Koh Lanta: A Hidden Treasure Near Krabi
Things to do on Koh Lanta: diving at Hin Daeng and Hin Muang, the caves, Old Town's trading-port history, the national park's southern tip, and the mangrove coast.
Things to do on Koh Lanta: diving at Hin Daeng and Hin Muang, the caves, Old Town's trading-port history, the national park's southern tip, and the mangrove coast.
Nine lesser-known places in Bangkok, each with its district, nearest station or pier, opening hours and closing day: a Thai-Portuguese house museum in Thonburi, a canal-side artist's house reached by chartered longtail, a market reported as Bangkok's first land-based one and a warehouse block.
Bangkok district by district, with the station that reaches each, opening hours and dress codes for the well-known sights, and when to come. The old city and Khao San Road have no BTS or MRT station.
Udon Thani is a base for two World Heritage sites, Ban Chiang and Phu Phrabat, and for the land crossing into Laos at Nong Khai. What to see, when the Red Lotus Sea flowers, and the through train to Vientiane.
Which airlines have flown to Ubon Ratchathani and from which Bangkok airport, which national park viewpoints and waterfalls are closed and in which months, and what the current UK advice says about the Cambodian and Lao borders.
How to reach Trat and its islands: Trat Airport and the Bangkok route, which mainland piers serve Ko Chang, Ko Kut and Ko Mak, what Mu Ko Chang National Park has closed, and the state of the Hat Lek border crossing.
This guide covers Surat Thani as a place in its own right: the Tapi riverfront and Ko Lamphu, the Chak Phra long-boat festival each October, the Srivijaya-era temple at Chaiya and the museum on the same site, and Khao Sok National Park with the Rajjaprabha reservoir.
Sukhothai's ruins sit about 12 kilometres west of the modern town on Highway 12, reached by shared songthaew. What the World Heritage listing covers, which monuments sit in which zone, the two national museums' opening days, and where Sukhothai Airport sits in relation to both.
An upper-Isan province reached by air from Bangkok Don Mueang. What Nong Han and the three main monuments offer, when Phu Phan National Park's waterfalls are actually open, where to find natural indigo, and the freshwater fish not to eat raw.
Roi Et in one page: Thai AirAsia is the only airline with scheduled flights and they use Don Mueang. The airport, getting into town, the lake and the tower over 101 metres, the two Khmer sanctuaries out in the province, and when the festivals fall.