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Visa Run from Bangkok to Cambodia (Bangkok to Poi Pet/ Aranyaprathet)

I’ve discussed what a visa run is before (so if you don’t know, click the link), and thanks to my indefinite travel plans I seem to be constantly bordering hopping! Last week I had to get an extra couple of [...]

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Things to See in Ranong, Thailand

I was off to find a true island paradise in Koh Phayam and on the way there I stopped off in Ranong to recover from the night bus journey from Bangkok. The boat to Koh Phayam leaves from Ranong so [...]

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Hard Rock Café Foam Party in Pattaya

I’ve sung the praises of attractions nearby Pattaya before, with an awesome Bangkok day trip to Lan Island, but I’ve never spoken about Pattaya directly before, and there’s a distinct reason. A lot of Pattaya revolves around sex tourism and [...]

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How to Get a Kazakhstan visa in Bangkok

Getting a Kazakhstani visa in Bangkok isn’t too difficult but you do need to do a few different things. Ok let’s have a look: Where is the Kazakhstan embassy in Bangkok? The nearest BTS stop is Pleonchit, so jump out [...]

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5 Best Places to Shop in Bangkok

Sorry about this article gentlemen, it could cause a few very comfortable days getting dragged around Bangkok by your enthusiastic better halves (queue sexist furore). Bangkok is a huge international city, but it’s still much cheaper than our home countries [...]

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Bangkok Day Trips – Wakeboarding in Bangkok

Bangkok gets hammered time and time again by travelers as they pass through. I’m constantly having to defend it, after writing about awesome day trips from Bangkok to Ayutthaya, Koh Laan, Kanchanaburi I thought I’d add my personal favourote – [...]

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Koh Phayam – Thailand’s Best Kept Secret Island

I’ll take your Koh Samuis, Koh Changs and Koh Phangans and raise you my perfect Koh Phayam, an island on Thailand’s Andaman coast that the tourist boom seemed to bypass, and it’s all the better for it.   I just [...]

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Teaching at English Camps in Asia – FAQs

I have spoken about English camps in Asia briefly before but I wanted to go into a big more detail considering the fact that I’ve just finished a 3 week camp in South Korea in January. I just had one of the [...]

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The 5 Best Full Moon Parties Around The World

There’s something about a full moon in the sky that makes us backpackers go a little bit mental, and I’m all for it. Thailand is the poster child for these all night get togethers but there are more unknow party [...]

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How to extend your Thai visa in Bangkok

I’m flying to Korea on Christmas day for 3 weeks in South Korea, one week in North Korea and then a trip to North Eastern China for the ice festival in Haerbin. I’m currently in Bangkok and my visa expired [...]

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Top 5 Best Places to See A Show in the World

When movies, bars and restaurants become a little too familiar to fill your evenings with, it’s time to branch out and experience something new. I was in this situation in Bangkok myself recently, so I googled what to do in [...]

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Getting A Chinese Visa in Bangkok

With my Tibet to Ireland by land trip just around the corner, I had to apply for my Chinese visa while I was in Bangkok, and to be honest it was surprisingly easy! Read up on how to do it, [...]

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Backpacking in Kanchanaburi

So I finally made it to Kanchanaburi, and what a place it is. It’s about 2 hours from Bangkok and has become quite a traveler hangout. Laid back atmosphere, plenty of stuff to see and do, dirt cheap accommodation and [...]

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Backpacking in Pai, Northern Thailand’s travelers retreat

I’ve just spent the last few days in Pai, Northern Thailand. A place I’ve never been to before despite living 100km away in Chiang Mai for over a year, criminal I know. Anyway, I had clearly been missing out – [...]

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Island Day Trip From Bangkok: Koh Lan (Laan)

Bangkok is the biggest city in South East Asia and it has a lot to offer any backpacker, but sometimes you just need to escape the madness of the ‘Kok! Not so many travelers know this but you can be [...]

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The Best Pizza in Bangkok

Being semi-based in Bangkok and partying far too much has led to an absolute gem of a find in BKK. I wanna share this beautiful thing with you… I’ve searched long and hard, ordered too many disgusting, disappointing pizzas from [...]

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Loy Krathong Festival – Thailand

Another Awesome Thai Festival: I’ve waxed lyrical about the Thai festival ‘Song Kran’ on my site countless times before, but Loi Krathing is another festival that should demand your attendance too. Less chaotic and fast paced than Song Kran, Loi [...]

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Tuesday’s Travel Rant: Tuk Tuk Drivers

Getting from A to B shouldn’t be so difficult, nor should it cost double the real fare. Furthermore, if I want a tuk-tuk (which is unlikely), I’ll search for one. There are few things more infuriating in the world than [...]

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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market – Day Trip From Bangkok

 Another great day trip from Bangkok is the much-fabled floating market. Bangkok attracts tens of thousands of backpackers every day but few make the effort to visit this cool site. Found west of Bangkok, Thailand’s most famous floating market is [...]

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Ayutthaya – Awesome day trip from Bangkok

I don’t know what it is about temples but I’ve got them on the brain at the moment. After a full temple session in Burma last week  at the Bagan Temples, I took another trip to a vast temple complex [...]

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Best 5 Nightclubs in Bangkok

Bangkok rocks every night of the week, and if you’re here you have to party! But forget your conceptions of Thailand being all flip-flops, vests and cheap drinks – these clubs can charge $30 cover charge, $10+ drinks and require [...]

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How to get a Burmese Visa in Bangkok

This is just a quick post about visiting Burma/Myanmar while you’re in South East Asia – because the embassy proved quite elusive to me over the last few days, so I’m gonna share what I’ve learned! There are only two [...]

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Siam Park City – Bangkok’s Best Theme Park

Bangkok is an international metropolis full of shopping malls, movie theatres and starbucks but a common complaint about BKK is that there simply isn’t that much to do there. Well, if you find yourself with a day to spare make [...]

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Thai New Year – Song Kran Festival : The Best Festival in the World EVER

I’ve been in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand for the last week or so to celebrate Song Kran, or Thai New Year. I think I can safely say that: a)    Chiang Mai is probably the best place in the whole [...]

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Malaria – What Drug You Should Take to Prevent It!

I think it’s fair to say that nobody wants to die on their travels around the world. Death avoidance 101 begins with preventing malaria.  Having spent the best part of a year in Africa during 2010 and a good few [...]

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Getting from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok by land

You’re backpacking through Asia on a budget and you don’t want to fly right? Ok so how do you get from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok cheaply and quickly – this post should sort it out for you. Also, if you’re [...]

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Getting from Bangkok Airport To Khao San Road (or the city centre)

Bangkok’s main airport, Suvarnabhumi Airport, is located around 30km from Bangkok city. If you’re flying into Bangkok from pretty much anywhere, this is the airport you’ll fly into. I’m in and out of this place every month so I thought [...]

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5 Books to Read When you Travel

Lounging in a hammock on a Thai island or squeezed into a minibus with 25 locals for 12 hours, a good book can complement any scenario. Reading another generic John Grisham novel you picked up in the airport might pass [...]

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The good, the bad and the ugly of Khao San road, Bangkok

Bangkok, Thailand’s fabled capital, is frequently the first stop for round-the-world (RTW) trippers and certainly features heavily in many long term travelers histories but what is it that draws in the hordes exactly? Well, first off Thailand is cheap (not [...]

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What is a TEFL course exactly?!

So you want to teach English overseas, you want to travel the world while you work, you want to live in far flung and exotic countries, you want to enhance your CV and learn a language, you want to have [...]

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16 FAQ about Teaching English Overseas

I have been teaching English around Asia for a while now and am currently studying part-time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to get my Masters in the field so I’ve had a bash at thinking about all the questions I had when [...]

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Teaching English in Thailand Interview: My Experiences

So I ended up getting interviewed about my time teaching English in Thailand, I thought I would whack the questions, answers and link to the website. There are many more FAQ about teaching English on my blog Check out the [...]

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Traveling Cheap – the boat from Thailand to China contd…

It was the evening of our 2nd day on the cargo boat, day 1 had certainly been an experience and as day 2 wore on we realised China was nowhere to be seen. We did, however, seem to be coming [...]

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Cheap travel – boat from Thailand to China (taking a cargo boat, up the Mekong river, from Thailand to China)…

Now I was settled in Chiang Mai, Christmas came around and I had some time off from teaching so my two housemates (Max and Swede) decided to do a little hardcore backpacking… my first real adventure… I wanted to go [...]

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Chiang Mai – Travel Guide

This is the one place where I feel fully qualified to chat about and having spent over 18 months here I can truly say I love this city! It’s the first place outside Europe I could really consider ‘home’ and [...]

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My Time Teaching English In Chiang Mai, Thailand

I was trying to think of the best way to run through my time in Thailand on my blog, I was in and around Chiang Mai for the best part of 18 months and it truly was one of the [...]

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CELTA – Chiang Mai, Thailand

I left the UK once and for all early February 2007, although at this stage I still had intentions to return to the UK and begin my life in the corporate cage (that sentiment has long since gone). Landed in [...]

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