Travel Tips Thailand

Thailand is usually the first stopover for backpackers in Asia and it makes a good soft start, but as usual we don’t like to do the same as everyone else. Thailand was the final country we visited on the banana pancake trail since we crossed from Laos to the North. Our short holiday to Vietnam…

Diving around Turtle Island

Before buying our night bus tickets we had read some upsetting and bad reviews about Lomprayah but it was the best connection for us and so we went for it. In the end everything went smoothly. The journey was smooth, the driver good and the seats spacious. We were not very impressed with the lack…

A second visit to Bangkok

Flying out of Yangon was a relief for both of us. We were really looking forward to being back in Thailand, where food was good and everything a little more developed. What’s more, we were couchsurfing again after a long break since Japan. From the airport we used the app Grab to get a ride…

Another old capital and some trains

On our way south from Sukhothai we decided it was easiest to take the train. We also wanted to give it a try on a short journey before deciding about taking it for the long way from Thailand to Malaysia. The closest train station from Sukhothai is in Phitsanulok; one hour away by bus. Big…

Thailand’s old capital

Following a week in Chiang Mai, we set off to the ancient capital of Sukhothai. Located roughly halfway between Chiang Mai and Bangkok it seemed to be a convenient place to stopover. The bus journey took a little longer than we expected and around 6 hours later we arrived in New Sukhothai at a fairly…