Destination: Chokchai Farm — Thailand’s most tourist-friendly farm turned theme park

Farm Chokchai — the farm where the cow is king. If you’ve seen an ‘Umm… Milk!’ ice cream location, you might have wondered where the milk came from. Whether you’re interested in the Chokchai legacy (and the Chokchai Museum) or the only farm that’s considered a tourist...

Destination: Ban Prasat Archeological Site — lots of excavated prehistoric skeletons, anyone? (Thailand)

Whether you come for the skeletons dating back hundreds of thousands of years or excavations of an ancient community, there are millennia of history on display. Excavated in 1983 and 1984 as the second-oldest archaeological site in Thailand (but not completed until...

Destination: Khon Kaen horse racing (Eastern Thailand)

AND THEY’RE OFF! Trying to follow horse racing in a foreign language is like trying to explain American football to a two-year-old. You might be able to do it given some time, but it starts off feeling like a whole new world. During a trip to the Seoul Racecourse Park...

How to avoid getting ripped off in Thailand

So I recently read this post from the Asia Pundits about the “Bangkok Shuffle” — and few things ruin a vacation faster than losing your passport and getting your stuff stolen from you. Ben and his girlfriend Kyeonghwa got in a tuk-tuk… Maybe it was the adrenaline, but...

Destination: Wat Pa Lak Roy — one of the weirdest hell temples thus far (NSFW) – Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

When was the last time you saw monkeys that were every color of the rainbow? Or saw animals dancing while wearing human clothes? This may sound like a psychedelic trip, but I assure you — it’s real. No drugs or alcohol needed.   This latest entry is about a 1/2...

Destination: Nakhon Ratchasima and a duo of temples

As a place to spend a weekend, Nakhon Ratchasima has a fair bit to offer the traveler to Isaan. Also commonly called ‘Korat’ from the two middle syllables (Na-KOn RATchasima), the city is in the southwest portion of Isaan and only a 3–4 hour bus ride from Bangkok....

Destination: Nakhon Ratchasima Petrified Wood Museum (Thailand)

Beyond the petrified wood, dinosaurs and ancient elephants also await you inside. Also called the Korat Fossil Museum in a couple of places, this place ended up being a bit more confusing than expected. Get your tickets at a desk near the parking lot, and be ready to...

Destination: Wat Baan Rai – The most psychedelic temple around (Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand)

I couldn’t tell you how many temples I’ve been to across Asia. Hundreds, perhaps, across Korea, Thailand, Laos, and Malaysia. I have never seen a temple like this one. Wat Baan Rai (also spelled Wat Ban Rai or Wat Bahn Rai), this extraordinary temple opened on 1...

Destination: Wat Pa Non Sawan — a weird hell temple with dinosaurs (NSFW)

My wife and I have kind of a thing for hell temples. We’ve come across several around Thailand, and the list will only get longer as we hear of more. If this is the first one you’ve read about, a hell temple (or hell garden) is built to show what will happen to you in...

The unexpected: A huge reclining Buddha and a forest of finely groomed trees (Phitsanulok, Thailand)

After spending some time in Phichit, we headed up the highway towards Phitsanulok to drop off our bike and get a bus home. For better or worse, it’s increasingly rare to find weird places that we didn’t already know about from our research — yet we found two on the...