Let me start with the most useful thing I can tell you, because it saves a lot of disappointment and a lot of misplaced expectations. Cha-Am is not Hua Hin. People lump the two together because they sit on the same coast, only about 25 kilometres apart, but they are genuinely different animals. Hua Hin…
I finally went to see the Hua Hin Safari & Adventure Park, also known as the hua hin zoo. It turned into one of those small, unexpected mornings that you remember for a long time. Where it is and how to get there The park sits in the countryside south of Hua Hin, in the…
Twelve kilometres from the beach, a limestone hill exhales two million bats every evening. Here’s how to find it, what it costs, and why locals call it the best free show in Phetchaburi. The Bat Cave in Cha-Am is a must-see destination for lovers of nature and unforgettable spectacles. Best time: 6:00 PM arrival, daily Entry: 50…
A python on a power pole, a cobra in my Roi-Et house, a scorpion in the bathroom, and the animals in Thailand that should actually worry you (not snakes). Two decades of Thai wildlife stories from Korat, Roi-Et, and beyond.
Thai citizens pay 40 baht. Foreigners pay 200. After 21 years in Thailand, after permanent residency, after paying Thai income tax for over a decade, I asked the ticket seller a simple question in Thai: yutitham mai? Is this fair? On dual pricing, fairness, and a beautiful Phetchaburi hill palace.
I pay for 8 AI services per month. 60 email agents. 225,000 legal embeddings. 50 years of Thai Supreme Court decisions in 2 minutes. Here is why every cent is worth it.
I arrived in Da Nang during October flooding. What central Vietnam teaches you when the monsoon hits – and why Hoi An demands a return visit in dry season.
I went to Surabaya because almost nobody goes to Surabaya. A travel essay about Indonesia’s overlooked second city and the Asia that existed before mass tourism transformed it.
After 20+ years of independent travel in Asia – from Myanmar with no ATMs to Bhaktapur’s medieval streets to Pokhara’s mountains – this is my honest travel philosophy. Go where others don’t. Stay long enough. Eat on the plastic plates.
On March 28, 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake centred in Myanmar shook Bangkok. I was on the 43rd floor. This is what it felt like.