There are many modes of transport available for travelling around Thailand’s cities and towns. Taxis, buses, songthaews, tuk tuks and rickshaws are the best known ones. Shanks’s pony is another, although in Thailand like most places in the world, there is always some form of transport ready willing and able, 24 hours...
Parking a car in Udon Thani can be a nightmare at the best of times. You’ll always find a space but it may be a few hundred yards from where you want to be and it’s no wonder many people choose to travel around the city by samlor (top picture)....
My Christmas and New Year trip to Thailand got off to a great start when Etihad upgraded me from economy to business class for my flight from London to Abu Dhabi. Champagne was served before take-off, there was an ‘Anytime Kitchen’, and an a la carte menu that read like...
The temptation to choose the cheapest flight to Thailand is an option many people take up. I went down that route many years ago, but five years back, after booking a slightly more expensive flight with Etihad Airways and enjoying first class travel in an economy seat, I questioned whether...
What is the worst thing about visiting Thailand? You’re probably thinking there isn’t one, everything about the Land of Smiles is out-of-this-world. You’re wrong. Think about your arrival and getting through Thai Immigration, those long queues, well soon they could be a thing of the past because Thailand’s Immigration Bureau...
Today I will once again slip on my traveller’s shoes and shut my front door behind me to set off on the long haul from London to Bangkok and Udon Thani. It’s a route I know well, and one which for the best part I’ll be pinning my faith in...
The photograph above is an alarming sight and once again shows the danger and madness on Thailand’s roads. It’s the kind of spectacle which is not uncommon on Thailand’s highways but one which you’d probably never see in countries such as America, Germany, France or the United Kingdom. Heaven help...
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