Tag: amulets
Tiger Temple denies all the charges
The Tiger Temple has denied all the charges filed against it and its abbot, Luangta Chan, by the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and...
Tiger’s hides and amulets seized from a truck leaving Tiger’s Temple
Officials have seized two full-sized tiger’s hides, over 1,000 amulets made of tiger’s skin and pieces of tiger’s hide from a monk as he...
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Rails through Remembrance: Travelling Thailand’s Death Railway from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi
A slow journey by local train along one of the world’s most haunted railways, where history, memory, and landscape converge.
Bangkok: Departure
I began this rail...
Wine World: The Smell of Christmas
Perhaps because we rely so much on the senses of sight and hearing, our sense of smell sometimes takes a back seat in our...
When a few houses change the tone of the whole street in Pattaya
Noise, safety, and the quiet cost Pattaya is beginning to notice
PATTAYA, Thailand — Pattaya has never claimed to be a quiet city. Built on...
Jomtien officials rescue unconscious transgender woman on beach
PATTAYA, Thailand – Jomtien municipal officers, together with lifeguards, rushed to assist a Thai transgender woman who was found unconscious on Jomtien Beach near...
Pattaya food vendor appeals for police action after thieves steal his motorcycle in under...
PATTAYA, Thailand – A food vendor from Phetchabun has appealed to police for urgent action after his motorcycle was brazenly stolen in front of...