4000 years of organic farming blog

07:12pm, Wednesday 12 February 2025

At the beginning of the 20th century Franklin Hiram King, a former official of the US Department of Agriculture, travelled to China, Japan and Korea to investigate their farming methods. What he found was amazing - despite land cultivation over thousands of years the land was still fertile and productive. As he put it in his book Farmers of Forty Centuries: "We had gone from practices by which ...more

Child of the Sea blog

10:13pm, Saturday 13 April 2024

Unfortunately, a lot of rubbish gets washed up from the sea on our local beach and one day when I was walking along it, I found a mysterious creature smothered in sand. I pulled it out of the sand and realised that it was the sodden remains of a teddy bear. I lugged it home, washed out the sand. We cleaned and scrubbed it, dried and brushed it then stuffed it. What a beauty! Some child must ...more

Kung Wiman - a beach called heaven blog

10:15pm, Saturday 13 April 2024

When we first came to Kung Wiman beach in Chanthaburi 21 years ago it was a beautiful unspoiled bay with only a few thatched beachside eating places. Now it is much busier. There are a few beachside hotels and many day trippers come to eat seafood by the sea and enjoy picnicking, playing, swimming or fishing from the rocks. Beach souvenirs can be bought from the local vendors that line the road ...more

Dance and learn about Butoh together at a three day retreat

10:19pm, Saturday 13 April 2024

You are invited to connect to nature and your True Self through Butoh dance with Anais Carmen Bourquin April 16-19, 2023 at Faasai Resort and Spa, Kung Wiman Beach, Chanthaburi, Thailand The Butoh and authentic movement retreat will be led by Anais Carmen Bourquin, a holistic artist and Butoh practitioner of more than 15 years who has worked with Butoh masters in Japan and Shamanistic and ...more

What better combo than beauty and peace?

From Swamp and Rocks to a Fruit Forest

Ayurvedic retreat at Faasai Resort and Spa

Sufficiency Economy Learning Centre: Showcasing a 26-year old fruit forest in Chanthaburi

Explore Chanthaburi history at Wat Phlap

Chanthaburi - Gemstone capital of the world


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