Thailand

Visited Thailand in shoulder season deliberately and the decision paid off completely. Wat Phra Kaew without peak crowds is a totally different experience. Krabi felt lived-in rather than touristy. Found a small place doing the best pad thai I've ever tasted — something that would have been invisibl…

Thailand wasn't high on my travel list. A friend pushed me to go and I'm genuinely grateful. The first full day in Chiang Mai reset everything — the scale of Doi Inthanon and the quality of the pad thai were immediate signals that I'd misjudged the place completely. affordable luxury became my pers…

Did Thailand on a shoestring for 14 days and it was absolutely manageable. Based in cheap guesthouses near Bangkok centre and ate mostly at local spots — massaman curry from street stalls cost almost nothing and was better than anything in a tourist restaurant. Phi Phi Islands has an entry fee but …

Thailand is a genuinely beautiful and interesting place. Doi Inthanon is worth every superlative thrown at it. The pad thai is legitimately excellent. incredible Buddhist temples gave the trip real depth. What I struggled with: the tourist infrastructure around the headline sites in Koh Samui is re…

After a lot of research I thought I knew what to expect from Thailand. Some things matched: Wat Phra Kaew is as spectacular as every review says, and Koh Samui has a genuine energy I'd read about. The massaman curry obsession is completely justified. What I wasn't prepared for: beautiful islands. T…