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.
On 25–26 July 2026, Bovorn Beach in Nakhon Si Thammarat is set to fill with southern flavours, handmade craft, music, kites, and beach activities. For Andaman coast travellers, it is a bright reminder that Thailand’s seaside culture changes beautifully from shore to shore.
Scientists are documenting ocean life at an astonishing pace, from transparent midwater animals off Brazil to tiny species in global collections. For Andaman beachcombers, the news turns every shell, tide pool, and reef glance into a doorway to discovery.
Rubin Observatory has started a 10-year survey that will photograph the southern sky again and again, turning astronomy into a living time-lapse. For Andaman skywatchers, it is a beautiful reminder that wonder often comes from looking patiently.
Crouch beside a tide pool on the Andaman coast and you might meet the peacock mantis shrimp — a creature with 16 types of colour vision, polarised-light eyes, and a punch so fast it boils water. It is one of the most extraordinary animals on the reef, and it lives right here.
A small, beautifully banded carpet shark is quietly rebuilding coral reefs off Khao Lak. Since 2018, a local nursery has released over 200 bamboo sharks into the Andaman Sea — and the science behind why it works is more fascinating than you'd expect.
Forget what you heard about avoiding the rain. July on the Andaman coast is when waterfalls thunder, mangroves glow electric green, artisan workshops slow to conversation pace, and the beaches belong to you alone. This is the coast's most rewarding chapter.
Every shimmering pink-green-blue hue on a mother-of-pearl shell contains zero pigment. The entire rainbow is created by microscopic crystal tiles bending light — one of nature's most elegant optical tricks, and it's happening on shells all along the Andaman coast.
Scientists have discovered that bacteria living inside fish guts may be working alongside their hosts to produce calcium carbonate — a mineral that shapes ocean chemistry and carbon storage. The finding, published in PLOS Biology, reveals a hidden partnership happening inside fish across the Andaman Sea right now.
A beachcomber's guide to finding shells responsibly on the Phang Nga coast — and how a single photo of a sea turtle can become real science.
On a dark Andaman beach, you can see five planets with your eyes. But the greatest treasure in the Solar System is one you'll never see — and a new discovery just made the map bigger.
In the mangrove forests of Phang Nga Bay, a community of beekeepers has found that the sweetest honey and the strongest coastline grow from the same roots. Their story is rewriting how Thailand restores its shores.
When the water off Koh Phra Thong begins to glow electric blue-green, it's not magic — it's one of the most extraordinary living light shows on Earth. And for generations, the Moken have been reading that glow like a living map of the ocean.
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