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Global Mala Samui
 On September 21st, the people of Koh Samui will gather at Tamarind Springs in Lamai to celebrate and align themselves with positive change. This is the second year for Gl...
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Turbulent Times In Raceweek
 This years Six Senses Raceweek Regatta proved to be anything but straight sailing, as the 20-plus knot winds kept every sailor, and spectator, well and truly on their toe...
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Santiburi Singha Athletics Club
 Santiburi Golf Resort and Spa has made new friends with the launch of its new athletics club. Offering fantastic facilities to accommodate tennis, squash, jogging, footba...
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Immigration Shake-Up
 Immigration offices and procedures across the country have begun implementing new plans, which aim to facilitate the monitoring of foreign national residents in Thailand....
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Emerald Condominiums by Kalara
 Investors looking for a turn-key solution to their investment needs, will find what they are looking for at Samui Emerald Condominiums. The project will be managed simila...
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Babylon’s Big Day Out
 As you are driving around the island of Koh Samui, there is one new location that has risen out of the beach sands that will definitely catch your attention. The Koh Samu...
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Punchline Comedy Club
 This month sees the return of the Punchline Comedy Club to our happy, sunny island shores, going for their hat trick of Punchline performances at the Holiday Inn Resort P...
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The BaysWater Group & Samui
 Today, Forests occupy approximately one/third of earth’s land area, account for over two thirds of the leaf of land plants, and contain about 7% of carbon present i...
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A Royale Christmas Treat
 A very special offer is now in store for all of those looking for a truly royal experience this wintry festive season. Mom Tri’s Villa Royale is offering you the ch...
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Making a Splash for Trash!
 On the 14th of September 2008, scuba divers, friends, volunteers and members of the local community will be pulling on their dive gear to pick up rubbish and abandoned fi...
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Shasa Hotel, Casavela Koh Samui
 This one of its kind hotel, features 100% SEAVIEW Rooms with private, great SEA-FACING balconies, and 3 large pools almost 1,000 SQM in total size: the ROMANTIC Hillside ...
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The Night - returns to Nai Harn
 Back by popular demand after their first party, THE NIGHT returned to Nai Harn last month. With more funky dance tunes spinning from the booth of Paris-born DJ Miss Car...
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A Rendezvous With The Instinct
 Art Rendez Vous Gallery in Phuket Town, will open a new exhibition this month featuring local artist, Kitipong Ngowsiri. The month-long exhibition will showcase Khun Ki...
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| Edition - September 2008 |
Editorial - An Ancestral Legacy
 It seems like we were welcoming in the New Year only yesterday, but here we are, in the blink of an eye in our ninth month, with only three more months until we bid farewell to the Year of the Rat with its fiery turmoil. We began the year with smiles, but those smiles began to fade by mid-year, with a tight economy and soaring prices for oil and food. While... Read More >> |
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Experience it! - The Art of Capoeira
 The Art of Capoeira Capoeira (pronounced ka-poo-eh-da) is a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, self-defence techniques and music. The techniques of Capoeira are hidden within its dance-like movements and music, and the reasons for this deceitful art stem from the need to survive.
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Experience it! - Afamosa Resort Malaysia
 C-Holiday Tours Malaysia 2008 Over 200 participants comprising of travel agents, journalists, TV and radio crewmembers, and corporate executives from 18 countries took part in the Tourism Malaysia Mega Familiarisation (Mega Fam) programme, in conjunction with the launch of Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival. The Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival which is held from July... Read More >> |
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Lifestyle - You take Pictures - Not your Camera
 You take Pictures - Not your Camera
When it comes to digital cameras there’s a rivalry of epic proportion between Canon and Nikon fanatics, as well as between other manufacturers. It’s like Mac OS versus Windows, Marvel versus DC Comics, Palm versus Blackberry. That fanaticism spills over into the mainstream, and even casual camera buyers get ...
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In Focus - Taking care of Monkey Business
 Thailand’s
Pigtailed Monkey
Saved from
Extinction by
Learning to Work
Animal lovers, activists, protestors for animal rights, advocates and objectors of unfair treatment to animals, forward-looking environmentalists, groups such as Greenpeace and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, would never be able to do for the Pigtailed Macaque ...
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Tropical Living - Jantra Spa Villas - Phuket
 Sukko Cultural Spa and Wellness Resort
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Tropical Living - The Napa – Samui
 Indigo Real Estate
specializes in premium lifestyle properties on the main West Coast beaches of Kamala, Surin, Bangtao, Laguna Phuket and the area to the North called Natai Beach. Being a traditional agent, their range of re-sale properties is extensive from 1-bedroom apartments through to luxury villas, exclusive land plots and beach properties. They al... Read More >> |
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Dining Out - Vecchia Napoli Ristorante – Samui
Alessandro Curto has spent the last 3 years on Samui, as the Chef and Owner of the Vecchia Napoli Ristorante and Pizzeria, located in the hub of Chaweng Beach Road. Specializing in Cuisine from native Italy, Vecchia Napoli arguably provides the finest Italian fare on Samui. The 70 seats Restaurant has an intimate charm that brings customers back time aft...
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Dining Out - Anna’s – Phuket
.jpg) In the heart of Phuket’s Old Town sits the quiet and unassuming restaurant, Anna’s Phuket. With the rustic décor, great food and good prices, we thought it was well worth a story. We happened upon Anna’s quite by accident. We had been in town all afternoon and thought it would be nice to try somewhere new for dinner. Walking back al... Read More >> |
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People - The Thailand Hitch-Hiker
 The Thailand Hitch-Hiker
My name is Nathalie, and I am going to take you on an adventure that you may never have ever dreamed that you could take! Who doesn’t dream about getting away from it all, letting the spirit flow and being allowed to merge into a world full of freedom, nature and adventure? Together you and I are going to create our own pe...
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People - Family Business in Phuket
 As Phuket becomes ever more international, it’s reassuring to know that some businesses scattered throughout this bustling island still remain in local hands. Khun Prawej Areerasdra is the owner & manager of Pure Car Rent, one of the most successful car rental shops on the island. The son of a Chinese father and Peranakan mother, Khun Prawej’... Read More >> |
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Health Spa - Santiburi Spa – Samui
 Samui is experiencing an incredible development in the quality of it’s Spa Institutions that are emerging, as well as an even more remarkable evolution of those that currently exist. Khun Pornsawad Keanthong, known to all as Miss. Sally, Spa Manager of the Santiburi Spa, took an afternoon to tour us through the Santiburi Resort & Spa, located on th...
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Health Spa - Hiranyikara Spa - Phuket
 HIRANYIKARA
A refreshing contrast lies in store for those who choose to melt away the hours at Hiranyikara. This fabulous retreat has approached the whole concept of ‘spa’ from a decidedly different angle, offering an experience at once soothing and revitalizing.
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“Tough times never last, tough people do”, was a remark given by Khun Azzudin Omar, the Resort Manager as he gave his speech during the Appreciation and Launc...
Honouring their annual commitment to Mother’s Day this year, the Phuket classic scooter and Volkswagen club, Volkswagen Phuket Club, headed on up to Suksa Piset Sch...
Give the special partner in your life a treat that they will be talking of for the rest of the year! It’s time to pamper your loved one with a 2.5-hour floral treat...
Mr.Pamuke Achariyachai, at centre of photo, Managing Director and the Management Team of Kata Group Resorts Thailand, warmly welcomed Mr. Gerry Eette (3rd from right) of ...
The end of this month will see the beginning of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival. The festival takes place every year around the end of September and the beginning of Octob...
On Saturday 19th July 2008, the Melati Beach Resort & Spa, the newest sister hotel of Chaweng Regent Beach Resort, and World Class Wines Co.,Ltd (WCW) held the McMani...
Thailand’s leading hotel group is delighted to announce the completion of an extensive Bht 200 million plus renovation, to its award winning property the Centara Gr...
For Mother’s Day last month, SILK restaurant in Surin Beach laid out a feast fit for a King, or rather, fit for a Queen, as Mother’s Day in Thailand is celebr...