Here, you’ll find all our Thailand travel tips, posts on budget and backpacking destinations, family travel, UNESCO sites, beaches, train travel, getting around and more.
Things to do in places like Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, Krabi, Koh Tao, Koh Phangan, off-the-beaten path places to visit, and more.
A wealth of information to plan your next Thailand vacation!
We’ve amassed a vast archive of Thailand posts over the years, so sifting through the archives can be a bit daunting.
If you want a jump on things, here are four good places to start.
An Ayutthaya DIY tour is the best way for independent travelers to visit this ancient UNESCO site. Here’s our complete guide for doing it yourself from Bangkok, plus helpful bonus tips for visiting Ayutthaya with young children.
Sala Keoku sculpture park in Nong Khai, Thailand is worth a visit! Check out our guide for travelers with colorful photography and helpful tips for planning your trip to Isan.
A fun morning spent exploring newly refurbished and uniquely Chinese Nong Bua Lake and Chalom Phrakiat Park on our way out of Udon Thani.
A rare skip across the Mekong to Thailand for BB2’s 20-week anatomy ultrasound—and a weekend of sampling oddities of the industrialized world…
When the sun sets at 6pm, even Noe gets a sampling of the beach nightlife. And when the grandparents are in town, mom and dad get even more.
We spend five days on the Railay Peninsula with Grammy, Grampy and friends, soaking up the beach life and warm company, despite an unexpected visit from Old Man Winter.
Heading down south to one of our favorite places on the planet for five fun-filled days with four of our favorite people on the planet.
We venture to the far south of the island to Wai Bay. Could this prove to be the perfect beach we’ve searched for all these years? We’ll find out!
On some islands, you beach hop. On Ko Samet, you cove hop. Today, we visit five distinct coves without setting foot on a lick of blacktop.
Awake early in the small Thai fishing village of Ban Phe with a couple of unhappy stomachs. Nothing that some tropical beach time won’t cure!
With work obligations finished, we’re off on our long overdue first beach holiday since moving to Southeast Asia!
Noe and I explore Bangkok on our own while Lori attends a physical therapy conference … until we decide to sneak our way into the conference, posing as Dr. Singha and his esteemed colleague, Professor Peepoo.
Starting the week on old Rattanakosin Island, before relocating into the exploding high-rise jungle of Eastern Bangkok.
Ayutthaya. For over four centuries, the magnificent center of the Siamese kingdom. Say it three times fast and you just may give yourself TMJ.
Continuing on our Saturday out in Bangkok, we catch a ferry to the Temple of Dawn (Wat Arun) and cool down with some drinks along Bangkok’s infamous Khaosan Road.
After nine months of living in Laos, we finally make it down to the Big City, a mere 400 miles south of Vientiane (but a world apart).
We join Lori’s work crew for a sunset tour of Chiang Mai’s most famous mountain-top temple…and back into town for a Lao shopping bonanza at the city’s other night market.
We spend some time working and staying in a most extraordinary place, and Noe and I embark on a pilgrimage to a unique coffee shop.
