Captain Calamity sailors took to the seas in their own bizarre home made boats. The would-be seamen and women launched their amusing vessels into the Gulf of Finland from the beach in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on August 17. But there…
This teenage schoolgirl's incredible sword fighting skills are helping to revive an ancient Thai martial art. Nantakarn Duangthongyu, 16, started learning 'Krabi Krabong' when she was just 10 and is now one of the best in the country. She has…
Buddhist monks are recycling plastic bottles by turning them into sacred orange robes. Abbot Maha Pranom Dhammalangkaro had the idea after being swamped with trash at the temple in Samut Prakan, Thailand. Monks first tried burning the plastic bottles to…
Harrowing footage shows disheveled animals inside a cruel Thai zoo that has just been dropped by Asia's biggest online travel agency. The Samut Prakan Crocodile Farm and Zoo sparked outrage last December when footage emerged of a painfully thin elephant…
Harrowing footage shows a destitute gorilla caged in a filthy zoo - four years after she was supposed to be set free. Thirty-year-old Bua Noi has been living on the seventh floor of the grotty shopping mall zoo in Bangkok,…
A durian fruit has sold for a staggering 1.5 million baht (46,000 USD) at an auction in Thailand. The kanyao variety - which is the most expensive in the world - attracted bids from dozens of wealthy fruit lovers at…
This supermarket in Thailand has been praised - for using banana leaves instead of plastic packaging. The Rimping supermarket in Chiangmai, Thailand, has been praised over the environmental idea which sees groceries wrapped in the natural by-product. Seven branches of…
Customers at this macabre cafe can mull over their problems with a cappuccino - then climb into a COFFIN to reflect on life. The Death Awareness Cafe in Bangkok, Thailand, is decorated with black wreaths and caskets and shiny corridors…
Visitors to this cemetary think they’re seeing a ghost dog - but it’s actually a real-life Hachiko immortalised in marble on its beloved master’s tomb. The pooch was once the loyal pet of Australian merchant Andrew Duncan who lived in…
Buddhist devotees at this temple worship a bizarre bronze statue - of David Beckham. The football legend is carved into the main shrine where locals kneel down and pray at the Wat Pariwat religious building. The building, nicknamed the David…