Poi Pet Departure What happens when you travel from Cambodia to Thailand through Poi Pet border and you will be denied visa and entry in Thailand by Thai Immigration? First let’s start at the beginning. You reach Poi Pet border, usually by bus from Siem Reap. Every bus passenger needs …
Tourism or not We try to stay out of politics and try to keep it to facts and summaries. Criticism isn’t accepted by Thailand and tourism can’t be touched or hurt. Well, that was the case for long. It’s the govt that rules the last few years who makes it …
Hassle & Confusion The vans, or minibus, as they are called in Thailand, moved to the Bangkok Bus Terminal (Chatuchak bus station) at Mo Chit. After the army clean up at Victory Monument in 2016. This made traveling to places outside Bangkok for many a real unclear, longer and more …
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 …