REAL ALL ABOUT IT IN KHAO LAK

The great thing about blogging is that it puts you in touch with like-minded people around the world. Recently the publishers of the KhaoLak Echo got in touch, and here's a short piece they wrote for The Bangkok Bugle about their own publishing experiences in Thailand.

"The nice thing about living in a somewhat 'remote' tourist destination like Khao Lak (Phangnga, Andaman Coast, southern Thailand - got an idea where it is?) is that the community relations are strong, everybody knows each other. Bonds developed over the years, especially with the common disaster experiences of the 2004 Tsunami in the background.
The drawback is, that it has the feeling and attitude of 'simmering in your own soup', the incorporation of the outside world is limited and sometimes not wanted at all. Even hot local topics that should be discussed openly are downgraded to rumors and hearsay.
After two years of publishing exclusively the Khao Lak Classifieds - digital as well as in print - the decision was made to evolve our little project into a bi-weekly local newspaper.
The new KhaoLak Echo is a small local magazine with stories and articles from and for guests and residents in KhaoLak. Our goal is to offer a platform for interested people to write (not only) about Khao Lak. The personal encounter, impression, review, adventure, picture, story counts. The KhaoLak Echo is a free pick-up-copy and printed twice a month with a circulation volume of round about 2,000 hard copies each time."

The Khaolak Echo is published by Siam InterAct Co. Ltd and is available on the Internet at www.khaolakecho.com