Drier destinations

A tethered balloon ride with an opportunity for fishing is featured for the first time as part of Phetchaburi’s grand annual event, the Kang Krachan Festival. At a height of 50 metres, passengers get to take in the sophisticated sights of Kang Krachan dam’s calm water and its mountain-range backdrop of Kang Krachan national park.

A young couple make a sheep-shaped candle at candle art house Ban Hom Tien’s DIY workshop. With more than 32,000m2 dedicated to the art of candle making and promotion of self-sufficiency, Ban Hom Tien has attracted a lot of young families and hip visitors to Suan Phung District.

Incredibly wrecked roads to the peak of Khao Krajome Mountain add charm to a sunrisehunting journey. These deep sinkholes offer an exhilarating road test for four-wheel-drive vehicles. Owners of other vehicles will need the services of professional local drivers.

Because ‘Every home is a gallery. Everywhere is an art space’, this freshly primed dam wall is being given a new artistic meaning together with more than 50 other amenities in Ratchaburi. The ‘ART Normal’ event will transform Muang Ratchaburi into a 430km2 art space, bringing art to people’s everyday surroundings such as a noodle store and a public bus.

Afraid of his hand getting nibbled off with the Napier grass, this little boy still tries his best to get a grip and finish the business of feeding the evermunching sheep encircling him. Sheep have successfully been made the mascot of Suan Phung District for more than five years.

Concert Reaching Out For Flooding Relief .

Aspiring Thai singer Sathida Prompiriya and Canadian musician Paul Bankes will perform during the ‘‘Reach Out, Rebuild and Restore’’ charity concert at Hyatt Regency Hua Hin on Saturday at 6:30pm.

Finding a dry spot

Thai volunteers take part in a clean-up along a major road in Bangkok on November 20, 2011. Thailand's premier declared central Bangkok safe from the kingdom's devastating floods November 19, as the death toll passed 600 and President Barack Obama vowed the US will give whatever help it can.

Bangkok Metropolitan workers take part in a clean-up along a major road in Bangkok on November 20, 2011. Thailand's premier declared central Bangkok safe from the kingdom's devastating floods November 19, as the death toll passed 600 and President Barack Obama vowed the US will give whatever help it can.

A woman walks along the only dry area along a flooded street in the district of Rangsit November 18, 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand. 

People travel in a 'tuk-tuk' tricycle taxi improvised to run through floodwaters in Bangkok on November 18, 2011. More than 562 people have been killed across the country in Thailand's worst floods in half a century, which have inundated parts of the capital.

This aerial picture shows flooded houses in a suburb of Bangkok on November 19, 2011. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on November 19 declared central Bangkok safe from Thailand's worst floods in decades, as the death toll around the sodden kingdom approached 600.

A vehicle drives past a garbage pile in the center of the main road in Bangkok on November 18, 2011. More than 562 people have been killed across the country in Thailand's worst floods in half a century, which have inundated parts of the capital.

Residents of the Bi- Centenary Rattanakosin housing estate in Pathum Thani receive boats from the authorities. One of them has ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’snameprinted on its side. The opposition has accused the government of taking undue credit for the distribution of flood relief items.

Residents poised to revolt

Don Muang Airport rehab up in the air

Photos of the Week

A Thai flag is partially submerged by floodwater on Arun Amarin Road in Bangkok.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration holds a "Big Cleaning Day" activity on Phahon Yothin Road, following the draining of floodwater. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra claims the area will be clean by the end of the year. 

The water level at Don Muang Temple has receded by approximately 40cm. 

Worasart Apaipong, deputy director-general of the Pollution Control Department (PCD), checks water quality and distributes Effective Microorganisms (EM) liquid. He was joined by staff from the PCD, the Federation of Thai Industries, members of the press and volunteers.

The water level between Rangsit-Pathum Thani soi 29 and soi 30 and in nearby Rangsit market has receded by 50cm. 

Don Muang district of Bangkok has been under 50cm to 80 cm of floodwater for over a month, making boats the only viable mode of transportation for local residents. 

Several areas in Muang Ake housing estate in Pathum Thani are still inundated with floodwater.