Travel in Thailand from the Charm in Northern Thailand to Islands in South. New Tourism, Culture, Lifestyle and Boutique Travel. Independent Guide to Travel in Thailand.
By now we have covered this Thailand to Singapore overland route a whole bunch of times, following various inland and coastal routes, on trains, planes, boats, and all sorts of automobiles. But my favourite will forever be the rail routes, where, in 2022, we travelled the entire way from Bangkok to Singapore by train and …
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To date, through 5 separate road trips in Northern Thailand, we have now covered all 9 northern provinces, and overlapped on a bunch of them as we find new experiences and homestays to explore. And we will never bore of travel in Northern Thailand. But a lot of the time, we were learning on our …
By now we have covered this Singapore to Thailand route a whole bunch of times, following various inland and coastal routes, on trains, planes and automobiles. But my favourite will forever be the rail routes, where recently (2022) we travelled the entire way from Singapore to Bangkok by train (in the video below). A journey …
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From Bangkok to Vientiane by train you must first travel to Nong Khai in Thailand. From Nong Khai you then cross the Thai/Laos border at Friendship Bridge and forward on to Vientiane by tuk-tuk or minivan. Reaching Nong Khai the easiest route to take is tuk-tuk from the Nong Khai train station to the border …
Thailand is actually home to the largest overseas Chinese communities in the world, where Thai-Chinese are said to account for around 14% of the population, although some towns and cities have more settling Chinese than others. One of the more populated destinations would be the somewhat obscure city of Nakhon Sawan, which is known not …
Having lived in Bangkok 3 years and travelled back and forth for 10 I thought its time to add my own take on top Bangkok attractions. While it’s been long since I did touristy stuff I do still host the occasional visitor and to keep them entertained I use often follow the same set itinerary …
A quick guide to our favourite destinations in our Southeast Asia Travel Blog (we will update as we go along). This list follows our own interests and highlights our own style in travel. We travel independently as a couple, we generally avoid tourist and backpacker trails and we love to get lost in big cities although we do …
In the past we’ve been to Phuket a handful of times but it wasn’t until our recent visit where we venture to the southern beaches, famous for white sands and over-development. Phuket island, which is in fact not much smaller in size to Singapore, is mostly developed in the south, and these areas are renowned …
Having seen a lot of articles recently about the ‘Best Som Tam Papaya Salad’, I thought I’d give my own take on the trend. Instead of giving ‘the best’ papaya salad however, as it’s all very subjective, I will instead outline the options available to create ‘your best’ papaya salad. Each to their own and …
People often talk about Bangkok as if it’s “another world” and “a once in a lifetime destination”. But, in theory, you could leave work at 17:00PM Friday evening in the UK, and spend the weekend, and still be in work by 09:00AM Monday. At the same time, I’m in no way saying it’s a good …
