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Essence of Asia-Travel Co., Ltd. is a newly established company based in Thailand.  We were founded in June 2010 by an inspired group of professional travel guides who each have been in the tourism industry for more than 10 years. Essence of Asia is our “dream comes true” -  the dream that we wish to present to our clients -  the “real” visitation of our special areas of our expertise – namely South East Asia.  We want to show our

If you are thinking about the country that people are very warm welcome since your first step in the land, Thailand could be one of the country that you will get the feeling like that. As Land of Smile was well known to be representative of this country for a long time. As the country itself became heart of Southeast Asian region more than 700 years ago. The country where was fulfilled with long line history, millions of historical heritages, beautiful culture, magnificent monasteries,

An enchanted ceremony of Thailand that brought you a memorable experience once in a life time you were a part of magnificent event that over your imagination. As a nick name of Bangkok city is “City of Angles”. It’ll be great if you can see something that not everyone even as a Thai’s people have got a chance to see it in their lifetime. A scenic of fairy tale. The Royal Barges procession is a special event that the Kings of

Buddhism The origin of Buddhism [caption id="attachment_1453" align="alignleft" width="238"] Morning alms giving in Luang Prabang[/caption] A lot of people misunderstand that Buddhism originated from Southeast Asian country because we can see several monasteries or thousands Buddhist temples in the country like Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia or even Vietnam. In fact, Buddhism was originated in India since more than 2,500 years ago. However, as time pass by and as the concept of Buddhism that everything is uncertain following three basic concepts

[caption id="attachment_1442" align="alignleft" width="279"] The Emerald Lagoon near Samui Island[/caption] Koh Samui was being well known many decades as one of heaven place in Gulf of Thailand with long white sandy beach surrounding with coconut plantation, clear and transparent water for swimming and absorbing sun breeze and smiling from local people who still be involved mainly with coconut plantation. The picture of monkey and local peoplehelp each other to pick up coconut fruit from the top of the tree was

Traveling to Southern part of Thailand Recently, we had the best opportunity to travel to the south of Thailand and explore most of the major sites of the region. For most of the tourists, it may be the dreams to make the trip to the south of Thailand to see a lot of beautiful beaches of this country. Unfortunately, it is impossible to see all of these places in just one trip. I do hope that the information and pictures

Excursions around Lipe and nearby Islands    Actually, Koh Lipe is not the most famous island for snorkeling. There are many islands around Ko Lipe that the tourists always take a day trips for snorkeling. At first we planned to land at Tarutao Island, but we couldn't get there because it was closed, another word, the off season, for a few months until the next season starts. That's why we ended up at Lipe Island. Ko Yang, Koh Yang or

Traveling to Krabi province After 2 nights on Lipe Island, we had to leave. We still had a lot of places to visit in the south of Thailand. Our next destination is Krabi province. Ao Nang in Krabi is our destination for today. Again we traveled with out private van. The distance is about 255 kilometers from Bak Bara pier, which is around 4-5 hours. It was a long journey. The road in the south of Thailand is very good, but

Loy Krathong Festival If any of the foreigners happens to come to Thailand in early of November 2014 until 6/11/2014,  they will find that a lot of Thai vendors or shops have prepared some lotus-shaped vessels for sale on this occasion. It is called Loy Krathong Festival. The festival is annually held on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month of every year. In the western calendar, it usually falls in November. This time of the year is

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