Destination: a daytrip to Phichit — beautiful temples and a giant crocodile (north central Thailand)

Phichit isn’t your typical tourist destination — in fact we didn’t see a single tourist while traveling across the town. Most likely founded in the 11th century, it was called Sa Luang during the Sukhothai period (1238–1350). During the Ayutthaya period (1350–1767),...

Destination: Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum (Khon Kaen, Thailand)

Khon Kaen isn’t exactly what you would call a destination filled with touristy attractions. Then again, here at Worthy Go, we’re not particularly interested in touristy attractions — except of course when there are dinosaurs involved. Officially called the Phuwiang...

Destination: Siriraj Medical Museum — some awesome gruesomeness (NSFW) (Bangkok, Thailand)

Gun shots through the tongue, ruptured livers, busted up skulls — is this a night at the hospital, a museum or both? In this case, both wouldn’t be too far off. Ostensibly used as a fundraiser for the hospital, the museum features some of the more unusual oddities to...

Destination: the park with full-size dinosaurs — Udon Thani, Thailand

So my wife and I kind of have a thing for dinosaurs… I’m not sure the origins of my wife’s interest, but I guess there’s still a little 5-year-old in me… Off we went to Udon Thani and the nature park with dinosaurs! To be clear, this is remote from Udon Thani....

Destination: Sala Kaeoku — the Nong Khai ‘temple’ with bizarre statues (Thailand)

Have you ever felt like the lesser-known sibling? Jan Brady to her sister Marcia? Elizabeth Olsen to her sisters Mary-Kate and Ashley? If so, you’ll probably understand how this place would feel — y’know, if places could talk. Much like the Xieng Khuan Buddhist Park...

Destination: Sirindhorn Museum — an awesome dinosaur museum (Non Buri, Thailand)

Dinosaurs, anyone? The Sirindhorn Museum in Kalasin offers up a look at some of the species found here, including some fossils first discovered by a monk in 1970. An excavation site and the temple itself pair nicely with an additional park of dinosaurs, all within a...

Destination: Wat Pa Thewapithak – the weirdest temple in Thailand thus far (NSFW) (Roi Et, Thailand)

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s been quite some time since we’ve had a serious WTF? sort of destination. My main focus is on the weird places, however, so I present you here with the weirdest temple we’ve yet found in Thailand — Wat Pa Thewapithak Pracha Bamrung, often...

Destination: Phu Phra Bat Historical Park — prehistoric rock paintings, anyone? (Udon Thani, Thailand)

It’s not every place that’s millions of years in the making. Once covered by glaciers (imagine those in Thailand!), geological evidence suggests a lot of erosion as the ice defrosted. The result: weird-shaped rocks, formations that remain improbably balanced, and...

Destination: Kosamphi Forest Park — great for banana-eating, camera-stealing monkeys (northeast Thailand)

Sometimes, when you travel, you never know what will happen. Thus we traveled to Kosamphi Forest Park, a decades-old field of trees with thousands of monkeys around. It’s located on 50 acres of shady tree-filled park along the Chi river, and was first established in...

Destination: Sukhothai — what happens when tourism changes a town? (Thailand)

Every now and then, our travels across Thailand take us to some epic places. Some old-school places. Some way off-the-beaten-path places. Some oddball places. And now, a disappointing place — the first one since a 2012 visit to the Gimpo Tea Etiquette Museum....