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Bangkok’s temperature to drop this weekend: Meteorological Dept
Welcome to Winter. While we were still sweating today after going outside for a whole five minutes, Bangkok’s going to get at least a bit “colder” this weekend, according to the Meteorological Department. The department announced today that Bangkok can expect temperatures to drop as low as 21 degrees Celsius, starting on Friday. There’s also ...
Thailand’s highest peak gets frosty as temperature drops to -1 Celsius (PHOTOS)
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas up in northern Thailand. In the past two days, campers on Doi Inthanon, the kingdom’s highest mountain peak, have been waking up to...
Double Rainbows? Pffft: Tourists, Thais bewildered by 4 simultaneous waterspouts over Koh Lipe (VIDEO)
Tourists on popular Lipe Island got, perhaps, a little more excitement than they bargained for yesterday morning. At about 10am, Satun Province travelers and locals, alike, were...
Winter is Here (Kinda): Thailand to officially enter cool season on Saturday
No more overbearing heat and sweaty upper lips — it’s time to bundle up, prepare a store of firewood, and ready hearth and home for that annual visit from ol’ St. Nick....
Winter is Coming: Thailand to enter cool season as soon as next week
Great news for those who sweat after two minutes in the sun, Thailand is expected to enter its “winter” season as soon as next week. The cool season will arrive early this...
Woman driving a pick-up truck drowns in flooded Bangkok tunnel right outside her complex
A business woman driving a pick-up truck died in a flooded Bangkok tunnel in the wee hours of Thursday morning, right after exiting her housing complex in Prawet District near...
Man who took over wheel from ‘sleepy cabbie’ thinks people should show compassion for tired driver
The Thai man who made the news yesterday after offering to take the wheel from his “sleepy” taxi driver, has spoken — and he thinks people should show more compassion...
Bangkok cabbie claims he’s ‘too sleepy,’ asks passenger to drive while he naps
A Thai passenger said he had to get behind the wheels of a taxi yesterday when his driver decided to take a nap during a red light, claiming he was “too sleepy” to go on....
Indoor Waterfall: Possibly the worst leak yet on a BTS train (VIDEO)
Passengers on a busy Bangkok skytrain yesterday had to huddle together to stay dry when a carriage roof began leaking — once again. Witnesses (and certain Coconuts editors)...
Khao Yai National Park hit with ‘decade’s worst flash flood’ (VIDEO)
Khao Yai National Park was yesterday hit with a flash flood a local official described as “the worst of the decade” — trapping hundreds of tourists taking advantage of...