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When it comes to travel in Phuket and the region, there are more than enough websites where you can get information about your destination of choice. If you’re thinking about coming to Phuket then you have a wealth of information at your fingertips covering everything from tour bookings to booking accommodation. Perhaps the best hotel Thailand has to offer is in Phuket. The island has such accommodations as Sri Panwa and Villa Zolitude. Take your pick from budget backpacker digs …

“We’re forest mongrels,” says American performance artist Duskin Drum, talking about himself and his brother, “we grew up with no electricity, running water or TV; we played in the forest and acted out stories about monsters and animals. We did it as street perrformance all over the US, playing multiple characters with costumes, masks and puppets.” After touring southern Chinese villages with his street performances earlier this year, Duskin met up in in Bangkok with Adam Ende, an American pupetteer …

Amid all the excitement that many of Thailand’s high school students go through before they embark on trips overseas to further their education, it’s often overlooked that that these young movers and shakers of the future are going to study in a place a long way from the friends and family they grew up with. All the home comforts that they are used to will suddenly vanish; there’s no tom yum, hardly anybody even knows how to cook rice and …

Bangkok’s clubbers have had a lot to shout about recently. After the military coup in September the nightclubs of the city began to stay open later and offer some light at the end of the dark tunnel of 2am closing times. Even before that though, the City of Angels was fast nipping at the heals of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore reaffirming itself as one of Southeast Asia’s premier party destinations thanks to a selection of hardworking promoters nurturing local talent …