Thailand Street View Trekker: Panupong Luangsa-ard’s 500 km Walk
Thai triathlete Panupong Luangsa-ard spent about two years walking roughly 500 km across Thailand with an 18 kg Google Street View Trekker ...
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Thailand: Islands, Landscapes & Travel Discoveries
An island view may draw you in, but there is always another detail to notice. Browse the Thailand archive for scenery and travel discoveries, then follow the island and beach collections for more places shaped by the sea.
Start with Wat Rong Khun: Visiting Chiang Rai’s White Temple and Phi Phi Islands: Day Trip or Island Stay?.
Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai: Lanna Lanterns, Meaning and Rules
Once a year, on the full moon of the twelfth Thai lunar month, Chiang Mai glows with paper light. Lanterns hang outside homes and temples, p...
Archipelago Cinema: Ole Scheeren’s Floating Cinema in Phang Nga Bay
In March 2012 an audience took boats across Phang Nga Bay in southern Thailand, climbed onto a raft in a lagoon ringed by limestone cliffs a...
Damnoen Saduak and Amphawa: Thailand's Floating Markets Guide
At Damnoen Saduak, about 100 kilometres southwest of Bangkok, the shop comes to you. Traders in straw hats paddle small wooden boats piled w...
White Temple Gallery: Wat Rong Khun’s Mirrored Art in Chiang Rai
Wat Rong Khun, the White Temple of Chiang Rai, looks at first like a building made of frost and light. Its white walls are set with thousan...
Wat Rong Khun, Chiang Rai: The White Temple’s Art and Symbolism
Wat Rong Khun, the White Temple, stands in Pa O Don Chai, just outside the city of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand. It looks like carved po...
Phi Phi Islands, Thailand: Maya Bay Rules, Day Trips and Where to Stay
The Phi Phi Islands rise out of the Andaman Sea about 46 km southeast of Phuket, a cluster of six limestone islands in Thailand's Krabi ...
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27 Travel Photos from Around the World: The Places and Photographers
A car floating between two skies on a Bolivian salt flat, a vast gathering at a Thai temple, a waterfall seen from behind: these 27 travel p...
Steve Areen’s Thailand Dome Home: Six Weeks to Build, About $9,000
In 2011 Steve Areen built himself a small orange dome home on a mango farm in northeast Thailand. With a friend’s design ideas, a skilled l...
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Budget Travel in Thailand, Bali, Greece, Central America and Budapest
Thailand, Bali, Greece, Central America and Budapest remain five of the best-value trips for travellers on a tight budget. When Nomadic Mat...