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Lopburi :

Lopburi

rindhewat

Updated: Dec 16, 2009 7:44am PST

begging elephants : Breaking News 24/7 <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/to-get-elephants-off-bangkok-streets-authorities-in-thailand-offer-them-for-adoption-98638/">Thailand offers Bangkok elephants for adoption</a> BANGKOK, Thailand — Elephants idling outside discos or lumbering through traffic have been part of Bangkok’s colorful nightlife for nearly two decades. Now authorities want to send them back to the jungle. Thai officials say they have come up with an innovative solution: offering the pachyderms for adoption."............... It seemed to me that there were already rules and laws to outlaw <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/toni_uni/3815168192/in/set-72157610089606284/"these suffering animals</a> but a la, who cares: let's try to invent another solution when law-enforcements don't work out! I only hope that this solution doesn't activate certain groups to start an import-business into Bangkok to touch afterwards the adaption-funds again and so on. "Elephants first arrived in Bangkok in the late 1980s after a logging ban made them redundant in forestry work. Since then, they have been trafficked into the city from rural Thailand and even neighboring Myanmar by politically connected gangs who count on corrupt government officials to look the other way.".......................... "This time, the campaign includes putting microchips in the elephants so officials can track their whereabouts, and trying to convince foundations to buy and relocate them.".................... All nice invents but how long does it take until the chips has been "sold out"??? I wasn't too suspicious, one must give the counterpart once the benefice of the doubt isn't it? Unfortunately, childish as I was I went out of work for several weeks now in the surroundings of Sukhumvit?Asoke, Silom etc. In spite of an eye-witness story about an elephant runned down at the corner of Sukhumvit soi 5 by a certainly drunk driver who reversed and rushed away direction Asoke leaving the elephant screaming on its knees, well, who cares, let's say it was one of the last convulsions of two decades of abuse (nothing in the printed English press by the way) and in spite of a (sucessful) denouncement of a local Thai at the other side of Bangkok, which reached indeed the (Thai) television the misery-show seems to go on, only better hided for the tourist-eyes. It remembers me all of a sudden of a very short bit of film of Charlie Chaplin: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7599076870975062985&ei=wXXySokUg_SoA63nkOcM&q=charlie+chaplin+police+&hl=th&view=2&client=firefox-a# One can "earn" 2.000 Baht by denouncing a brake of the "beast of burden-law" by phoning 1555 as the police seems not to be present or are (still) turning blind eyes, about what I'm informed already. Now they seem to be noticed near Chokchai 4, Ladprao, Minburi and other places.

begging elephants

mistifarang

Breaking News 24/7 Thailand offers Bangkok elephants for adoption BA ...

Updated: Dec 13, 2009 4:56am PST

Grand Palace / Phra Borom Maha Ratcha Wang : Photos from the most holly temple in Thailand, know as the Grand Palace which holds the Emerald Buddha in Royal Chapel - the Wat Prha Kaew. It is situated in the Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang area on the east side of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok.

Grand Palace / Phra Borom Maha Ratcha...

Torben Gregersen (torbs)

Photos from the most holly temple in Thailand, know as the Grand Palac ...

Updated: Dec 11, 2009 11:34am PST

Blog Pictures : Phuket Resorts, The Mangosteen Blogs

Blog Pictures

phuketmangosteen

Phuket Resorts, The Mangosteen Blogs

Updated: Dec 10, 2009 9:37pm PST

Phuket Resort Hotel HDR pictures : HDR (High Dynamic Range)pictures from Phuket, The Mangosteen Boutique Resort & Spa

Phuket Resort Hotel HDR pictures

phuketmangosteen

HDR (High Dynamic Range)pictures from Phuket, The Mangosteen Boutique ...

Updated: Dec 06, 2009 8:02am PST

Golden Tulip Mangosteen Resort & Spa : Golden Tulip penetrates Thai hospitality market with Phuket resort and spa management deal Phuket, Thailand – December 6, 2009: As part of its aggressive expansion into Asia, The Netherlands-based Golden Tulip Hospitality Group has penetrated into the Thai market by officially signing a management agreement with The Mangosteen Resort & Spa in Phuket today. The boutique resort located in Rawai, Phuket will be renamed ‘Golden Tulip Mangosteen Resort and Spa’ as of February 1, 2010, and will be positioned as an Ayurveeda destination for avid health and leisure seekers. “As a significant tourist destination for Thailand, Phuket is rapidly becoming the preferred leisure destination for overseas travelers, especially from Europe and the Middle East. We are, therefore, delighted that our first footprint in the Thai hospitality market is in Phuket. We hope to re-position The Mangosteen as a unique Ayurveeda destination, offering very special Ayurveeda treatments to our guests for ultimate relaxation”, revealed Mark van Ogtrop, Managing Director of Golden Tulip South East Asia. The Mangosteen Resort & Spa, dubbed as “Phuket’s most romantic luxury boutique resort”, is named after a delicious seasonal fruit available only in Asia; especially abundant in Thailand. The resort’s villa-style accommodation, built on a private hillside, overlooks stunning views of Chalong Bay. The resort has been in operation for 5 years, and its facilities include an extra large pool, an exclusive Spa, The Mangosteen Restaurant with its underground Wine Cellar, a high-tech equipped meeting room for 60 people and a panoramic Lounge Bar. Mr. Hajo von Keller, Managing Director of The Mangosteen Resort & Spa, commented, “In selecting Golden Tulip to manage our resort, we are confident that the resort will be taken to the next level of being internationally recognized and promoted. We will also be able to take advantage of Golden Tulip’s extensive expertise and customer base to further attract guests from Europe, the Americas, Middle East, Africa as well as within the Asia-Pacific region.” Apart from upcoming commitments in Bangkok and Pattaya, the Golden Tulip plans to operate a second resort in Phuket in the very near future.

Golden Tulip Mangosteen Resort & Spa

phuketmangosteen

Golden Tulip penetrates Thai hospitality market with Phuket resort and ...

Updated: Dec 06, 2009 6:35am PST

Thailand : Land Of Smiles (LOS) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand">Thailand Wikipedia</a>

Thailand

mistifarang

Land Of Smiles (LOS) Thailand Wikipedia

Updated: Nov 25, 2009 6:47am PST

Sunday Brunch with Bonnie :

Sunday Brunch with Bonnie

phuketmangosteen

Updated: Nov 15, 2009 7:16pm PST

Old Thailand Pictures #2 : Pictures from several years ago

Old Thailand Pictures #2

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Pictures from several years ago

Updated: Nov 12, 2009 2:27pm PST

Kanchanaburi Area : Kanchanaburi, best know for the location of the "Bridge over the River Kwai"

Kanchanaburi Area

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Kanchanaburi, best know for the location of the "Bridge over the River ...

Updated: Nov 10, 2009 4:36pm PST

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