After a successful day out to the White Temple and Khun Kon Forest Park the day before we were keen to see as much as we could before returning our trusty scooter to the hire shop. A quick look over the map of the Chiang Rai area gave us a few options north of the …
After a few sweaty days and an excellent Thai cooking class in Chiang Rai it was time to get back to the natural beauty of northern Thailand. Khun Korn Waterfall sounded like a good idea! With our trusty scooter to hand we headed south on the main Highway 1 out of Chiang Rai towards the White Temple …
The blinding White Temple (Wat Rong Khun) was sparkling in the sun upon our arrival. If there’s one, a rather unexpected sight to behold in Chiang Rai, this is it. Our Lonely Planet Guide was right! After being in Chiang Rai for a couple of days and enjoying our Thai cooking lesson with our host …
What better place to have a Thai cooking class than a local Thai homestay! We’d been travelling around Thailand for nearly a month when we decided it was time to learn the secrets of the delicious Thai cuisine. If you are planning to take A Thai cooking class in Chiang Rai, you might consider staying …
For us, westerners, seeing golden temples of Chiang Mai merging with the everyday life in Thailand is something incredible. Shiny roofs, bright façade colours and detailed ornaments never fail to impress. And even when you think you’ve seen it all, the extraordinary temples will still draw your eye once again and lure you in through …
Looking at the lengthy train journey back to Bangkok and then onto Chiang Mai we decided to break it up a little with a couple of nights in Ayutthaya, once the capital of Siam, and take some time to explore the ruins. So after a few relaxing days by the sea near Chumpon it was …
It’s really great to hang around the islands of Thailand and swim in amazing turquoise bays, but it’s also great to get off the backpacker trail and enjoy peace and quietness for a while. We loved Thung Wua Laen Beach so much that we ended up extending our stay here by a couple of days. It …
On our arrival to Koh Tao, the ferry stopped by a small island of Koh Nang Yuan with a narrow stretch of sand between two green bumps. After our overnight train journey from Bangkok and a 2 hour high speed ferry chopping across the Gulf of Thailand, we were too hot, tired and slightly seasick …
After a few initial sweaty but wonderful days exploring Bangkok it was decided that we should head to the coast for some relaxing beach time. Where better to start our true SE Asia odyssey than on one of those famous beaches you see every time you Google ‘Thailand’, so after a little research we settled …
