Dec 18 saw the grand opening of a new international standard hotel in Vientiane, also on the banks of the Mekong River. The 44-room Best Western Vientiane (www.bestwestern.com), is located on Francoise Ngin Rd. in the center of the Lao capital—ideal for exploring the small, sleepy and...
Opened just last month, Sofitel Phnom Pehn Phokeethra (www.sofitel.com) is set to be Phnom Pehn’s very first five-star hotel, featuring 201 guestrooms, eight restaurants, two pools and the city’s largest ballroom. The 12-story colonial style hotel also features great river views. Rates...
Canon S95
This is a new best friend for Canon’s DSLR geeks who want to go light. Like the previous S90, the S95 shoots RAW (a format favored by pros) and has a great lens (fast and with a convenient 28-105mm [3.8x] zoom range). What the new edition brings is great low-light capabilities. B15,...
For many Burmese, there are three shrines that must be visited at least once in their lives: the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, the Mahamuni Pagoda in Mandalay and the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda in Mon State, and junta or no junta, many Thai tourists routinely visit the sacred Buddhist landmarks in Myanmar....
I am not the most knowledgeable person about the tsunami. But I am the one who dared to announce his findings.
I wasn’t scared. Other people might be, because if they get their predictions wrong, then it could ruin their reputation or even anger certain organizations that benefit from tourism...
It must be a bit of a dilemma for Blackberry that touchscreen is reigning supreme in the world of smartphones but their QWERTY keyboard are what hey have long been famed for. (That’s why people don’t switch to Storm.) The result is this Torch 9800, which features both touchscreen as...
Every year it’s the same: the cool breeze blows into town and then blows straight out again, forcing us to head out of Bangkok for a taste of winter. The first choice for most of us is nearby Khao Yai. This year, to make your trip as fresh as the mountain winds, we give you some alternative...
Who doesn’t like to chill out at a small, cute café. In fact, for all the mushrooming of Starbucks and True coffee all over the city in recent years, we’ve also been seeing a lot of smaller coffee places opening up, many distinguishing themselves by selling fashion items to go...
Following the opening of the first Uniqlo Flagship Store in KL at the city's spanking new shopping mall Fahrenheit 88 last month, fans of the brand in Bangkok can now rejoice as the Nippon equivalent of H&M also plans to open its first store in our city come 2011 (according to Fast...
While most motor corporations are driving ahead with their hybrid models, Nissan has quietly launched what is probably the world’s first mass produced electric car, the environmentally titled Nissan Leaf. Thanks to a fancy lithium-ion battery it produces zero-emissions yet can run for 200 km...
