Kanchanaburi

Surprising the number of guests who arrive expressing no particular interest in birdwatching but by the end of the tour are compiling bird lists or purchasing a birds of Thailand guide

Thailand Museums Our Thailand museums post doesn’t pretend to be a ‘best of’ list – there are simply too many and obviously we haven’t visited every one – nor is it necessarily our 10 favourites (along the lines of our recent Cambodia museums and Vietnam museums posts). We’ll include a few of the most famous – mainly Bangkok and Chiang…

Descriptions and photographs of some of the spectacular national parks featured on our various Thailand small group tours

12 best Thai dishes that locals eat As with many ‘exotic’ cuisines, preconceptions are far from the on-the-ground reality and indeed what most Thai restaurants in your home countries would have you believe. Rather than what visitors assume are the most popular Thai dishes or what Thai restaurateurs in tourist-orientated resorts choose to offer to visitors, our rundown includes the…

Rail travel in Southeast Asia Where possible, rail travel is our preferred means of transport on our various Southeast Asia small group tours – especially for longer journeys. It’s certainly more environmentally friendly than hiring private buses, it avoids traffic, passengers can walk around – visit the buffet car, chat to other voyagers etc – views are often better than…

Amphawa A selection of photos from Wi’s long overdue recce of the charming and as yet unspoilt district of Amphawa, Thailand. Amphawa, actually a distant suburb of Bangkok, is situated in Samut Songkhram Province to the southwest of the capital, and for now, though popular with local weekenders, remains largely bypassed by overseas visitors. Leafy suburb it may well be…

Hiking at Hellfire Pass. The infamous pass, or Konyu Cutting to use its original name, is one of the most notorious stretches of the Death Railway, constructed during the 2nd World War by the Japanese army using Allied prisoners of war and conscripted Asian labourers. The site is located in Kanchanaburi Province’s Sai Yok District, some 2 hours or so…

A brief run-down on what are considered polite table manners in Thailand. Don’t mean to sound snobby, but we reckon many people would be put off by the sight of other restaurant diners consuming their meals in what they consider an impolite manner! However, whilst every culture in the world has its own accepted eating etiquette, this does differ widely…

Thailand UNESCO sites Thailand UNESCO sites currently totals four on the UNESCO cultural section, with 3 additional natural sites, although a further 7 listings do have tentative status. With the kingdom’s spectacular and highly varied landscapes, it’s surprising there are only 3 in the natural list and we do have a few more suggestions that we’ll come to later. (See…