Artikel erschien Mai 2018

  • Variable conditions test sailors on Day 2 of 2018 Samui Regatta

    Early morning thunder and lightening made way for a wet and breezy start to Day 2 of the 2018 Samui Regatta. The four classes lined-up in 10 knots of wind topping out at 15, and it was the IRC classes off first with a quick windward/ leeward.

  • Boracay. Maya Bay. Phuket?

    Bangkok, July 30, 2018 Today the Thai Government has announced a six month closure of the island of Phuket. The shutdown will commence on May 1, 2019 and reopen on October 31, 2019

  • ‘Drugged’ Thai student rescued from clutches of Poi Pet casino loan-sharks

    A 20 year old Thai student has been rescued from a group alleged to have lured her to gamble at a casino in the Cambodian border town of Poi Pet early this month before detaining her over a high-interest gambling debt.

  • Be a part of the Paws Squad. Join Soi Dog’s Saturday opening.

    This Saturday morning, Soi Dog Foundation will open as usual but is adding some freebies and fun activities for everyone this week.

  • Taxi trouble in Hua Hin – Threats, assaults and arrests

    In a story that could be played out anywhere around Thailand, the taxi wars in Hua Hin are heating up with the arrival of the ride-sharing App ‘Grab’ in the coastal town. A taxi driver has assaulted a female hotel employee just hours after posting online threats against all Grab taxi drivers working in Hua Hin

  • Complaints flow in for dodgy balloon festival organiser – Chiang Mai

    Complaints flow in for dodgy balloon festival organiser – Chiang Mai

    PHOTO: thaitravelblogs.com These balloon festivals have been popping up around the country and work like a travelling carnival of hot air balloons. The festivals tend to involve little more than a music festival with some well-lit hot air balloons around the perimeter

  • Why we wear seatbelts!

    Why we wear seatbelts!

    Posted by Jalur Merah on Monday, May 28, 2018 The child who was thrown out of a vehicle in an incident which occurred at the Road Transport Department traffic light junction here last night in Terengganu (May 28), was probably not secured with a seat belt, said Terengganu police chief Aidi Ismail. Terengganu is the Sultanate on the northern east coast of Malaysia. “If the seat belt had been secured, the child would not have fallen out of the moving vehicle, even if the door was not closed properly or the door was flung open by the child,” he told Bernama on Tuesday. The 12-second video went viral on Facebook since last night after it was shared by an account holder known as “Poh KF”

  • Phuket student seriously injured in crash with tour bus

    Chalong Police were notified about an accident at Soi Yod Sanae in Chalong this morning (May 29). Chalong Police and emergency responders arrived at the scene to find a tour bus on the side of the road

  • Illegal hostel crackdown in Krabi

    Administrative officers, soldiers, police and land officers in Krabi have conducted another raid in efforts to crackdown on illegal hotels and hostels. They measured the boundaries of some hostels after receiving complaints that public areas have been encroached. Officers found that a few of the hostels checked were using traffic cones to block public areas such as car park areas for their customers.

  • Phuket celebrates Visakha Bucha Day

    A Buddhism ceremony was held this morning (May 29) at Wichit Sangkaram Temple (Wat Kwuan) in Phuket Town led by Phuket’s Governor Norraphat Plodthong and Phuket Provincial Police commander Maj Gen Teerapol Thipjaroen. The Phuket Office of Buddhism conducted the ceremony to encourage people, especially students, to learn more about one of the most important international Buddhism holidays