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Back by popular demand. Ko Lanta prayer flags 2012 edition. These beautiful flags are hand designed, hand batiked & hand painted by a local Artist. The dyes and fabric are made of the highest quality, and won’t fade or run in the wash. Each flag captures the scenes and sites of enchanting Ko Lanta. Available [...]

Ministry of Sound resident DJ 2 Good Souls will pay the final night of the Mango House Festival on Saturday, March 12th from 9am to late at Mango House Bar + Restaurant in Lanta Old Town, Koh Lanta, Krabi, Thailand. Lovers of funky, soulful house music travelling or living in Southeast Asia are in for [...]

During Koh Lanta’s annual cultural festival – Lanta Lanta Festival – in Lanta Old Town from Monday, March 7th through Friday, March 11th, lovers of funky and sexy house music are in for a real treat! Mango House Festival is pleased to announce that two of house music funkiest veterans – DJ Nick Power and [...]

Ko Cheuak, which lies in the Hat Chao Mai National Park in Trang province, has been closed by the Department for National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation in Thailand in response to a coral bleaching episode that occurred during April & May of last year. Ko Cheuak is best known as a snorkeling site and [...]

Loy Krathong is probably the most picturesque and beautiful of all Thai celebrations. ‘Loy’ literally means ‘to float,’ while ‘kratong’ refers to the lotus-shaped receptacle which can float on the water. Originally, the kratong was made of banana leaves or the layers of the trunk of a banana tree or a spider lily plant. A [...]

Our favorite party in Lanta Old Town! This Saturday evening, October 23rd is the traditional Chao Ley ceremony “Loy-Rua (Floating Boat Festival)”. The village Chao Ley men will build a symbolic boat and place wooden statues of themselves in it along with nail pairings, hair, popped rice and food. By performing this ritual, they ask for forgiveness [...]

As if by magic, this new exercise area recently appeared next to the famous Old Town Light-house, next to the river. 15 colourful, and sturdy exercise machines to help you burn off all that extra energy after a hard day’s sunbathing on the beach! Many of the town’s local residents can be seen taking full [...]

Ko Por Cultural Homestay: Now you can experience, first-hand, the life of a local island family by spending a few days on the island of Ko Por living in a local family’s house and joining in with their daily routine. A unique opportunity to take part in an islander’s way of life, the Ko Por [...]

The Old Town Walking Street Festival was a smashing success and has added many more dates for the 2010 season! Join us from 4pm till midnight on the following dates: JANUARY 2/3 AND JAN 30/31 FEBRUARY 6/7 AND 27/28 LAANTA LANTA :  MARCH 6/7 Performances include Shadow Puppet Theater (Nang Talung), Traditional Thai Dance and [...]

Artist Walking Street December 26 & 27th, 2009 4pm until midnight The LANTA OLD TOWN ARTIST WALKING STREET will be held on December 26th and 27th, 2009 on the main waterfront street in charming Lanta Old Town. Local and Foreign Artists and their crafts with a fine selection of Jewelry, Batik, Leather, Watercolors, Clothing and [...]