Archive for January, 2008

Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

The U.S. embassy
120/22 Wireless Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330
Tel: +66 (0) 2 205 4000

British Embassy
14 Wireless Road, Lumphini, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330
Tel: +66 &#40…

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Schools aim to turn students into global citizens (East Valley Tribune)

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Holly Kain’s geography class at Hamilton High School goes well beyond mere borders. It’s not training kids to point to a place on a map or to list capital cities.

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Hotels of Thailand

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Hotels which on world classification we would carry to two-stars, in Thailand exist and correspond to a category named budget, i.e. “Cheap”. Numbers in such hotels can have the fan instead of …

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Groups dress in top, local fashion to help (Daily Northwestern)

Monday, January 21st, 2008

The students were prepped to walk like professional runway models: hands back, shoulders up, no smiles, all strut. As they walked down the runway, they showed off Northwestern’s multiculturalism. NU’s numerous multicultural groups came together for the first UNITY Fashion Show on Jan.

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PATA conference may flop (Bangkok Post)

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) last Friday released a preliminary programme for its ”CEO Challenge” conference on tourism and climate change to be held in Bangkok this April even as it struggled to meet a target of 500 registrations.

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Thailand to have six-party coalition govt (The Manila Times)

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

BANGKOK: Six Thai political parties, led by the People Power Party (PPP), which grabbed most MP seats in the December 23 general election, on Saturday officially announced here that they will form a coalition government.

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Weaving a journey (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

There is no doubt that Southeast Asia’s main attraction are its “wats,” or temples. There’s Wat Phra Kaew, where the Emerald Buddha sits, and Wat Po, where Buddha reclines, both in Bangkok. There’s the mountaintop Wat Pra That Doi Suthep overlooking Chiang Mai in northeastern Thailand.

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Number of Rooms Can’t Meet Surging Demand (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

As if the sagging dollar and soaring oil costs weren’t enough to dent travel budgets, hotel room rates are expected to surge in the coming year.

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Thailand’s Parliament to hold first session in nearly two years (International Herald Tribune)

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

The nation has not had an elected legislature since now-deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra dissolved the body and called snap elections in an effort to halt street protests calling for his ouster.

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Today’s student travelers start young, go further (Miami Herald)

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Tracy Ann Foley loves to travel, and she does it the old-fashioned way — backpacking. But her travel style — and those of other college-age youths today — is definitely cutting-edge.

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