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Phuket International Blues Rock Festival 2012 The 7th annual Phuket International Blues Rock Festival will be happening this year on February 23 – 26 from 6 pm to midnight at Laguna Grove (the ‘Y-junction’) in Laguna Phuket, Phuket’s five star resort complex on beautiful Bangtao Beach. This year one of the… Read full story >>>

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by  ANDRE CALILHANNA It’s fun and easy to blame the woes of the world on major labels. After all, they’ve brought us The Pussycat Dolls, Milli Vanilli,  and  global warming. Oh yeah, there’s also the 360 record deal.  It’s worth mentioning that 360 deals (AKA … Read full story >>>

A new viper species was described in the Russian Journal of Herpetology recently – end of December. It is a green pit viper established in Phuket, hence the name. This new viper has venom similar in strength to the other green Thailand vipers, but the … Read full story >>>

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It’s mid-winter and for many of us, that means it’s time for a little inspiration. I’ve been playing with Pinterest which lets you make your own “inspiration boards” and I wondered if I could do something like that here. Here’s how it works: From the gallery below, randomly click any of… Read full story >>>

As someone who occasionally has not fully respected the Intellectual Property Rights (IPS) of content producers and providers, I feel I can offer an insider's perspective on the intense debate over censorship and piracy that led last week to the defeat of anti-piracy legislation in the U…. Read full story >>>

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The Bangkok Post on January 10: Disaster prevention and water management experts are worried that the delay in discharging water from the dams could lead to a repeat of last year’s catastrophic floods. “This is definitely a worrying sign,” National Disaster Warning Council chairman Smith Dharmasaroja … Read full story >>>

C.Y. Gopinath is a Bangkok-based Indian writer who was born in 1952 in Kottayam, India. He is the author of Travel with the Fish (1999), a non-fiction book about his travels, and The Book of Answers (2011), his first novel. He has been a … Read full story >>>

Daily weather updates for tropical island destination Koh Samui in Thailand by long term resident Camille Lemmens Read full story >>>

Premier Yingluck in front of the Taj Mahal in India. She arrived in New Delhi yesterday for a three-day visit that will include taking part in India’s National Day Parade. The premier says she is hoping to double the two countries’ investment and trade during talks with India’s leaders … Read full story >>>

This map was last updated 25 January 2012. Places not surveyed and GPSed be me are marked with a “Police” icon Maps are updated everytime I visit the Province View Nakhon Phanom Province in a larger map continued here: Nakhon Phanom, Thailand Read full story >>>

The previous post for this exhibition was posted on 23 January 2012 and contained the “Artists of Distinction and Media Winners”. The photos in today’s album include the Prize Winning Entries in Painting, Sculpture, Graphic Arts and click on the up arrow in… Read full story >>>

The Phana Monkey Project is about to reach a crucial stage. A week from now five researchers, all recent Msc graduates in Animal Behaviour from Exeter University in the UK,… Read full story >>>

Even though the road leading to the main event was blocked off, there were plenty of cars juggling in and out. Motorcyclist where weaving through parked and moving cars. Pedestrians had to dodge them all. An old DODGE truck caught my… Read full story >>>

Daily weather updates for tropical island destination Koh Samui in Thailand by long term resident Camille Lemmens Read full story >>>

My Guatemalan Host Family Missed my alarm…  However it was 6:05am so I still had a chance.  I was supposed to meet some local Guatemalan dude 5 minutes in the past to guide me up a volcano that morning.  As I threw some chips and water in a little backpack… Read full story >>>

Its that time of year again when i have to renew my car insurance. Like every year you have to jump through the same hoops and wade through the bullshit the Insurance companies lay down. Its all a trick that Insurance compnies hope… Read full story >>>

It only seems like yesterday that I swore I’d never post a YouTube video on Beyond The Mango Juice. How wrong I was. Over the past year I’ve added about a half dozen or so YouTube videos to this site, … Continue reading → Read full story >>>

Two economics-related stories I suggest checking out: 1) This New York Times story by Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher, which was the toast of Twitter yesterday, is worth a read. It’s called “How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work.” … Read full story >>>

Bangkok’s Chinatown is an old business center covering a large area around Yaowarat and Charoen Krung Roads. There are many small streets and alleys full of shops and vendors selling all types of goods. It has been the main centre … Continue reading →

With so many things to see and do in Phuket, renting a bike or a car seems to be one of the best ways to get around freely at low cost. But it comes with some risks and dangers. Follow these basic rules might help avoiding unnecessary… Read full story >>>

The music video is obviously not locally produced, but the music is appropriate Read full story >>>

Wow, some really interesting statistics about the numbers of people killed at the party. Despite living here, I didn’t know most of these details. Very revealing. What the report, and the censorious vicar, fails to state is that full moon partygoers are acting of their own… Read full story >>>

Boeing next month will begin the third segment of the 787 Dream Tour, with two stops planned in Asia. The all-new Dreamliner will visit Bangkok and Singapore, where customers, partners, government officials and media will experience the revolutionary technology and passenger innovation firsthand. The February schedule includes the following stops: Feb… Read full story >>>

By:  doug.herman According to  Analysys International  (in Chinese), a leading Chinese market research provider, China’s wireless music market  will grow at a 11.8% CAGR through 2013 and exceed RMB 40 billion (US$6.16 billion). At the same time the wireless music population will … Read full story >>>

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Last week, I started to write a blog about what drove me to leave my Dog (Arlo – was my greatest ever friend and my only regret was that I had to leave him behind) my secure job, house, career friends family and motorbikes.  I immediately realised that there was too much… Read full story >>>

A recent New York Times story says : KHLONG LUANG, Thailand — The floodwaters receded weeks ago from this sprawling industrial zone, but the streets are littered with detritus, the phones do not work and rusted machinery has been dumped outside warehouses that once buzzed with efficiency. Before … Read full story >>>

The Association of Siamese Architects under the Royal Patronage is inviting you to the 3rd Kadeejeen Art in Soi Festival, an annual art and culture festival aimed to strengthen community participation and network building for the purpose of conservation  and revitalization of this historic neighborhood. Initiated in 2010, the event this … Read full story >>>

The World Film Festival of Bangkok is on, with Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr in town to receive the festival’s Lotus Award and to talk after the screening of his latest and what he says emphatically is his last film, The Turin Horse . Ryan Gosling is in Bangkok, to begin filming on Drive… Read full story >>>

This is one of my favorite an most beutifulist Isaan Moments at beung kaen nakhon in khon kaen, thailand, isaan continued here: This is beautiful, on Beung Kaen Nakhon, Khon Kaen, Isaan, Thailand, Read full story >>>

Chinese New year – Kong Xi Fa Cai with long term Thailand resident Camille Lemmens Read full story >>>

Premier Yingluck in her Air Force gear for the first time this morning — at Chaibadan District of Lopburi province — for the Royal Thai Air Force’s annual “Air Power Show.” All the top brass, except for Army Chief Gen Prayuth Em-Ocha who was busy with another assignment in Lampang, were there. Deputy… Read full story >>>

Thai Tales: Mango’s, Mangosteen and Angry Thai Feet… My good friend Khun Phairoh, giggling away, told me a cute story this weekend and I just had to share it with you. Here you go… (and may there be many more). A tourist in Bangkok stops at … Read full story >>>

I make my living as a writer, but this does not mean that my written work is flawless. In fact I cringe when I read back and notice mistakes that have been made with posts on this blog. One reader left a… Read full story >>>

Location : Coming from Epen halerway on the Camerigerberg Price tag : 15 – 30 Euro pp Food      : Dutch Seating  : Outdoor & Indoor Lunch and dinner with a view over the “Geuldal” in between a beautiful forrest. Both in winter and in summer a great location to eat or just have a drink. They… Read full story >>>

Location : Maastricht centre Price tag : 25 Euro pp Food      : Thai & Isaan Seating  : Indoor A small informal Thai restaurant serving Thai and Isaan food made by an authentic Thai cook from the Isaan. Whenever in Maastricht with my wife we HAVE to eat here. Of course standard the food … Read full story >>>

Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. In China, it is known as “Spring Festival,” the literal translation of the Chinese name  (Pinyin: Ch?n Jié), since the spring season in Chinese calendar starts with lichun, the… Read full story >>>