Thailand Google maps - now in English!
We’re celebrating this landmark development by bringing you an example below. Here’s Wat Phra Tat Doi Suthep the very famous mountain temple on Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai… From now on we can easily show you maps to the places that feature in our posts. No more old-school text-based directions. Just click-and-drag on the map [...]
Podcast: Visa run to Mae Sai & Tachileik, Burma
If you are a foreigner living in Thailand, you’ll probably be familiar with the concept of a ‘visa run’. Depending on what visa you enter Thailand with, you may be required to leave Thailand after 30, 60 or 90 days before re-entering with a new visa. There are several places you can do this, but [...]
Video: Wat Umong (the forest temple), Chiang Mai
This video shows you the amazing Wat Umong temple in Chiang Mai.
Scenery: Peaceful land with lots of trees and shade on a hot day. You can feed the fish, turtles, and ducks in a large pond. The Wat is famous for its ancient tunnels and large stupa. Other attractions include a Buddha field of [...]
Pun Pun Organic Vegetarian restaurant, Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai
If you live in Chiang Mai, or even Northern Thailand for that matter, you may well already have heard of Pun Pun restaurant. It’s one of those word-of-mouth epidemics that spreads so fast that before you can recommend it to someone, someone else has got there first! Pun Pun opened a few months ago in [...]