Songkhla is an old settlement in southern Thailand known for the Anglo-Chinese architecture, old restaurants and pier and the fisherman island of Ko Yor.
Category - Trails + Nature
? Chumphon - a non-touristic beachside destination about 500 kilometres south of Bangkok - was our favourite haunt back during 2010 - 2014. Digging through my photo archives, I found that we were there practically EVERY single year! Some years even more than once, until 2014 when the images there simply stopped!
Thai people have a word for those with frustratingly always innocent and optimistic views of the world. We call them 'beautiful-world people' or 'Puak Lok Suay.' I am definitely not one of those, and this is my not-so-rosy review of Koh Lipe in Satun, southern Thailand. This is a paradise so fragile, it can easily be ruined by an inconsiderate next door neighbour. What can we do better with our environment and human manners?
Above: This video highlights Chantaburi’s beautiful nature, captured during our recent ‘Pure Nature’ trip to Chantaburi with the TAT. So we were in Chantaburi in September. Which, as everyone might have already taken note, was an offseason for this tropical fruit haven. The Tourism Authority of Thailand is now promoting ‘second-tier’ provinces, trying to boost awareness for the smaller, on-the-fringe destinations. Among them is Chantaburi – a seaside town on the East Coast, about 3-hour drive from Bangkok. So what would you do when the famous fruits are not available? You might want to hit the waterfalls...
ก็เพราะตั้งอยู่ในทิศทางลม จังหวัดชุมพรจึงมักเป็นเหยื่อของพายุเสมอ หากยังจำกันได้ เมื่อปีพ.ศ. 2532 ไต้ฝุ่นเกย์พัดผ่านเข้าชุมพรอย่างจัง จนแทบทั้งเมืองพังราบ ชุมพรใช้เวลานานหลายปีในการฟื้นฟู...