Tourists began visiting the so-called “poor man’s skywalk” on top of a mountain in Loei’s Pak Chom district on Saturday morning to enjoy watching the sea of mist over the Mekong River down below.

A 62-year-old man, who is almost blind and lives alone in an old house on the brink of collapse in Uttaradit province, has asked the Army to organise a new home for him.