Archive for the ‘Southeast Asia’ Category
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
I am being thrown special offers left right and centre - mostly for hotels in Thailand - if anyone is interested. Some really quite nice places are discounting in anticipation of the big downturn expected. Let me know if you are interested.
CHRIS
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
"Tiny batbitim—part of a mostly uninhabited karst archipelago northwest of West Papua—is home to great schools of giant tuna and mobula rays hunting shimmering clouds of anchovies. "We hung in mid-water watching this spectacular dance unfold," Misool Eco Resort owner Andrew Miners says of his first dive there. "I realized ...
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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
The highly popular King’s Cup Elephant Polo Tournament will take place this year from March 23 to March 29 in the northernmost region of Thailand known as the Golden Triangle.
This year’s event will see 12 teams go trunk to trunk to win the coveted King's Cup trophy.
An opening parade and ...
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
Last month, filmmaker Shawn Heinrichs visited Misool Eco Resort to work on his documentary about the global shark fin trade. His story appeared on the front page of CNN.com on 11 Dec and included reference to Misool Eco Resort's efforts to combat it in their No-Take Zone. You can read the article ...
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2008
Ten aircraft have been submerged off Bang Tao Bay in Phuket’s Talang district in the Andaman Sea to form a new artificial coral reef and diving site. The 16-18 meters deep area where the fleet was sunk has a sand bed, and is one kilometre away from the natural coral ...
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Friday, December 5th, 2008
The anti-government protestors that had been holding Bangkok's two major airports - Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang - as well as Thailand's tourism industry and image under siege, returned the airports to the official authorities on Wednesday, after having caused enormous damage to the Thai economy.
Flights are however gradually returning to ...
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
The anti-government protestors that have been holding Bangkok's two major airports - Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang - as well as Thailand's tourism industry and image under siege, are packing up and leaving today, after having caused long-lasting damage to the economy.
However is it at all clear, when Suvarnabhumi or Don ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- A magnitude-7.5 earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi at 1:02 a.m. local time today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. One person was injured and buildings collapsed, Agence France-Presse reported.
The quake hit 135 kilometers (85 miles) northwest of the city of Gorontalo at a depth of ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Siem Reap Air, a partnership airline of Bangkok Air will be starting direct daily flights from Siem Reap to Ho Chi Minh City and Ho CHi Minh City to Siem Reap.
These daily flights will be scheduled as below:
SR- HCM FT981- 11:00am-11:55am- Daily
HCMC- SR FT982- 12:40pm-13:35 Daily
Daily flights will begin on 26 October ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat met in Bejing on Friday, at the Asia-Europe Summint, to discuss the recent conflict at Preah Vihear.
The two Prime Ministers made an agreement to avoide anyt further fighting on the border. They also agreed to set up a committee and negotiate ...
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
Thursday: Siem Reap-A meeting between Thai and Cambodian military officials continued late into Thursday night but failed to end in an agreement.
The two sides refused to agree on the issue of redeployment of troops into the Preah Vihear area and also failed to come to any agreement on establishing a ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
The situation on at the border between Thailand and Cambodia, near the temple of Preah Vihear has remained unchanged, since violent clashes last week ended in a cease fire agreement.
Prime Minister Hun Sen, (the Prime Minister of Cambodia) and Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat of Thailand have confirmed that there will ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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For people hoping to dive at the world renowned island of Sipadan, off the north coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, I would advise planning - and booking - well ahead!
The issuance of diving permits is very strict these days. The quota per day ...
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Friday, October 17th, 2008
"A tense quiet hangs over Preah Vihear temple [today]" (Tha Cambodia Daily).
After four hours of negotiatins between Thai and Cambodia military officials an agreement had been made that no gunfir will be exchange "just like before" (The Cambodia Daily).
In what seems to be a somewhat unworkable agreement Cambodia and Thailand ...
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Thursday, October 16th, 2008
This is a lament!
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My last visit to Boracay was in 1997 when the very first few concrete buildings were just making an appearance along the famous 7km White Beach - voted the best beach in the world countless times for its flawless, squeaky white sand. ...
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