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Lard Yai doubles New Year fun with two consecutive street fairs in Phuket Old Town
Lard Yai doubles New Year fun with two consecutive street fairs in Phuket Old Town
Sunday 25 December 2022 02:48 PM
PHUKET: The Phuket Old Town Community has invited local residents and tourists to feel the New Year spirit at the renowned Lard Yai street fair on Thalang Rd. Instead of one weekend event, there will be two markets on both the last Saturday of 2022 (Dec 31) and the following first Sunday of 2023 (Jan 1).
Phuket mum and son tackle Mt Everest Base Camp
Phuket mum and son tackle Mt Everest Base Camp
Saturday 29 October 2022 09:00 AM
In 2014, Phuket woman Mayura “Nan” Mansfield, took on a personal challenge and trekked to Mt Everest Base Camp. At the start of November, she will repeat the challenge, but this time she will be accompanied by her 7½-year-old son, Gus.
Explorar Hotels & Resorts launches in Thailand
Explorar Hotels & Resorts launches in Thailand
Wednesday 30 June 2021 02:50 PM
PHUKET: Leading international boutique hotel group, The Pavilions Hotels & Resorts proudly announces the launch of its new and highly anticipated hotel brand, Explorar Hotels & Resorts, headquartered from Phuket, Thailand, with its first resort - Explorar Pawapi Koh Mook, opening on October 1, 2021.
Phuket readies for Children’s Day
Phuket readies for Children’s Day
Friday 10 January 2020 09:15 AM
Local municipalities across the island are getting ready to celebrate Children’s Day this Saturday (Jan 11) with a host of fun activities for kids. Children’s Day, in Thai called Wan Dek, is celebrated throughout the country on the second Saturday of January every year.
Marilyn Band – Black and White at Villa Royale Gallery
Marilyn Band – Black and White at Villa Royale Gallery
Friday 3 January 2020 08:00 AM
With a successful show of new paintings on display at Mom Tri’s Gallery of Modern Art and Cuisine, the artist Marilyn Band has decided to present another, quite different exhibition of her more familiar, more classical work of original drawings, prints and limited editions at the Villa Royale Gallery at Kata Beach opening 3 January until 10 February 2020. She’s named the new exhibit, Black and White, to describe this substantial body of work. “I’ve had a long, happy career drawing the beautiful villages and people around the Indian Ocean while I have been sailing with my husband, Nick. We’ve explored the region from Zanzibar to the outer islands of Indonesia and I’ve drawn the cultures from many regions. Now I want to share these new and original images.” She also believes this art will show a vanishing world when the skies and the ocean were cleaner and people could more easily support themselves when living in remote villages. When Nick and Marilyn sailed to Phuket in 1980, the island was heavily populated with water buffaloes and covered with rice fields. There was no international tourism. The beaches were empty and it was difficult to make from one place to another. There was no road connecting Karon and Patong beaches and it was rumored that dangerous animals still inhabited the hills between Phuket Town and the western beaches. Marilyn’s early work from this period will be available for purchase. “I think it’s important for Phuket residents to understand that we need to protect the environment including the quality of air and water that has seriously been threatened by overdevelopment,” she says. “I hope my art from an earlier time will remind people of what if being lost.” In addition to a collection of black and white graphic images of Thai religious and cultural sites, Marilyn will offer a variety of colorful work from different periods of her career. Marilyn comes from four generations of English stained glass artists whose commissions even included work on Exeter Cathedral. They were kept busy repairing damage to churches and building damaged during World War II. As a child, she worked with her father at drawing and fabricating colored glass for their creations. She later studied graphic design at High Wycombe Technical College in Buckinghamshire, England and started her career as a graphic artist in a variety of advertising agencies in London. But on holiday to the Seychelles, the young artist met her future husband Nick who had sailed his yacht from Africa to the Seychelles. Together they have explored the wide Indian Ocean for 40 years where Marilyn has taken inspiration for her art. They built their studio, made from locally sourced materials, in Rawai in 1980 and Marilyn has been painting and drawing and building collage ever since. She will be in residence at the Villa Royale Gallery most days from lunchtime til 7pm. For more information, contact Villa Royale at 076 333 568 or info@villaroyalephuket.com
Turtles released at Maya Bay, Koh Phi Phi
Wednesday 1 January 2020 12:00 AM
Koh Phi Phi Leh’s- Maya Bay Beach has been a controversial topic in recent years. The bay is still closed. However, tourists are still able to visit the National Park to swim and snorkel along the outskirts of the bay. A rope strung across the bay prevents visitors from getting close to the beach. The popular local opinion, shared amongst most is that the bay should not re-open anytime soon; and definitely not under the same unregulated circumstances.
Porto de Phuket breezes into town offering something for everyone
Porto de Phuket breezes into town offering something for everyone
Monday 16 December 2019 05:20 PM
PHUKET: Situated in trendy Choeng Thale close to the Laguna zone and Surin beach, the new outdoor lifestyle and retail complex Porto de Phuket offers an exciting, engaging and fresh shopping, dining and leisure experience.
Jamie’s Phuket: A visit to Doi Thepnimit temple
Jamie’s Phuket: A visit to Doi Thepnimit temple
Saturday 17 August 2019 10:00 AM
I noticed a few photos appearing of a new temple under construction last year on the hillside above Patong Beach and had also seen the access road to this new temple being built next to the Chinese Shrine on top of Patong Hill.
Rising Stars: Thai start-up mu Space Corp to launch space tourism in Asian first
Rising Stars: Thai start-up mu Space Corp to launch space tourism in Asian first
Sunday 16 June 2019 10:00 AM
July 20, 2019 marks 50 years since man first touched the Moon, one of the greatest achieve­ments in human history, an unmatched feat of technology, engineering and politics. But what giant leaps has mankind taken since?
Back on board with record-breaking sailor Yassine Darkaoui
Back on board with record-breaking sailor Yassine Darkaoui
Saturday 1 June 2019 10:00 AM
The name Yassine Darkaoui might ring a bell. That’s because the Moroccan sailor, entrepreneur and Phuket expat graced the Life cover in January this year, sat in lotus on the bow of a boat against the backdrop of Phang Nga.
Off-road biking with DirtBoy Downhill Phuket
Off-road biking with DirtBoy Downhill Phuket
Saturday 18 May 2019 03:00 PM
During one of last year’s downhill mountain biking competitions, there was a new team participating. The group was made up of skilled riders I had never met before. They were from Phuket.
Walk on the wild side: Getting out of the bars and into the hills
Walk on the wild side: Getting out of the bars and into the hills
Saturday 9 March 2019 10:00 AM
Meet Tony Giles. A Brit, a part-time Phuket expat, a former engineer and, in a very literal sense, some­thing of a trailblazer.
Space Oddity: The world of astrophotography
Space Oddity: The world of astrophotography
Saturday 16 February 2019 10:00 AM
Some weeks ago, Phuket was treated to a glorious blood moon. It rose gradually, morphing from burnt, rusty orange into fiery red.
One with the ocean - A day underwater with We Freedive
One with the ocean - A day underwater with We Freedive
Saturday 1 December 2018 10:00 AM
The magnetic beauty of the oceans and exploration of the mysterious life within has captured the human spirit since the very earliest of times. From the first use of diving bells, which was recorded by the Greek philosopher Aristotle in the 4th century BC, the ocean has hypnotised humans to return from whence we once came.
Paradise Postponed: Franck de Lestapis at Pimalai Resort Koh Lanta
Paradise Postponed: Franck de Lestapis at Pimalai Resort Koh Lanta
Saturday 15 September 2018 11:00 AM
Comfortably seated within his hilltop eerie at the magnificent Seven Seas restaurant atop luxurious Pimalai Resort, Franck de Lestapis, the jovial General Manager, surveys the fiefdom spread gloriously around him. It is undoubtedly an idyllic spot from which to assess where Koh Lanta is heading, an island that Franck most certainly knows and loves.
A Breath of Fresh Air. Oxygenated ride along the pine beach.
A Breath of Fresh Air. Oxygenated ride along the pine beach.
Sunday 5 August 2018 09:00 AM
The so-called Green Season is upon us in Phuket, a marketer’s name for the rainy season if ever I heard one! Do those marketing Johnnies really think that by not mentioning the dreaded words “rainy, monsoon, wet” and so on that they can fool everyone into believing that we don’t get just the occasional drenching at this time of year?

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