Mother Nature has really dealt Asia a tough hand these past few months/years. Unseasonal flooding has killed at least 45 people in Thailand's southern provinces. Damaged roads left thousands of residents cut off from rescue teams for almost a week. Some airports have been closed and in the worst affected provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat and Surat Thani, hospitals had …
Mar 31, 2011
Stacey Dooley's Thailand adventure
BBC3 aired a documentary called Tourism And The Truth: Stacey Dooley Investigates on March 30. The programme was presented by shop-assistant-turned-television-personality Stacey Dooley, a dippy 24-year-old Brit who the BBC has called on to tackle labour issues in foreign countries. It was Thailand's turn on Wednesday, and Stacey set off to Phuket on a mission to hunt out the darker …
Apr 8, 2009
How to survive Songkran in Thailand
I made it through three or four Songkrans while I was in Thailand. I saw in the Thai New Year in Bangkok, Phuket, Koh Chang and Koh Samui. Wherever you go for Songkran, it’s always much of the same. My favorite place to spend Songkran was Phuket because we spent the last day of the festival riding around on the …
Jul 26, 2008
Nok Air cuts Bangkok-Phuket route
Well this sucks. As if One-Two-Go being delivered a standing eight-count wasn’t bad enough, Nok Air has reportedly thrown in the towel on its Bangkok-Phuket route, writes Chutima Sidasathian over at Phuket Wan. Flights from Bangkok to Chiang Rai, Ubon Ratchatanee and Krabi have also been axed. This is terrible news. It means that Air Asia is the only low-cost …
Jul 11, 2008
Is backpacking a thing of the past?
Is the era of the Thailand backpacker over? The editor of Luxury Travel Magazine recently said that Thailand is now the destination of choice for people searching boutique hotels and upmarket spas. People have been saying this for a while, calling it the end of backpacking. Newley wrote an interesting article last year in the NY Times. The title of …