Warm Heart Learning Center hosts firs Saturday Market and Biochar Demonstration Saturday 8th February 2025 8am-2pm Location: Warm Heart Learning Center, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai Warm Heart Worldwide is launching the inaugural Saturday Market at their Hang Dong Learning Center, a vibrant new community hub. Join them for a day of fresh, local produce, artisanal goods, and a live biochar demonstr … Continued
Sculpted through millions of years of erosion, Pha Chor in Mae Wang National Park is a great destination for all nature lovers. A one hour’s drive from the city centre will take you to the car park from where you can wander down a really pretty trail of around 400metres to get to this natural wonder. There are breathtaking view points, adventurous wending paths, wonderful scenery and even guides … Continued
Social media has been abuzz recently as this long-standing building next to the Three Kings Monument square was painted red over the past few weeks, with many netizens complaining about not only the unsightly colour, but the fact that it didn’t conform to the municipal ordinance. The municipality has issued a letter to the building owners, who are apparently foreign investors hoping to turn the ol … Continued
Police have issued a warning to teenagers who have been playing the social map application Jagat’s latest coin challenge, where they search for virtual coins for the chance of winning money. Many complaints have been made, especially from residents of Moon Muang Soi 9 and JingJai Market recently, of groups of teenagers, as many as 10 at a time, climbing into private properties in search of these … Continued
There are still hundreds of waterfalls, thousands of natural attractions and millions of sights yet to be discovered by mass tourism up here in Northern Thailand. And it is the intrepid campers who are discovering these hidden gems and making them famous on social media. This season, it is Mae Tia Waterfall in Ob Luang National Park which is pulling in the crowds and getting all the ins-checked. W … Continued
Every little effort counts, and the more community participation, the greater the reduction of forest fires. Villagers in Mae Rim district’s Huay Sai sub-district, collected 60,000 kgs of leaves and sticks, collected from community forest floors and agricultural waste last year, selling them at 1 baht per kilogram, earning 60,000 baht for community coffers. This year the target is to collect 100, … Continued
As previously announced, Chiang Mai Province had scheduled the 48th Annual Flower Festival 2025 for January 31 – February 2, 2025, with the opening ceremony and floral parade originally set for February 1. However, due to the announcement by the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) regarding the provincial administrative organization elections, including the election of the Provincial Administrat … Continued
Mae Sa Elephant, photographed here, is among numerous elephants camps across Chiang Mai now having to find blankets and light fires close to their elderly and infirm elephants, as temperatures drop to single digits this week. Elephants, mainly really old elephants, have been seen shivering in the cold and mahouts as well as camps and all carers are stepping up heating efforts.
Mars’s very elliptical orbit means that the planet’s distance to earth shifts by tens of millions of kilometres. Star gazers in 2018 were thrilled when the red planet came as close as 57.59 million kilometres to our blue planet. So while this current distance isn’t as thrilling as 2018’s, people still flocked to the telescopes of Princess Sirindhorn AstroPark last night to spy the red planet as it … Continued
It isn’t just Chinese tourists anymore who sport Thailand’s popular elephant pants, but this year’s high season has seen Thais also succumbing to the temptation of these super comfy popular trousers! Chiang Mai’s very own Chinrada Garment Factory in Doi Saket has reportedly expanded to over 80 employees, busy sewing elephant pants not just for local sales, but to buyers as far afield as Japan, Ame … Continued