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• Review: Riverside Guesthouse, Lampang

  First published: 16 Oct 2012
  

  These days there are quite a number of guesthouses along Lampang’s riverside Thanon Thalart Gao (Old Market Street), but Riverside Guesthouse stands out with its excellent location, helpful staff and pleasant, reasonably priced rooms. It’s in a top location for two reasons. Firstly, it’s got a genuine Wang riverside location (yes, we know it’s called … read the full post

• Chiang Mai immigration

  First published: 13 Oct 2012
  

  No-one enjoys visiting Chiang Mai immigration office but for all expats and many tourists in Thailand’s northern capital an occasional visit is unavoidable, so here are a few tips on how to make your trip as painless as possible. Chiang Mai immigration office is one of the most pleasant (or least unpleasant?) immigration offices or … read the full post

• Chiang Mai’s organic farmers’ market

  First published: 06 Oct 2012
  

  With its wooden tables, thatched roof and mud floor, the organic farmers’ produce market in Chiang Mai is very much an old-style, traditional village market conveniently set up in downtown Chiang Mai city. Some of the produce does even originate from the city, since the market takes place adjacent to the Chiang Mai University agricultural … read the full post

• Isaan: People and history

  First published: 30 Sep 2012
  

  Thailand’s Isaan region has been occupied since at least 6,000 years ago, when hunter gatherer tribes first migrated over the Phetchabun ranges from central Thailand, archeological work at such sites as Ban Non Wat in the Mun Valley in Khorat, Nok Nok Tha in Khon Kaen and Udon’s Ban Chiang has shown. Fertile valleys such … read the full post

• Geography of I-san or northeastern Thailand

  First published: 23 Sep 2012
  

  Covering some 160,000 square kilometres, the northeastern region of Thailand, I-san*, accounts for nearly a third of the kingdom’s surface area and includes 20 provinces with a total population of approximately 22 million. Geographically and still to a large extent culturally, I-san possesses a unique identity distinct from that of Central, Northern and Southern Thailand. … read the full post

• A good Bangkok airport hotel: The Great Residence

  First published: 02 Sep 2012
  

  A new location for the longstanding and popular Queen’s Garden near Suvarnabhumi airport, the Great Residence has the same owners, a similar set-up and many of the same friendly staff, but a new name. (The old Queen’s Garden is, at time of writing, undergoing a makeover.) Their new location is closer to the airport than … read the full post

• Wat Sri Suphan, Chiang Mai

  First published: 29 Aug 2012
  

  Wat Sri Suphan is a worthy addition to our current Chiang Mai temple coverage — it’s a good one and its location adjacent to the Wualai walking street market makes it very convenient to combine the two. With Wualai being Chiang Mai’s traditional silver-making district, the temple’s claim to fame is unsurprisingly its silverwork. Having … read the full post

• Mae Salong, Chiang Rai

  First published: 25 Aug 2012
  

  If you read anything about the mountaintop town of Mae Salong, you’ll be told that it doesn’t resemble a typical Thai town at all and that you’ll feel like you’re in northern Laos or southern China. That’s very true; the reason being it was founded in 1961 by remnants of the Kuomintang, (KMT, or Nationalist … read the full post

• Pha Taem National Park, Ubon Ratchathani

  First published: 23 Aug 2012
  

  Pha Taem National Park is certainly not one of Thailand’s best known parks, but this small park in Ubon Ratchatani’s Khong Chiam district packs a lot into its 340 square kilometres and is well worth a visit if you happen to be in these parts. The park consists of a rocky plateau gently rising from … read the full post

• Sikhorapum, a great little Angkor-period temple in I-san

  First published: 18 Aug 2012
  

  As Angkor period temple sites in northeastern Thailand go, Phanom Rung, Phimai and Muang Tam are the three big ones, but the entire southern part of I-san is littered with ancient Khmer temples and some of the lesser sites are well worth a look if you happen to be in the relevant areas. One of … read the full post