JW Marriott Phuket Resort and Spa on April 13 from 2.30-4.30pm.
-
Call for innovative designs with a 'Thai' identity
Life, Published on 05/04/2018
» Thai designers with brilliant ideas are invited to apply for the DEmark Award 2018 to vie for many benefits from the Ministry of Commerce's Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP).
-
Solving food security in an era of meagre resources
News, Jose Graziano DaSilva, Published on 05/04/2018
» All UN member countries have committed themselves to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030. This was a bold and ambitious move but it seemed achievable after decades of declines in the number of hungry people worldwide. Here in the Asia-Pacific region we saw some of the most impressive declines until just recently. Yet, today, there are still nearly a half-billion undernourished people in this region -- some 490 million -- far more than any other part of the world.
-
Ignore the government hype
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 05/04/2018
» The Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat recently visited Ratchaburi to promote universal tourism. As part of his trip, he and those who travelled with wheelchairs stopped by Talat Nam Lak Ha (Lak Ha Floating Market) in Ratchaburi's Damnoen Saduak district.
-
Bearing fruit
Life, Published on 05/04/2018
» Branches of longan are loaded with fruits. The size of each spherical brown fruit is quite big and can be compared to the width of a 5 baht coin. After the shell is peeled, it reveals the thick, succulent pulp. The fruit is juicy and sweet, and the black hard seed is small. This longan is called phuang thong. It is the famous variety widely grown in the Ban Phaeo district in Samut Sakhon.
-
On the trail of the great Henri Mouhot
Life, Pongpet Mekloy, Published on 05/04/2018
» If you have been to Luang Prabang, you probably have climbed the 300 steps up Phousi, the hill that stands in the middle of the town. From the top, you can see not just the breadth and length of the former Lao capital and a Unesco World Heritage site but also the Mekong River a stone's throw to the west and the smaller Khan River nearby to the east. The two waterways meet just north of Phousi.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links
Did you find what you were looking for? Have you got some comments for us?
