While the Red-Shirts are out on the streets of Bangkok, clashing with riot police and clammering for elections, the people of Chiang Mai are storming the streets armed with water pistols, buckets and trashcans filled with ice water. It’s Songkran, the Thai New Year, and along every road, Thai children and adults are hoping to [...]
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* Take your passport copy with you, and keep original passport in the resort’s secure safe.
* Do not bring your valuables to the party. Thousands people are there, you’ll never catch the thief.
* At the party, you may forget or lose your bags, so it’s better if you leave them at the resort.
* Bring enough [...]
The modern Asian metropolis at its steamy and exciting best.
Bangkok has dominated Thailand’s urban hierarchy as well as its political, commercial and cultural life since the late 18th century. Distinctly modern and Westernised, Bangkok is still a sleepy Thai village with a louder soundtrack of traffic and nightlife.
Bangkok proper seethes on the east side of [...]
