The 500-sq-km Sai Yok National Park (0 3451 6163; www.dnp.go.th; admission 400B) is not as well developed as other national parks but it is Kanchanaburi’s most accessible wilderness. Within the main entrance of the park, you’ll find limestone caves, remai
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Three centuries ago, Roi Et served as a buffer between the clashing Thai and Lao armies. Back at that time, it had 11 city gates, one for each of its 11 vassal colonies; its name, which means ‘one hundred one’, is probably a typically macho exaggeration o
The village of Renu Nakhon is known for cotton weaving and there are many places around the village where you can watch the process. The local Phu Thai, a Thai tribe separate from mainstream Siamese and Lao, make and market their designs here. The finishe
Almost every visitor to Rayong Province, 200km southeast of Bangkok, comes for a beach getaway on sunny Ko Samet. Travellers will rarely have to stop in the region’s capital, as there is a regular bus service from Bangkok to Ban Phe, the ferry port to Ko
Okay, we won’t lie, there’s really no reason to stay on Rawai unless you’re booked in at Evason, spa resort extraordinaire. Frankly, the beach here kind of sucks compared to Patong or Kata (it can be really narrow at spots). Rawai was one of Phuket’s firs
Rising out of the murky, otherworldly waters of Myanmar’s hinterland, Thailand’s least populated province is also its most rainy, logging in with up to eight months of it per year. As a result the heavily forested and mountainous province is lush and gree
On the east bank of the Chan River’s tea brown estuary, the frontier town of Ranong is no more than a short boat ride – or a filthy swim – from Myanmar. In many ways, the capital of Ranong Province is a stereotypical border town: shabby, frenetic and ever
Hiding behind a layer of impenetrable cliffs, the gorgeous isthmus of Railay (also spelled Rai Leh) could easily serve as a fantasy cover for a Harlequin romance. It is possibly the most stunning beach location in all of Thailand, home to emerald silk wat
Also known as Ku Peuay Noi, and locally as That Ku Thong, the 12th-century Khmer temple Prasat Peuay Noi (admission free; daylight hours) is the largest and most interesting Khmer ruin in northern Isan, though it can’t compete with the famous sites furthe
Just inside Cambodia, and all but inaccessible from that side of the border, Khao Phra Wihan (Preah Vihear in Khmer) is one of the region’s great Angkor-period monuments. Straddling a 600m-high cliff on the brow of the Dangrek (Dong Rek) escarpment and ac