Travel notes, shell guides, and local life from the Andaman coast. Profiles of our artisans and the rhythm of beach life, refreshed with the bay every morning.
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Japan's first Setouchi Art and Industry festival (3-31 Oct 2026) turns seven working factories - a 197-year-old salt works, a uniform maker, a battery plant, a denim street - into a dispersed art museum across Okayama and Ehime. Here's what's inside, and how to visit.
Phang Nga’s 2026 hospitality spotlight is a lovely invitation to travel more slowly: notice the pier greetings, green-season views, handmade keepsakes, and everyday kindness that make the coast memorable.
ESA’s Euclid space telescope has spotted 31 ancient quasars, including two record-setters shining from when the universe was about 670 million years old. Here’s the fun, family-friendly way to picture these tiny bright dots from the Andaman night sky.
Ocean Census scientists have added 1,121 newly identified marine species in a single year. For shell lovers on the Andaman coast, it is a bright reminder that every tide pool still has something to teach us.
Kapong District’s 2026 Durian Festival brings Salika durians, GI mangosteens, local food, and neighbourly pride into one bright Phang Nga story.
The Similan Islands finished a strong 2026 visitor season, then began their annual monsoon pause — a hopeful rhythm that helps travellers plan better and lets the marine park prepare beautifully for its next opening.
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has moved upright at Kennedy Space Center, a bright launch-prep milestone before its no-earlier-than Aug. 30, 2026 liftoff. Think of Roman as a panoramic camera for the universe — one that can help families imagine galaxies, planets, and starlight in a beautifully bigger frame.
Hold one glossy cowrie in your palm and you are holding a little piece of ocean design, craft beauty, and global history. These smooth shells travelled through old exchange networks because they were small, durable, portable, and wonderfully memorable.
A June pilot at Memories Beach brought surf coaches, wellness partners, researchers, and tourism teams together to shape Thailand Surf Therapy — a warm, practical way to reconnect with the sea.
A fresh James Webb Space Telescope image of FS Tau turns star birth into something families can picture: young suns glowing inside blue-violet clouds about 450 light-years away.
From 19 August 2026, Phuket’s Por Tor season brings red turtle cakes, family offerings, lantern-lit shrines, and a generous Hokkien-Thai tradition into the warm heart of Old Town.
From 15–19 July 2026, Phuket Yacht Club’s Festival of Sail brings five days of racing to Chalong Bay. Here’s how to enjoy the harbour rhythm, the craft of sailing, and the warm community energy from shore.
NASA’s July 2026 skywatching guide gives families a joyful reason to look up: dark new-moon nights for the Milky Way, a predawn Moon-Mars-Saturn gathering, and Saturn’s rings seen at a beautifully thin angle.
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