The British Embassy in Bangkok have updated their website homepage with a revised travel advisory for Thailand in the wake of the latest flooding news for the capital Bangkok. Still current at: 27 October 2011 Updated: 26 October 2011 This advice has been reviewed and reissued with an amendment to the Travel Summary (update to [...]
Today water reached the end of the runways at Don Mueang International Airport and announcements have been made that it will close and stop operations from 5:00pm (local) / 10:00am (GMT) 25 October 2011. Reports are arriving of passengers trapped in the terminal buildings by flood waters, and that the airfield electrical systems have been [...]
The Thai government cabinet on Tuesday decided to declare 27-28 and 31 October 2011 as official holidays in 21 flood-hit provinces, including Bangkok, so that people in flood-prone areas would be able to brace for the expected flooding of the capital’s central areas. The 21 provinces are central Sukhothai, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Nakonsawan, Uthai Thani, Chai [...]
In a rainbow of colours, the popular Mysta-Incense incense cones are back in stock at GazLanNaThai.com Available now in over 60 fragrances, including popular fashion scents such as Opium and Poison, a wide range of floral and herbal scents, and a strong collection of Oriental and unusual aromas, there’s something for everyone in the Mysta-Incense [...]
For the last half century or so, I’ve considered myself a night owl. Never mentally reaching peak awareness before sunset, and repeatedly failing to sleep before sunrise. At certain times in my life this has been advantageous. Of late though, I’ve been falling into the rural Thai habit of crashing out a few hours after [...]
It’s almost time for the kids to dress up and terrorise terrify the neighbours in the annual trick or treat ritual. To help them along a little, this year we’ve got a range of monster-sized trick or treat bags with various ghostly images on them (also printed onto environmentally-friendly mulberry paper). The bags are made [...]
Mrs Gaz has been busy again. This time she’s released a new variant of the perennially popular 4×4 inch mulberry paper pocket notebooks, and another design for the growing 6×5 inch mini scrapbook medium-size notebook range. Using a thicker vellum-like mulberry writing paper, this range of notebooks are much thicker than the budget range already [...]
All night, each night between 15 – 23 October 2010, a spectacular procession of illuminated boats can be seen on the Mekhong River in extreme North Eastern Thailand, at the border point with Laos. In addition to the water-borne spectacle, locals pay their respects to the Lord Buddha on the river bank with intricately decorated [...]
