小心禽流感 清迈塔佩门喂鸽子后赶紧洗手
清迈畜牧办事处主任萨哇表示，塔佩门是当地受国内外游客欢迎的经典之一，游客欣赏完风景后，喜欢在摊贩那里买鸟食喂塔佩门附近的鸽子，由于这些鸽子常年被游客喂食，根本不怕生，它们还会跳到游客的手上、身上，让游客觉得非常开心。
但是提醒游客在接触鸽子后立即去洗手，因为这有可能会让游客染上禽流感病菌，导致身体不适。
~以上转自世界日报~
A slow boat to China
Asian cruise operator Pandaw is all set to launch the RV Laos Pandaw, a 10-cabin cruiser, on the Mekong River.
Asian cruise operator Pandaw is all set to launch the RV Laos Pandaw, a 10-cabin cruiser, on the Mekong River.
Offering cruises on the upper and lower Mekong, the first trip through Laos, Thailand and Myanmar is sold out but bookings for its maiden excursion on the upper Mekong into China are now open.
The expedition cover seven nights, beginning in Chiang Saen in Thailand's North. The journey continues and stops over along the border of Myanmar and Laos on its way to Jinhong in Yunnan Province.
The Old Mandalay Road in Shan State, the Xiang Kok Akha Village in Laos and a tea plantation and botanical gardens are also on the itinerary. Visit www.Pandaw.com.
~News courtesy of The Nation~
New shuttles bus service tested in capital
A new shuttle bus service connecting Bangkok’s Victory Monument area and key bus terminals such as the Southern Bus Terminal, the Mo Chit Bus Terminal and the Ekkamai Mo Chit Terminal, has been tested after passenger vans were banned in the area.
Speaking as chairman of the committee in charge of regulating public transportation vans, Colonel Suwit Ketsri, deputy commander of the Second Cavalry Division King's Guard, said the test had been arranged to calculate the travelling time for each route's round trip to provide a proper number of shuttle buses.
The Second Cavalry Division King's Guard chief of staff, Colonel Sombat Thanyawan, said four buses head to the Mo Chit Bus Terminal, six to the Southern Bus Terminal, and four to the Ekkamai Terminal every 20 minutes.
"Shuttle buses will be added when there are too many passengers," he said.
Traffic Police deputy commander Colonel Teerasak Suriwong said the trip between Victory Monument to the key bus terminals would normally take about two hours, while the shuttle buses running on the expressway would take about 20 minutes.
The service is in response to the National Council for Peace and Order's mandate to better regulate traffic in the capital.
~News courtesy of The Nation~
