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Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
SilkAir has launched flights between Singapore and Kalibo the gateway to Boracay in Philippines.
Kalibo will be SilkAir’s third destination in the Philippines after Cebu and Davao, increasing the number of destinations in SilkAir’s route network to 46 destinations in 12 countries.
Flights to Kalibo will be operated on a thrice weekly ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
The Thai military has announced a shortened curfew, now to operate from midnight until 4am.
In Bangkok, both The BTS Skytrain and MRT Subway are operating as normal during the day, but will stop services at 9pm for the duration of the curfew. However, BTS and MRT urge all those ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2014
At 16:30 on Thursday afternoon, the Thai military staged a coup that, among other things, dissolved the caretaker government, suspended the constitution, banned gatherings of more than five people, and issued a curfew across the country that starts at 22:00 and ends at 05:00.
The curfew applies to everyone in Thailand, ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
This morning at 3am the Thai army declared martial law in Thailand.
The army chief, Gen Prayuth, signed the "first announcement" to set up the Peace-Keeping Command Centre (PKCC) under the military and dissolved the government's Centre for the Administration of Peace and Order. Under the "second announcement" of the ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2014
A day of anti-government protest has been called for Saturday 29th March in Bangkok. Disruption to some streets and increased traffic is expected.
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2014
Good news for travellers from Scotland, Qatar are launching flights to Doha from Edinburgh using the new Boeing Dreamliner, starting on 28 May this year. With connections from there to numerous destinations in Asia, this should noticeably shorten travel times to this part of the world.
Flying direct to and from ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2014
Please pass this on to all your Vietnamese friends and acquaintances!
[caption id="attachment_3203" align="alignleft" width="660"] Wild Aid's new Anti-Rhino Horn campaign for Vietnam[/caption]
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Nyepi is a “Day of Silence” that is commemorated every New Year according to the Balinese calendar and this year it falls on March 31. It is a Hindu celebration that is mainly celebrated on the Indonesian island of Bali, and it is marked with strict silence, fasting and meditation. ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
As the situation in Bangkok has improved and continues to remain calm and generally peaceful, the caretaker government has announced the end of the State of Emergency in Bangkok and vicinities, which will now be downgraded to what is known as Internal Security Act (ISA) from Wednesday 19 March. The ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
Located in Honiara, the new, SID12 million School of Tourism forms part of the Solomon Islands National University campus and houses conference rooms, a lecture theatre and several tutorial rooms.
The Solomon Islands get hardly any tourism and facilities are basic, but the islands are stunning, the people extremely friendly and ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2014
The Papua New Guinea Government has announced that there will be a ban on Australians obtaining their tourist visas on arrival at Port Moresby, effective 1st March 2014. The Official Public Notice can be found here.
If you are an Australian travelling to PNG, you will need to obtain a ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Yesterday protest sites at Pathumwan, Ratchaprasong and Asoke we're dismantled with demonstrations now taking place at Lumpini Park in central Bangkok and Chaeng Wattana government complex in the north of the city.
This spells good news for the public at large and tourists in Bangkok, as traffic can now flow as ...
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Monday, February 17th, 2014
Mt. Kelud, located about 50km west of the city of Malang, erupted on 13 February, shooting a column of smoke and ash about 10km into the air and people in a radius of 10km have been evacuated. Ash rains started to descend in the early morning hours and winds have ...
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Thursday, January 30th, 2014
A new species of frog has been identified in the high elevations of Vietnam’s Mount Fansipan by a team of Australian and Vietnamese researchers.
The amphibian has been named Botsford’s leaf-litter frog (Leptolalax Botsfordi) as a tribute to Christopher Botsford for his role in amphibian biodiversity research in Asia.[caption id="attachment_2995" ...
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Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
The State of Emergency in Bangkok that was announced last week has had no tangible impact to date on the protest sites or the ongoing blockades, and no freedom of movement restrictions or night time curfews have been imposed.
Talks between all parties concerned will be held from today until ...
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