http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye An Outsider Inside Thailand Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:49:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/international-airlift-begins-for-stranded-in-thailand/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/international-airlift-begins-for-stranded-in-thailand/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:16:13 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=152 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2008/12/international-airlift-begins-for-stranded-in-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2005/08/fatal-floods-strike-northern-thailand/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2005/08/fatal-floods-strike-northern-thailand/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2005 02:00:39 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=49 Over 110,000 people affected. CHIANG MAI, Thailand - 16 August 2005 - Torrential rains lashed the mountainous centre of South East Asia on Saturday and led to flash floods in Northern Thailand’s popular tourist destinations. Casualty estimates vary between 5 and 13 dead, with 11 to 20 reported missing, and around forty injured including two foreign visitors. Eighteen roads, 44 bridges and around 6,500 hectares of agricultural crops have been severely affected in rural areas. Current estimates are that floods have directly affected almost 111,000 people over an area the size of Wales, according to officials.]]> http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2005/08/fatal-floods-strike-northern-thailand/feed/ 0 http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2004/05/top-thai-tour-guides-graduate/ http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2004/05/top-thai-tour-guides-graduate/#comments Mon, 24 May 2004 02:00:25 +0000 Garry http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/?p=47 Silver Licenses awarded in North for First Time Chiang Mai, Thailand, 24 May 2004 - Over 80 tourist guides from all corners of Thailand spent two month’s in study at Naresuan University’s Phayao Campus this summer, before graduating to gain their Silver Guide Licenses. Studying an intensive program for international tourism including airline passenger service, Thai culture, eco-tourism & the environment, ethics & etiquette, geography, history, immigration law, Thai music & instruments, and other subjects, the course candidates sat exams every week, with eight hours of classroom time seven days each week.]]> http://www.gazlannathai.com/eye/2004/05/top-thai-tour-guides-graduate/feed/ 0