Direct bus to border You will be picked up at your hotel between 11.30 and 12 pm as the bus departs at 12.30 in the night. After being picked up, an open van drives you to the office where the bus leaves from. A nightbus to Phnom Penh is leaving …
Elephants When you are in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand, you might want to see elephants. Chiang Mai is possibly the place with the most elephant parks and sanctuaries in the whole of Thailand. Sure, there are plenty of other places to do something with elephants. Around Kanchanaburi are several camps …
Chiang Mai Chiang Mai in the north of Thailand is popular by tourists and expats. For the expats it’s the more bearable temperatures in comparison to the rest of Thailand that suits them. For tourists there are more things to do than in Bangkok. From elephant camps to tiger camp. …
Thai Embassies in Asia In the post on this site about Nong Khai and Friendship bridge border with Laos, you can already read some info about Thai visa application. In this post more extended info about the Thai embassy in Vientiane and the visa application itself. Not related to the …
Thai visa & border The Thai border to Laos at Nong Khai is popular among backpackers and people who are living in Thailand on tourist visa and do visa runs. Many of those are traveling over land to the Nong Khai border. Do the border crossing and get themselves from …
Hua Hin Hua Hin is a coast city located on the west side of the Gulf of Thailand. You could say that Hua Hin lies opposite Rayong (near Pattaya) with the water in between them. It’s comparing apples with oranges, but lets give a few examples. Hua Hin is smaller …
Buddha Birthday Buddha Purnima and Buddha Jayanthi are two different terms for the same happening, the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. This auspicious day has several names for it. Beside Buddha Purnima and Buddha Jayanthi it is also called Saga Dawa, Vesak, Vaisakh Purnima, and many more names in different …
When you are in Thailand and are planning to get yourself to some beach(es), then Railay Beach is a very good option. There is Railay east and Railay west. That sounds like having quite some distance between them, but in reality it’s just a 200 meter. A 5 minute walk …
WWII & JEATH Museum The letters JEATH stand for Japan, England, Australia, Thailand, Holland. There can be some confusion about which museum we talk about. There is another JEATH museum in Kanchanaburi opposite the big temple along the river. That museum and the one near the Bridge on the river …
Wat Pho Wat Pho, the Temple of the reclining Buddha, or the official name Wat phra Chetuphon, is located behind the temple of the Emerald Buddha. It is the oldest temple of Bangkok. Thailand overall and Bangkok in particular is full with Temple complexes. This complex is one of the …