New Thai-Cambodian border crossings upgrade.

Thailand and Cambodia confirmed on Friday they will open or upgrade a slew of new border crossings to facilitate commerce and travel between the two nations. 

The confirmation came at the 5th Meeting of the Governors of Thai-Cambodian Border Provinces in Bangkok. Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng co-chaired the meeting Aug 26-28 session. 

 Both sides agreed to speed the opening of two new permanent border crossings bridging Ban Nong Ian village in Sa Kaeo province and the Stung Bot area of Cambodia; and Ban Pa Rai village in Sa Kaeo and Oneang town in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province. 

Thailand and Cambodia confirmed on Friday they will open or upgrade a slew of new border crossings to facilitate commerce and travel between the two nations. 

The confirmation came at the 5th Meeting of the Governors of Thai-Cambodian Border Provinces in Bangkok. Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng co-chaired the meeting Aug 26-28 session. 

 Both sides agreed to speed the opening of two new permanent border crossings bridging Ban Nong Ian village in Sa Kaeo province and the Stung Bot area of Cambodia; and Ban Pa Rai village in Sa Kaeo and Oneang town in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province. 

 Source: BangkokPost 

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Grand China Princess Hotel, #Bangkok

Situated in Bangkok, Grand China Hotel offers 4-star accommodation, as well as a Jacuzzi. Only a short stroll from China Town, it provides contemporary rooms equipped with slippers, a mini bar and a refrigerator.

There are a range of facilities at the hotel on offer to guests, such as coffee bar, ballroom and a spa and wellness centre. It offers babysitting services, a currency exchange and a reception that is available 24 hours a day.

Grand China Hotel provides spacious rooms equipped with a shower, cable/satellite channels and a hair dryer. All private bathrooms provide bathrobes and a bathtub.

A satisfying breakfast is prepared every morning at Grand China Hotel, and there are numerous cafés and eateries close by.

The hotel is within walking distance of the Golden Buddha Statue, Chao Phraya River and the Sala Chalermkrung Royal Theatre. The helpful staff at the tour desk are available to organise tours and activities in Bangkok. 

 

Rites of five religions held for Bangkok blast victims

EARAWAN SHRINE

he PM's Office and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Ratchaprasong community held rites of five religions at the Erawan shrine to remember the victims of the Bangkok blast.

The ceremony was held at 7 am and was attended by several ministers and BMA Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

Attending the rites were Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Kreangam, Social Develoment and Human Security Minister Adul Saengsingkaew, and Science and Technology Minister Pichet Durongkaveroj.

The ceremony was conducted by Buddhist monks, Muslim imams, Christianand Hindu priests and Sikh teachers.

After the ceremony, the officials laid flowers in front of amakeshift plaque with the names of all the victims.

Source: The Nation 

Vegetarian Festival, #Phuket.

The Phuket Vegetarian Festival

is a colourful event held

over a nine-day period in October,

celebrating the Chinese community’s belief

that abstinence from meat

Various stimulants during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar

will help them obtain good health and peace of mind.

Though the origins of the festival are unclear,

it is commonly thought that the festival was bought to Phuket

by a wandering Chinese opera group who fell ill with malaria while performing on the island.

They decided to adhere to a strict vegetarian diet and pray to the Nine Emperor Gods

to ensure purification of the mind and body.

To everyone’s amazement the opera group made a complete recovery.

 

The people celebrated by holding a festival that was meant to honour the gods

as well as express the people’s happiness at surviving what was,

in the 19th century, a fatal illness.

 

Subsequently the festival has grown and developed into a spectacular yearly

event that is attended by thousands with participants flying

in from China and other Asian destinations.

One of the most exciting aspects of the festival are the various,

(and sometimes gruesome) ceremonies which are held to invoke the gods.

Fire walking, body piercing and other acts of self mortification undertaken

by participants acting as mediums of the gods, have become more spectacula.

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Baan Teelanka $Phuket.

Baan Teelanka Phuket

Opening Hours: From 10:00-18:00

Location: two kilometres from the North entrance of the By-pass Road.

Price Range: Bann Teelanka: adult – 250 baht, children – 150 baht;

A-Maze-in-Phuket: adult – 150 baht, children 100 baht

 

Baan Teelanka – Upside Down House has opened in April 2014

and is certainly one of the most innovative and original attractions in Phuket Island.

Located on the By-pass Road in the northern outskirts of Phuket Town,

it is a three-storey house built leaning on its roof and adorned

with a maze-shaped garden in its backyard; two different attractions in one place!

Initiated, designed and managed by a charming Swiss-Thai couple,

this well-thought project brings visitors into another dimension

and offers sensational photo opportunities.

In addition to Baan Teelanka and to A-Maze-in-Phuket,

the small complex features already a modern coffee-shop (selling drinks, snacks and sweets)

and will host in a near future a souvenir shop and two other boutiques.

Baan Teelanka is the first and unique (as for today) upside-down house in Thailand;

there are about a dozen upside-down houses in the world,

the first ever to open was Wonderworks Upside Down Building in Florida in 1998.

Baan Teelanka is certainly one of the most accomplished of them with its 13m height

and the outstanding research and imagination it has required to making it so detailed.

Leave all logic behind as you enter the house from its roof.

You will pass the attic before to reach the second floor.

You can visit all the rooms like in a standard house;

the only difference is that you do so as if you would be able to walk on the ceiling!

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James Bond Island, Phang Nga Bay

James Bond Island is a famous landmark in Phang Nga Bay.

It first found its way onto the international tourist map through its starring role in the James Bond movie ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’.

A distinctive feature of this famous bay is the number of sheer limestone cliffs that vertically jut out of the emerald-green water.

The bizarre, why-doesn’t-it-fall-over outline of James Bond Island or Koh Tapu,

lies next to the equally well known Koh Ping Ghan (sometime spell ‘Ping Gan’ or ‘Ping Gun’).

The entire area surrounding this island is indeed spectacular, but it can get crowded with tourist boats in high season.

 

Phang Nga Bay covers an area of 400sqkm and is home to some 100 islands,

many of which could feature in The Guinness Book of Records either for their beauty or for their freakish shapes.

 James Bond Island, with its signature rocky pinnacle, has been a major attraction ever since it featured in the 1974 Bond movie.

Luckily it is under national park protection and as a result no boats of any kind are allowed to go

too close to the island because of its precarious position big on the upper part and relatively slim at the bottom.

The two best ways to view James Bond Island are from boats or from the small beach on Koh Ping Ghan.

Koh Ping Ghan is another sample of how the Mother Nature works her magic.

Basically it’s a very high leaning rock that has some small caves inside.

It’s pretty amazing and fun to check them all out.

On its crowded eastern beach, there are stalls and stands selling souvenirs, mostly made from shells and woods.

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Wat Lai, Lopburi Province.

 Wat Lai, Lopburi Province.

Located on the bank of Maenam Bang Kham in Tha Wung District, approximately 24 kilometers from town, the Ayutthaya-period temple is famous for its chapel deccorated with stucco in various designs showcasing Buddha’s previous life and his first sermon after attaining enlightenment, the chapel illustrates extraordinary Thai craftsmanship which is truly exquisite. There is also the Phra Si Ari Buddha image here.

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