Phi Ta Khon Ghost Festival Thailand 2025
The immensely popular Phi Ta Khon Festival – also known as the Ghost Festival – is the best reason to visit Loei, a Thai province rarely frequented by international tourists. This three-day event…
Monkey Buffet Festival Lopburi Thailand 2025
Lopburi, in central Thailand, is already famous for its Khmer temple crowded with monkeys, but every year in November the whole town goes ape when visitors from Thailand…
Groundbreaking Bangkok Art Biennale 2018
Thailand’s first ever Bangkok Art Biennale 2018, the biggest contemporary art event in the country’s history, is still ongoing until 3 February next year and has so far received overwhelmingly…
Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2025, Thailand
The Chiang Mai Flower Festival is one of the most colourful events in Thailand attracting thousands of floral enthusiasts year on year. It’s not haphazard that Chiang Mai…
Chiang Mai Jazz Festival, Thailand
Please note that, according to the organisers, the Chiang Mai Jazz Festival 2020 edition has been postponed until further notice. We will publish any news and updates as and when…
Busaba Bangkok Thai Cookbook
With more than 100 Thai recipes, Busaba Bangkok Thai Cookbook brings the taste of Thai cuisine direct to your kitchen. Coral Glennie reviews what treats you have in store. The…
Wonderfruit Festival 2024, Thailand
Wonderfruit Festival in December has risen to become one of the most anticipated festivals in Thailand blending music and gastronomy with wellness, art and eco-friendliness…
Thailand Travel Tips: Do’s and Don’ts
Having lived three years in the Thai border town of Mae Sot and visiting the kingdom more times than he can recall, Johan Smits shares his Thailand travel tips to…
Yi Peng Lantern Festival 2025, Thailand
The Yi Peng festival, one of Thailand’s most charming and alluring events, is incredibly well-liked by both locals and tourists. The north of the country sees its nightly heavens illuminated…
Loy Krathong Festival 2025, Thailand
One of Thailand’s most beautiful and beguiling festivals, Loy Krathong festival is enormously popular with Thais and visitors alike. People flock to lakes and rivers to float their krathongs on…
Elephant Sanctuary on World Elephant Day
To mark World Elephant Day on 12 August, Travel Begins at 40 interviews the World Animal Protection, formerly known as WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals), about what…
Phuket Vegetarian Festival 2024
Thailand is certainly no stranger to everything that’s quirky and out of the ordinary. The Phuket Vegetarian Festival held in autumn – also known under its more Taoist-inspired…
Five-Day Northern Thailand Motorcycle Trip
In search of the legendary Route 1148 in northern Thailand on the back of a metal steed, Johan Smits encounters welcoming villagers, five-year-old coffee and a temple in the sky…
Thailand Motorcycle Rental Tips, Chiang Mai
Thailand motorcycle rental can be an exercise fraught with danger, and that’s before you even get on the road. However, there are massive pluses to be gained from getting off-road…
Five Festivals this Weekend
The month of May marks the start of Spring, it is also the time that festival organisers start getting their boots on, hoping to avoid those unwanted showers. At Travel…
Hua Hin Jazz Festival 2019, Thailand
It could hardly get any better when you combine a beach and Thai food with world-class live jazz. The Thai royal seaside resort of Hua Hin, a three-hour drive from…
Songkran Festival 2025, Thailand
Songkran, or Thailand’s water festival, is an occasion of great fun especially in the major cities such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The Songkran Festival 2025 plans to be even bigger than usual…
Anantara Chiang Mai – a Trip Back in Time
On his way to driving a tuk tuk around Northern Thailand, Mark Bibby Jackson popped in on the Anantara Chiang Mai, and discovered a hotel steeped in history. …
Tuk Tuk Travels with Jen and Friends
Mark Bibby Jackson spends ten days on his tuk tuk travels around the hills of northern Thailand with The Tuk Tuk Club and receives a hospitality he has seldom encountered…
The Athenee Bangkok: a Royal Face-lift
On one of his many visits to the Thai capital, Mark Bibby Jackson leaves the creature comfort of Sukhumvit behind him and stays at The Athenee Bangkok…
The Last Leg : The Tuk Tuk Diaries V
On the last leg of their journey through Northern Thailand with The Tuk Tuk Club, Mark and Jen leave Pai and take the long road back to Mae Vang. I…
Bye Bye Pai Thailand: The Tuk Tuk Dairies IV
On Day 8 of the Tuk Tuk Diaries, Mark and Jen head for Pai Thailand, a town shrouded in travellers tales, and regret staying there a couple of nights…
White Flowers on The Tuk Tuk Thailand Diaries
On Day 7 of The Tuk Tuk Thailand Diaries, Mark goes off in search for some white flowers and gets led down the garden path by a pack of dogs…
In Bed with Angelina : The Tuk Tuk Diaries II
Continuing the Tuk Tuk Diaries, it’s Day 6 and Mark and Jen visit Mae Hong Son where they have a close brush with celebrity…
