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Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew
Together, these two attractions are top of most visitors’ itinerary. They form the most splendid and ornate of Thailand’s temples and palaces, making them a primary attraction. Wat Phra Kaew, also commonly referred to as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is the name of the most famous Buddhist temple [...]
Some of the planet’s finest diving sites are located along southern Thailand’s western coast, and Krabi is right in the thick of it, making this beach town the ideal base for scuba diving and snorkelling enthusiasts.
Incredibly diverse coral reefs and marine life, perfect winter weather, and unbelievably low prices make Krabi one of those rare [...]
Koh Pha Ngan, a remote island in the Gulf of Thailand, has been the host of the now-legendary Full Moon Party for well over a decade. From its humble beginnings as a marijuana-smoking hippie’s get-together to its current status as a global party, the island is long accustomed to hosting hedonists.
Each month, thousands of revelers [...]
You’ve come to Pattaya for the beaches and food and culture right? No you haven’t, admit it, you’ve come for the girls! It’s OK, many other men have too, that’s one of Pattaya’s key attractions. And the good news is, you’ll more than likely go home with some fun memories with one or more sexy [...]
So you’ve been in Bangkok before and you assume you’ve seen the city’s best sights, tried every spicy dish and enthusiastically shopped. But have you also joined the pre-dawn aerobic lessons at Lumpini Park, played an energy-consuming game of takraw with the locals, had fun on a holiday which you even never heard of, absorbed [...]
Samui’s beaches are the primary reason why so many visitors choose the second largest island in Thailand as a holiday destination. Before the 1970s, this unspoilt island and its astounding natural wealth were untouched by outside influences. Since the first tourists found their way here however, the island has been continuously built up and now [...]
If you head to the south of Thailand to where the mainland meets with the Andaman Sea, you will realise fairly rapidly that you’re entering a region with beauty you may have thought was reserved for picture postcards and travel documentaries.
Indeed, beyond the southern provinces of Chumpon, Ranong and Surat Thani are scattered literally hundreds [...]
Late in the afternoon, as the travellers rose from their afternoon slumbers and the heat dissipated I sat beside the small Pai river while it quietly gushes through Northern Thailand’s most chilled out destination, and reflected on a week of doing nothing but relaxing.
As the sound of Tracy Chapman softly drifted over from the nearby [...]
Once a quiet residential zone just outside of the Grand Palace area, Khao San road in Bangkok’s Banglampu district, is now an exceedingly well established tourist mecca that attracts backpacking travellers from across the globe.
Those who have not visited invariably know where it is and at least one person who has been there. The [...]
Phuket provides plenty of gorgeous weather for enjoying the coastlines and the Andaman Sea. Water sports are of course plentiful, ranging from banana boat rides and scuba diving to kite-boarding and surfing. However, the most rewarding water activity is sailing.
Phuket is renowned for its excellent sailing, and the marine industry has been flourishing since the [...]
So, this is just a little post to let you folks know that Thai-world.org finally transformed into a Thailand Portal powered by WordPress.
After I started working with WP on one of my other websites, namely NamNoi.de, I got more and more interested in this CMS. You won’t know much about me yet, one thing up-front: I lived and [...]
