After 12 years the Miniature Museum closes its doors
On May 15, a very nice museum will close its doors. The museum objects, hundreds of miniatures on a scale of 1:12, are packed and moved from a corner in the lobby of the Grand China Princess hotel in Chinatown to the second home of 'museum director' Piyanuch Narkkong in Chiang Mai, or returned to the other makers. And who knows, maybe there will be a reboot in that city one day.
It was significantly quieter when I visited Chang Erawan Museum in Samut Prakan yesterday. Once you could walk around for free, but now a farang pays the main price: 300 baht. This museum is also pricing itself out of the market.
World Expo 2020 in Ayutthaya?
The 2020 World Expo will be held in Ayutthaya. At least that is the wish of the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB). The president of this club, Mr. Akapol Sorachat, says that the TCEB, in cooperation with the Ministries of Trade and Foreign Affairs, is preparing a budget to officially make an offer for the organization of World Expo 2020.
Sirindhorn International Environmental Park in Cha Am is trying to save Thailand's environment
In 1994, HRH Princess Sirindhorn planted the first mangrove here. Much needed, because contaminated waste water in combination with silt formation had seriously affected the coast at the Rama 6 army base in Cha Am. And now come and see: mangroves, the nurseries of the sea, are growing like never before.
Tourists in fact guilty of killing Thai elephants
Have you ever ridden such a pachyderm in a Thai elephant camp? Never wondered where the animal came from? Of course not, because you are on vacation. According to Dutchman Edwin Wiek, a tireless fighter against the illegal animal trade in Thailand, poachers shoot elephants almost every week to trade their young on the black market. To then sell it to elephant camps. In an article in the English-language daily newspaper The Nation, Wiek, also founder of the …
Looking into the future of Thailand
At the initiative of the Thai Board Of Investment (BOI), a large and large-scale exhibition is being organized for the third time since 1985, where the public can admire all kinds of innovative ideas, new technologies and plans for the future. The BOI Fair started on January 5 and will run until January 20. Near Impact Lake, Muang Thong Thani, there are 300.000 pavilions with a total of 84 stands on an area of 3.200 m². During that period, 5 million (!) visitors are expected to come and take a look at the future of Thailand.
A Big Bike is a motorized horse for today's cowboys
Hua Hin has been dominated by Big Bikes the last few days. Real motorcycles, for real men, in all sizes, brands, types and trims.
Ayutthaya needs better protection
Ayutthaya's 130 historic sites have survived centuries of flooding, but this year's floods could prove fatal for a number of temples.
Balloon Festivals in Chiang Mai and Pattaya
Visitors and residents of Chiang Mai and Pattaya once again have a great event to look forward to: a Balloon Festival.
Loy Krathong in the shadow of the flood
The Loi Krathong festival, or the 'Festival of Lights', is one of the most famous and beautiful festival in Thailand.
Flowers and plants exhibition Royal Flora 2011
From 9 November to mid-February next year, flower and plant lovers can indulge themselves again during the flower and plant exhibition 2011 in the Royal Park Rajapruek in Chiangmai. The last exhibition was in 2006 and the Thai government liked it so much that they decided to revamp the park and reopen it in its improved state on the occasion of King Bhumibol's 84th birthday. A total of 22 countries are participating…