Songkran: a festival celebrating the traditional Thai New Year, held in April and marked by the throwing and sprinkling of water. Now this is the official definition of the festival, which by all accounts sounds like a beautifully unique and spiritual experience, but the reality is further from these sentiments. Reading all the news that…
The third phase of the Thai Cave Rescue is a high-risk operation for the boys and their coach trapped in a cave in Thailand began Tuesday. Four boys were rescued Sunday and an additional four emerged Monday. The head of the rescue mission says their plan is based on bringing four people out each day. That’s…
Thai authorities say a former navy SEAL working to rescue boys trapped in cave has died from lack of oxygen. Crews continue to work to rescue the boys trapped in caves underground. SEAL commander Arpakorn Yookongkaew told a news conference Friday morning that the rescuer was working in a volunteer capacity and died during an…
Rescuers will take no risks in freeing the 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand, one Thai official had said. They have received their first food and medical treatment in 10 days and are starting to recover physically. Seven divers, including a doctor and a nurse, joined the group…
All 12 boys and their football coach have been found alive after nine days missing in caves in Thailand, the regional governor says. All 13 are safe, the governor confirmed, speaking after a mammoth search operation in the Tham Luang caves in Chiang Rai. Rescuers had hoped they would find safety from flooding on a…
Gardening can seem a little intimidating when you think about everything you need to know to set up a garden and make it successful. The trick many people don’t know about gardening is that you mustn’t know everything. What you need is relevant information on your gardening niche and the specific plants you want to…
A Brisbane man has had to make the devastating call to his friend’s parents and tell them their son had lost his leg, moments after delivering the traumatising news to his mate. Australian James Bailey was standing in a Thai hospital, a third-world medical centre where he had seen nurses playing with a kitten in…
