Archive for 'Thai life and leisure'
The long awaited return to democracy in Thailand…..
Looks like the long awaited return to democracy as voters across the country went to the polls on Saturday for the first of two days of advance voting, and the Election Commission indicated that the polls were peaceful….and busy…
The Bangkok Post reports almost a million voters turned out across the country yesterday to cast advance [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under Thai life and leisure.
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Bangkok Jazz
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The temperature is dropping, the sky is clear and local jazz fans are as excited as they always are at this time of year. It’s time once again to luxuriate in warm and soothing jazz tunes while sprawling on a soft green lawn underneath the moonlit sky. [...]
Posted: December 1st, 2007 under Thai life and leisure.
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Bangkok International Film Festival
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Thai Property News is looking forward to this summers’ film festival. Not to be mistaken for the Bangkok Film Festival, the Bangkok International Film Festival was first organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand in 1998, and is now an established world player on the cinematic festival scene.
In the Official [...]
Posted: November 17th, 2007 under Bangkok, Thai life and leisure.
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Jellyfish in Bangkok and now ET spotted in Northern Thailand - just Pai in the sky?
Jellyfish in Bangkok and now officials in Thailand are investigating claims by Pai villagers who say they have seen an alien, Farang-Pai-Nai reports
In May, Thai TV Channel 5 (Thai Army Channel) reported at least seven, 30cms long, cucumber shaped alien objects with the consistency of jellyfish had been found within the city borders of Bangkok. [...]
Posted: October 27th, 2007 under Thai life and leisure.
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