Choosing a Thailand backpacking route can be difficult, especially given the wide range of tourist attractions on offer. The country relies heavily on tourism and, as a result, offers travellers hundreds of budget activity choices including museums, palaces, Buddhist temples, beaches, World Heritage sites and cooking classes. If you’re going to Thailand, I recommend you take AT LEAST 2 weeks to do so. With this kind of time frame, you’d be able to catch a good little preview of what the country has to offer. For me, your Thailand route comes down to one main question: North or South Thailand? North Thailand The less obvious of the two. Most new travellers know less about…
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7 things I learned living in Thailand
After two years of living in Thailand, I picked up some useful (and some comical) tips about life. Here are 7 of them...
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Krabi Sunset Cruise
The best island sunset tour in Krabi, Thailand
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Bucket list locations: Robot restaurant, Bangkok
The robot restaurant in Bangkok is a 'must do' destination for travellers in Thailand.
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Bucket list locations: White temple, Chiang Rai
The White temple (Wat Rong Khun), in Chiang Rai, Thailand, is possibly one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture I’ve ever seen. The worst bit? I only got to visit it by chance, when my connection bus on the way to the Thai border made a stop there. I’d heard about it, but hadn’t been ‘sold it’ enough to make the journey to see it. I’m going to try make the sell to you now!!!! The temple is actually privately owned, after a local artist decided to fund the rebuilding of the very run down structure, using his own money. He now intends for the area adjacent to the…
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Chiang Mai’s cruelty-free travel attractions
Thailand has had a lot of bad press recently in regards to their animal attractions. I’m pleased. I was becoming increasingly frustrated with people turning a blind eye to attractions that were clearly abusing their animals. Photos of yourself cuddling a tiger? That animal is drugged. Tigers do not spoon humans in the wild, regardless of how domesticated they have become! Luckily, Chiang Mai’s cruelty-free travel attractions are popping up all over the place. The North of Thailand is particularly veggie/vegan friendly, with a lot of the locals partaking in the Chinese Buddhism teachings of eliminating meat from their diet. It couldn’t be easier to go cruelty-free in the odl…
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What not to pack for Thailand
Two years living in Thailand means that every time I go back, I pretty much go with an empty bag. Thailand was my first ever solo backpacking stop, and I wish I’d known not to take the following as a backpacker/someone who set up camp for years… (sorry if this feels a bit female orientated, but… er.. I’m female?) Mosquito repellent It was one of the first things I was told to buy.. “get yourself down to Boots and buy a huge bottle of the strongest Deet you can find”. …..Don’t bother! First of all, those wee Thai mozzies don’t give a rats ass about your Deet.. they’re still going…
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7 Secret things to do in Bangkok
I love love LOVE Bangkok! So much so it’s a key starting point for both my recommended Thailand backpack routes. It’s brimming with character and every time I go I always find new Bangkok attractions to get excited about. As a backpacker, I found myself using it as a base, with a lot of International flights leaving from it’s two airports. Here’s my pick of secret/unusual things to do in Bangkok, whether you are familiar or new to the huge Asian city.
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The dark side to your elephant ride
Elephant riding; The secrets tour groups don't want you to know about,
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Bangkok accommodation for all budgets
As a once frequent visitor to Bangkok, every time a friend visits the Thai capital city, I’m usually first on their hit list for accommodation advice. I bloody love Bangkok. I’d go as far as to say it’s one of my favourite cities ever! Before you check out my post about unusal things to do and see in Bangkok, here’s a little help about Bangkok accommodation for all budgets. Low Budget accommodation Bangkok For all the Backpackers and thrifties out there, low budget Bangkok can be a bed bug mine field. We once checked out of a very prominent hostel, right in the middle of the night, after we turned our…
