HUAI KHA KHEANG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, Thailand — After trudging through the wilds of western Thailand for several hours, the forest rangers thought they were finally onto something: the distant sound of crunching leaves. Automatic weapons drawn, the five Thais crept forward, hoping to catch a tiger poacher. It turned out to be a banteng, a […]
Chiang Mai Is a Top Destination for Vacationing and Volunteering Chiang Mai’s reputation marks this small city as the jewel of Northern Thailand, a quaint city cozily nestled into the foothills of a lush green mountain. Chiang Mai is often just another stop on the average backpacker’s whirlwind temple tour of Southeast Asia. But change […]
BANGKOK, Nov 22 (TNA) – Two persons died of apparent exposure to cold over the weekend as temperatures in Thailand dropped to as low as 15 degrees Celsius in the upper part of the country. Pramuk Tipracha, 43, is the second cold-related death in the northeastern province of Kalasin. He presumably died of heart failure […]
CHAIYAPHUM, Oct 5 (TNA) – Flooding in several northern and northeastern provinces, Chaiyaphum, Lampang and Si Sa Ket, remained critical Monday, but the water level in the Chao Phraya River in central Thailand is not worrisome, according to government sources. In the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum, heavy rain has triggered a third round of flash […]
Trouble may be on the horizon for leading airline Thai Airways Internationals. It seems that their route from Chiang Mai to Mae Hong Son has such a positive effect on local business that tour companies and other local companies are planning court actio…
This year the rainy season in Thailand has not been good for tourism. The Meteorological Department said that a southwest monsoon currently over the Andaman sea and the Gulf of Thailand is responsible for the large amount of rain falling in the northern provinces. While the North is getting a lot of rain and even […]
