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Apart from Thai soldiers, we are the only people in the area. A click east is Cambodian soldiers. We are on a non-civilian border between Thailand and Cambodia exploring Khmer Temples in Surin. Very remote, very wild and potentially dangerous. Not from conflict but venom. Apparent dangers are highlighted by the snakeskin left at the […]
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Ant egg salads, street food counters lined with entrails, carts filled with bugs. I fully understand why visitors to Thailand can be put off by Isaan food. Not all of it is appealing and much is the complete opposite. But bravado and beetle munching aside, Isaan food does offer much of the best eating in
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If dressed well, with a fresh box of doughnuts then yes – Songkran is annoying. Do you expect me to eat water soaked donuts…? Bastards. For those new to Songkran in Thailand it is the celebration for the Thai New Year where every street, in every town, in every region of Thailand goes a little
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You know an attraction has lost its appeal when tour operators promote it as “still worth a visit.” Sounds like a response to “I heard it was crap?”. These days Bangkok’s cliché Venice of the East has taken backseat to the capital’s emergence as a modern cosmopolitan city. But are the floating markets ‘still worth
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Hua Hin has always drawn a blank with me. After climbing Khao Takiab I struggle to find anything else worth doing. To me Hua Hin feels like a retirement town for elderly couples to potter on beaches and eat nibbles at night markets. Not a bad thing. It means no obligation to be active and
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Thailand is actually home to the largest overseas Chinese communities in the world, where Thai-Chinese are said to account for around 14% of the population, although some towns and cities have more settling Chinese than others. One of the more populated destinations would be the somewhat obscure city of Nakhon Sawan, which is known not
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“Welcome to Jollibee,” says the gun-toting doorman. Guns are everywhere in Manila. The parking attendant with his shotgun, hotel security playing with his six-shooter, and even the Starbucks have armed security. This is just one of the obvious social differences when arriving to Manila from Bangkok. To me, Manila was slightly unnerving. It lacked the
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The best route from Bangkok to Vientiane by train is via the border crossing at Nong Khai in Thailand, crossing the Thai/Laos border at Friendship Bridge, before forwarding to Vientiane railway station. The journey takes roughly 12-hours leaving in the evening and arriving to Vientiane the following morning. Tickets can be booked on the official
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For travel from Vientiane to Bangkok, the buses leave the Vientiane Khua Din International Bus Terminal on Khouvieng Road. Buses are comfy aircon buses and travel to and through destinations in Isaan (Northeastern Thailand) including Nong Khai, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen and Korat. If travelling from Vientiane to Bangkok by bus you will need to
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On my travels from Vientiane to Bangkok, I decided to split my journey and spend a night on a stopover in Khon Kaen, a large city in the Isaan area of northeastern Thailand. Taking advice from my neighbour on the bus, a Thai traveller, I stay at the Kosa Hotel (walk-in rate 1,350 Baht). Being ill-prepared
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