Southern Thailand’s largest province is home to Ko Samui, Ko Pha-Ngan and Ko Tao, as well as the stunning Ang Thong Marine National Park.
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Not many travellers include a stop in Surat Thani on holiday itineraries, instead it’s just a point you zip through on the way to somewhere better, namely Ko Samui, Ko Pha-Ngan and Ko Tao. If your bus or minivan is late arriving in Surat (a common problem
Sukhothai Province’s main attraction is its historic capital city, Sukhothai. Thailand’s first capital, dating back almost eight centuries to the country’s ‘golden age,’ Sukhothai has a fascinating old city, which brims with some of the most visited ancie
As Thailand’s first capital, Sukhothai (Rising of Happiness) flourished from the mid-13th century to the late 14th century. The Sukhothai kingdom is viewed as the ‘golden age’ of Thai civilisation – the religious art and architecture of the era are consid
Look closely and you can still see Sri Racha’s fishing village roots in the labyrinth of rickety piers and pontoons affixed to its waterfront. While modern Thailand encroaches with a jumble of billboards and traffic lights, down on the seafront glimpses o
Get in some extra shopping in the villages east and south of Chiang Mai, learn Vipassana meditation at the famous Wat in Chom Thong, or enjoy the natural environment of Doi Inthanon.
Welcome to the past, present and future of tourism in Thailand. Pulsating and brazen, Pattaya is where the Thai tourism miracle began a few short decades ago, and legions of visitors continue to be lured by its addictive grab-bag of sun-drenched hedonism
Soppong is a small but relatively prosperous market village a couple of hours northwest of Pai and about 70km from Mae Hong Son. Since the paving of Rte 1095, Soppong and Tham Lot have become popular destinations for minivan tours from Mae Hong Son and Ch
The borders of Myanmar, Thailand and Laos meet 9km north of Chiang Saen at Sop Ruak, the official ‘centre’ of the Golden Triangle, at the confluence of Nam Ruak and the Mekong River.
Despite a delightful location buttressed by Thale Sap Songkhla (Lake Songkhla) on one side and the Gulf of Thailand on the other, Songkhla isn’t seeing much tourist traffic these days. Although ‘the great city on two seas’ hasn’t experienced any of the Mu