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Hotel Review: The Village, Coconut Island, Phuket

Hotel Review: The Village, Coconut Island, Phuket

Last month I spent 3 days with my family at the luxurious hideaway, The Village on Coconut Island just off the east coast of Phuket. Without doubt, this is the most exclusive accommodation I have ever stayed in and here is my review of the resort.
Accommodation
We stayed in a 2-bedroom beach-front villa. All villas have [...]

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Thailand Weddings and Honeymoons

Thailand is firmly established as a popular honeymoon destination, but more recently an increasing number of couples are also deciding to get married in Thailand. A Thailand wedding can be both romantic and practical and is no longer as difficult to arrange as it once was. Whether you want a traditional Thai wedding, a Christian [...]

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Beach Etiquette in Thailand

Thailand is a relaxed country to visit but that doesn’t mean that anything goes. Unfortunately, some tourists forget that when they hit the beach. Although Thai people in tourist resorts are generally very tolerant, partly out of practicality because tourism brings revenue and jobs, there are some things that show disrespect to local culture and [...]

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Thai Style Doughnuts (Pa Thong Koh)

Thai Style Doughnuts (Pa Thong Koh)

These deep-fried dough sticks are popular at breakfast time and are particularly good taken with coffee. For foreign visitors who can’t get used to the idea of eating soup or noodles for breakfast, look out for the pa thong koh stalls which often set up in the morning. Pa thong koh consist of two dough [...]

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Chiang Mai Ram Hospital

I went to the hospital in Chiang Mai last week because I’ve had an ongoing problem with my eye. I’ve had a stye for ages and I’ve been saying to myself for months that I had to get it properly sorted out. I was also well aware that as the stye still hadn’t gone away [...]

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Kin Khao Reu Yang?

Food plays an integral part in Thai culture and one way this is demonstrated is in the question used in everyday life, ‘kin khao reu yang?’ The phrase translates as ‘have you eaten yet?’ It’s a social pleasantry used between friends and acquaintances along the same lines as saying ‘how are you?’ or ‘how’s it [...]

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Bangkok Prepares for Red Shirt Rally

Security has been stepped up in Bangkok ahead of this weekend’s mass anti-government rally. The protest, which has been organised by the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), will be another test of character for Thailand’s prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva. Some UDD leaders have claimed up to one million protesters will join the rally [...]

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Hotel Review: The Village, Coconut Island, Phuket

Hotel Review: The Village, Coconut Island, Phuket

Last month I spent 3 days with my family at the luxurious hideaway, The Village on Coconut Island just off the east coast of Phuket. Without doubt, this is the most exclusive accommodation I have ever stayed in and here is my review of the resort.
Accommodation
We stayed in a 2-bedroom beach-front villa. All villas have [...]

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Bangkok Prepares for Red Shirt Rally

Security has been stepped up in Bangkok ahead of this weekend’s mass anti-government rally. The protest, which has been organised by the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), will be another test of character for Thailand’s prime minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva. Some UDD leaders have claimed up to one million protesters will join the rally [...]

Hotel Review: The Village, Coconut Island, Phuket

Hotel Review: The Village, Coconut Island, Phuket

Last month I spent 3 days with my family at the luxurious hideaway, The Village on Coconut Island just off the east coast of Phuket. Without doubt, this is the most exclusive accommodation I have ever stayed in and here is my review of the resort.
Accommodation
We stayed in a 2-bedroom beach-front villa. All villas have [...]

How to Catch a Taxi From Bangkok Airport

How to Catch a Taxi From Bangkok Airport

Passengers arriving at Bangkok international airport (Suvarnabhumi) enter the arrivals hall on Level 2 which is where the public taxi rank was formerly located. However, the public taxi rank has now been moved down a level so if you want to catch a public taxi (known as a taxi-meter) you will now need to go [...]

Thaksin Vows to Fight On

Thaksin Shinawatra has vowed to continue his legal fight in the wake of the recent court ruling against him. Last week, Thailand’s Supreme Court seized over half of Thaksin’s assets, but the former Thai prime minister has said he will appeal the decision and also suggested he could take the case to the International Court [...]

Supreme Court Seizes Part of Thaksin Fortune

Thailand’s top court has finally concluded announcing the verdict in the Thaksin Shinawatra assets case. The Supreme Court has found Thaksin guilty of an abuse of power and a conflict in interest during his time as prime minister of Thailand. This allowed Thaksin to gain financially from deals involving his own telecoms company, Shin Corp. [...]

Red Shirts Schedule Bangkok Rally for March

The red shirt anti-government group, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), have announced dates for a planned mass rally in Bangkok. The UDD and their red shirt supporters propose to gather in the provinces from March 12 before coming together at Sanam Luang in Bangkok on March 14.
Today’s announcement comes on the eve [...]

Hotel Review: The Palms, Kamala Beach, Phuket

Hotel Review: The Palms, Kamala Beach, Phuket

Last week I stayed for 3 days with my family at The Palms on Kamala Beach, Phuket. The hotel is located towards the southern end of Kamala and is only a 2-minute walk to the beach. The Palms isn’t a typical hotel because it is more like an apartment complex although it does have all [...]