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. 

 

Chiang Mai, #Thailand

Chiang Mai is the largest and the best city in Northern Thailand if you’re up to traveling to extraordinary places, tasting delicious specialities and experiencing glamorous architecture all at once.
This cultural center features over 300 Buddhist temples (for example Wat Phra Singh from 14th century) and holds various traditional festivals such as Songkran, Loi-Kratong and so on.
There are also good news for those who are seeking natural sights. Chiang Mai is an amazing place for long and romatic walks over long green plains and rainforests.

At least 20 killed, over 100 injured by Bangkok Biggest Attack

Famous Tourist attraction destroyed in Bangkok 

A LARGE bomb rocked central Bangkok's Ratchaprasong area last night, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens more last night.

Thailand's junta chief on Tuesday said authorities are hunting a male "suspect" seen on CCTV footage near the scene of a bombing that claimed at least 21 lives in Bangkok and wounded scores more.

"Today there is a suspect who appeared on CCTV but it's not clear... we are looking for this guy," Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha said, adding he was believed to be from an "anti-government group based in Thailand's northeast" -- the heartland of the anti-coup Red Shirt movement.

 Since 2006 Bangkok has witnessed repeated rounds of deadly political violence, flanked by two coups. Until Monday though, foreigners had rarely been caught up in the bloodshed.

The most recent coup in 2014 toppled the elected government of Yingluck Shinawatra after months of disruptive street protests.
Thailand is also fighting a decade-long insurgency in its southernmost Muslim-majority provinces that border Malaysia, which has seen more than 6,400 people killed, mostly civilians.

Prayut's comments suggest the investigation is shifting towards anti-government groups loyal to the ousted Shinawatra family, rather than the southern Muslim militants.

The Red Shirts are a grassroots network of the rural and urban poor, particularly from the country's northeast, that support Yingluck and her ousted prime minister brother Thaksin Shinawatra.

Authorities have blamed them for a string of small explosions in Bangkok earlier this year, a charge their leadership has strongly denied.

They were also initially blamed by authorities for a car bomb on the resort island of Koh Samui earlier this year, but police were later forced to backtrack and subsequently blamed insurgents for that attack.

While hardcore Red Shirts have been known to launch attacks on security forces or government buildings, they have never before carried out a mass casualty bombing.

Thailand's Islamist insurgents are also not know to target foreigners and have also largely kept their violent attacks to the three Muslim-majority provinces in the country's south.

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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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Phuket’s Old Town Renaissance

Fifteen years ago, the historic Old Phuket Town district in Phuket Town

was a charming but slightly faded place in danger

of being lost to modern development. However, Phuket residents

and tourism figures saw the potential in preserving Phuket’s fascinating past

and a restoration effort of the Old Town was launched.

In the years since, the five main Old Town streets,

Dibuk, Thalang, Phang Nga, Rassada and Krabi roads, plus Soi Romanee

and other small lanes have been given a facelift.

Much to every photographer’s delight, unsightly power lines along Dibuk

and Thalang roads have now been buried, allowing the beauty

of the centuries-old Sino-Portuguese buildings to shine through.

More power line projects are in the works for other streets.

 

Soi Romanee has seen the most striking changes.

This narrow one-way lane was once a rowdy red-light street

for Chinese immigrants back in Phuket’s heady tin-mining days.

Then it saw a decline, and up until about five years ago

most of its buildings sat in an unused and crumbling state.

Since then, nearly all of the two-storey structures lining

the Soi have been given a bright new coat of pastel-toned paint

and some hip cafes and offices have opened up.

A one-stop shop explaining Phuket’s past is found along Phang Nga road. 

This new Phuket City Information Centre has photos

and displays that explain the meaning behind

the different architectural details of the buildings in the area,

plus models of an old-style well and oven.

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THE WESTIN SIRAY BAY RESORT & SPA, #PHUKET

THE WESTIN SIRAY BAY RESORT & SPA, PHUKET

A tranquil resort on tropical Siray Island in Phuket

boasting breathtaking ocean views

from every of our 257 guestrooms, suites, villas,

and a calm, secluded beach.

  

The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa overlooking magnificent Siray Bay,

the resort offers a rejuvenating tropical haven with all you need to be at your best.

The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa on the exclusive east coast of Phuket,

the resort boasts contemporary design, spectacular ocean views

and the renowned warm Thai culture,

welcoming guests into this respite of tropical elegance.

Each of our 257 contemporary guestrooms, suites and pool villas

offers ocean views of Siray Bay as well as Heavenly Bed, Heavenly Bath,

White Tea by Westin bath amenities, rainforest shower, LCD televisions,

DVD players, outdoor balconies, audio jack packs and high speed wireless

Internet access. Other amenities include a refreshment center, in-room safe.

Relax in one of our six exquisite restaurants or bars,

providing a range of options where you can soak up your surroundings  in style.

To nourish your body we are proud to offer SuperFoodsRX™

selections amongst our culinary choices on every menu.

The wide range of dining options, along with an innovative international

approach at all of our restaurants, ensures guests can sample different cuisines.

For added convenience and comfort, 24-hour In Room Dining is available,

complete with SuperFoodsRX™ to promote your absolute wellbeing.

Private dining options and picnic baskets are also available upon request.

The Westin Siray Bay Resort & Spa, Phuket is a tranquil setting

for guests to restore the body and expand the mind.

Located on the east side of Phuket, it boasts the latest in modern conveniences

and facilities with warm Thai culture, and sweeping ocean views.

Phuket is an island of coves and bays. It is the leading island holiday

destination in Southeast Asia, and travellers come to enjoy some fun, sun,

great seafood, great watersports and a taste of the warm

welcome that is synonymous with Thai culture.

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Tham Morakot, Trang

Tham Morakot one of the fantastic attractions of the Unseen in Thailand

is located at the west of Ko Muk. The exciting journey to Morakot Cave besides

seeing the marvelous nature creation is the way to reach the cave by swimming

one by one into the entrance of the cave.

This can allow only a small boat to pass through during low tide along

the channel of 80 metres long. After passing the entrance to the other side,

one will stand at the large hall roofed by the sky looking like standing

inside the very large funnel. The sand beach will be seen in the middle to the hall

surrounded by high cliffs. Some species of plant are found either on the beach

The sunlight during midday will be straight through the mouth of the funnel.

The reflection of the sea creates the emerald color

as the name “Morakot Cave” which means ”Emerald Cave”.

Tham Morakot is visited by swimming or by small inflatable boats.

Starting from a ship, the swimmer has to enter the cave

until he reaches a water filled chamber,

which is lit by sunlight through a hole in the ceiling.

The entrance passage is rather small and low,

and it is passable only during low tide.

The name of the cave means Emerald Cave.

It describes the emerald colour produced by sunlight filtered through sea water.

Inside the cave is a secluded beach of white sand.

To get to Ko Muk and Morakot Cave, boat service leaves Kuan Tung Ku Pier

at 08.00 hr everyday charging 40 baht per person.

One trip by the rented boat will charge 400 baht and takes 30 minutes to Ko Muk.

Upon arrival at Sapanyao Pier in front of the island,

one have to rent a long-tailed boat to Morakot Cave rested

at the other side of the island (100 baht each).

Another way is to rent the boat from Pak Meng Pier

straight to Morakot Cave at Ko Muk.

The rate is 1,800 baht/day taking about 40 minutes.

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The Sanctuary of Truth, #Pattaya

The Sanctuary of Truth is a gigantic wooden construction which covers the area of more than two rais. The top point of the building is about 105 meters high. It was constructed to withstand the wind and sunshine on the seashore at Rachvate Cape, Tumbon Naklea, Amphur Banglamung, Chon Buri Province. 

 The building was constructed according to ancient Thai ingenuity and every square inch of the building is covered with wooden carve sculpture. The purposes of decoration with wooden carve sculptures are to use art and culture as the reflection of Ancient Vision of Earth, Ancient Knowledge, and Eastern Philosophy. With in this complex, visitors will understand Ancient Life, Human Responsibility, Basic Thought, Cycle of living, Life Relationship with Universe and Common Goal of Life toward Utopia.

 The building was constructed according to ancient Thai ingenuity-and every square inch of the building is covered with wooden carve sculpture. The purposes of decoration with wooden carve sculptures are to use art and culture as the reflection of Ancient.

The Sanctuary of Truth, #Pattaya
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Karon Beach, #Phuket

 Karon Beach, #Phuket

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Tourism on Khao San Road in the heart of Bangkok back to normal.

Tourism on Khao San Road in the heart of Bangkok, known as the backpack haven for tourists, has returned to its normal liveliness as the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) canceled the curfew it had imposed across the nation.

Khao San Road Business Association chairman Sa-nga Ruangwattanakul said since the NCPO lifted the countryside curfew last Friday, the area has seen the number of visitors climb back to its normal state.

Local Thai residents have been flocking to the tourist spot to enjoy watching the World Cup 2014, while foreign tourists are staying longer in Khao San, up from previously spending just one night in Bangkok before traveling to other provinces to avoid the curfew.

Trading in the area has also regained activeness, noting that he believes the number of visitors to the top tourist destination would soon return to the same level as before.

The association has spread the news of the lifting of the curfew through the world's top social media sites, including Facebook and Twitter, which has brought a better response among Asian tourists than European tourists in traveling to Thailand.

Mr Sa-nga said that the organisation would hold more activities to draw foreign tourists back to the location, since its strategy to return happiness to visitors has proven fruitful and helped to portray the image to the international community that Thailand is safe to visit.

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