Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Adding to yesterday's great news that the Titanium mine, planned for Chi Phat, has been shelved, the Cambodian government is now drafting a sub-decree to increase the size of Koh Kong Province's Protected Forest. Someone up there must have started fretting about his karma and the afterlife!
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
A late minute intervention by Prime minister, Hun Sen, has saved a thriving community-based tourism project in Cambodia's Koh Kong Province from a planned, highly destructive, Titanium mine.
The mine project, by the United Khmer Group, was rumoured to have been just a cover to gain access to the ...
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Saturday, February 12th, 2011
The Cambodian Government yesterday approved a land concession in the heart of dense forest in Koh Kong Province for a titanium mine that environmentalists say will devastate dozens of endangered species and clear thousands of hectares of trees in Cambodia's Cardamom mountains.
I visited Chi Phat, the area that will be ...
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Thursday, February 10th, 2011
In case you missed last month's blog following my New Year visit to Preah Vihear... before the latest round of skirmishes started... here it is again: http://www.symbiosis-travel.com/blog/2011/01/07/preah-vihear-cambodia-30-dec-2010/
I will try to find time to post some more shots shortly.
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Friday, December 3rd, 2010
How about celebrating Valentine's Day (or a few days afterwards) with a romantic hot air balloon flight in Southern Thailand?
The 2011 Hua Hin Ballooning Festival will be taking place from 12 February to 6 March and you can join in if you wish. Flights will float off just ...
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Exciting news - we will soon be able to fly direct between Phuket and Bali with AirAsia.
Flights are scheduled to start on on 17 December 2010, 4 flights per week. Flight time approx. 3.5 hours. Hurray!
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
We have undergone a minor rebranding this month to freshen up our logo (in service already for 17 years!) while also better reflecting what do... most of the time. Hope you like it! Would love to get your feedback...
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Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
The recent storm which brought heavy rain to the Northern and Eastern provinces of Thailand is heading south and is currently over Koh Samui. There have been some torrential downpours and strong winds, resulting in some parts of the island having their electricity supply cut off. Internet connections on the ...
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Friday, October 15th, 2010
Indonesia’s national airline, Garuda Indonesia, has been recognized as Asia’s leading service quality airline, according to a recent independent survey of all major airlines across the region.
The survey conducted by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA), scored Garuda ahead of Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Cathay Pacific and Malaysia Airlines ...
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Friday, October 1st, 2010
Feeding the Ancestors: The Cambodian Pchum Ben Festival
The fifteenth day, of the tenth month, of the Khmer calendar marks the Pchum Ben festival. This is a time when the spirits of the dead ancestors walk the Earth. And the living can ease their suffering by offering them food to eat.
At ...
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
This coming weekend, the “red shirt” protestors plan to hold demonstrations in Bangkok and Chiang Mai to mark the 4th anniversary of the 2006 coup from 17-19 September. The events will be held around Ratchaprasong intersection and the Democracy Monument in Bangkok; and the railway station and around the moat ...
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
Most White-Shouldered Ibis Ever Recorded in Cambodia A record number of the critically endangered white-shouldered Ibis have been counted in Cambodia, Birdlife International said yesterday. Bou Vorsak, Birdlife's Cambodia Acting Programme Manager, said 429 of the birds were counted simultaneously at 37 roost sites in five provinces across the ...
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Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
How you can participate, go to Project Aware website
International Cleanup Day is 25 September. This massive volunteer event is the largest of its kind, when underwater teams of volunteer divers in more than 100 countries tackle marine debris issues head on.
For info on how you can participate, go to Project ...
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Letter from Jennifer Lee 05:55 AM Aug 10, 2010
ABOUT two weeks ago, a concerned Hong Kong citizen saw a Citibank (Hong Kong) promotion advertising discounted shark's fins.
Read the full article in today's Today Online.
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Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
Malaysia is renowned for its wonderful marine world and nearly half a million divers come here every year to admire some of the world’s most popular diving sites. The attention is fantastic as it helps raise awareness of some of the problems associated with global warming, yet on the other ...
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