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A few years back, this little guest house was doing good trade under its former guise as Penny’s. It was then taken over in 2003 by the people who ran the Grand Tower in Krabi Town and was renamed Ao Nang Grand Inn and was a wonderful place to stay. Under the subsequent management of [...]

A trip to Jim Thompson’s House had long been on my ‘to do’ list, but it was only on my last visit to Bangkok that I finally got round to it. I can be a cynical old so and so and I actually surprised myself at how much I enjoyed the whole afternoon.

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I’ve stayed at the Manhattan on two separate occasions in the last month and would definitely stay there again. The Manhattan is a decent mid-range hotel and enjoys an excellent location on Sukhumvit 15, less than 5 minutes walk to Skytrain and [...]

In recent years, I’ve been fortunate enough to experience Songkran in Pattaya, Bangkok and Chiang Mai and it was Chiang Mai where I again celebrated Songkran this year. The city is considered one of the best places in the country to enjoy the festivities and I would have to endorse that view.
Parades, musical concerts [...]

Thailand has recently finished celebrating Songkran, which no matter how I describe it, probably won’t do it justice. Songkran is an annual nationwide party that has to be experienced in person to begin to appreciate the enormity of the spectacle and the uniqueness of the occasion.
The word songkran is derived from the Sanskrit language [...]

Oliver Jufer has been deported from Thailand after serving just a couple of weeks of his 10-year prison sentence for lese majeste. His freedom comes as a a result of a pardon from the man he insulted, King Bhumibol. King Bhumibol has previously stated that despite his position, he should not be above criticism. Contrary [...]