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.
Sign in to save your favourites and pick up where you left off — on any device, any morning.
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 June 30, the Andaman Sea's three-month commercial fishing closure ends — and the trawlers, squid boats, and crab traps that have been waiting at port return to a coastline that spent the past ninety days quietly rebuilding itself.
Dozens of Chelonia mydas hatchlings entered the Andaman Sea at Sirinat National Park on June 14, part of a community Big Cleaning Day timed just before World Sea Turtle Day — and a reminder of what this quiet northern stretch of Phuket still protects.
When 500 officers swept Phuket, Phang Nga, and Krabi on 20 June seizing ฿1.05 billion in nominee-held assets, they did more than make arrests — they began naming what had been hiding in the heart of the coast's communities.
On 10 June, Phuket's 945 durian-farming families launched their 2026 harvest in Srisoonthorn, Thalang — and a quiet campaign to keep the island's native varieties alive.
On 15 June 2026, Thailand's government announced a thirty-minute sea route linking Patong Beach to Phuket Airport, operated by local coastal boat families who have worked these waters for generations.
Thirteen tourism organisations from Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi have formally asked Bangkok to reverse a plan that would end visa-free entry for Indian visitors — a change they say threatens more than ฿8 billion in wedding-economy revenue and thousands of small-business livelihoods across the Andaman coast.
On 15 June 2026, Thailand's government announced a sweeping plan to clear illegal encroachments from Sirinat National Park's beaches — reclaiming tidal heritage for the coastal communities who built their lives along Phuket's northwest shore.
Every May, when the southwest monsoon pushes swells into the Andaman coast and most beach businesses close for the season, a different economy wakes up on Pakarang Beach — built on foam decks, local knowledge, and a deliberate choice to stay.
Every June, Rawai Beach and Saphan Hin Park host Phuket's free four-day Seafood Festival — a community celebration of the island's Urak Lawoy fishing heritage, where Andaman lobster, crab curry, and grilled prawns come straight from the boats to the plate.
On a June night in Phang Nga, a leatherback sea turtle nicknamed Mae Namo laid her sixth nest of the 2026 season — 123 eggs guarded by park rangers and relocated to a hatchery. For Thailand's rarest nesting sea turtle, six clutches from one female is a quiet signal of recovery.
Each April, the Andaman Sea falls quiet by law — and for Phang Nga's fishing families on Koh Yao Noi, the three months before the July reopening are both a challenge and a rhythm as old as the monsoon itself.
On 7 June 2026, the Andaman Power Association Phuket filled Thaweewong Road with flags, floats, and a crowd ready to turn Patong into the coast's warmest stretch of road — a week-long celebration of community, identity, and belonging.
Choose what we may store on your device. You can change this at any time from the footer.
Necessary
Sign-in, cart, checkout and security. These are required for the site to work and cannot be switched off.
Analytics
Anonymous statistics on which pages and pieces are viewed, so we can improve the shop and the exhibition pages.
Functional
Embedded Google Maps on the Visit and Home pages. Google receives your IP address and may set its own cookies.
