Lara Dunston 
Mekong River cruises from Thailand to Laos are considered a must-do experience if you’re travelling South East Asia. The question is how should you do it – by slow boat or fast boat? And if you choose the slow boat, do you do a budget or luxury cruise? Here’s the lowdown. Slow boats cruise and … Read more
A Mekong River cruise is one of life’s must-do travel experiences as far as we’re concerned and a languid three-day Mekong River Cruise to Luang Prabang on the Luang Say boat was the reason we’d flown from Bangkok to Chiang Rai and driven up to the Thai Border city of Houei Say. The Mekong River runs for … Read more
For many travellers, Chiang Rai, Thailand is little more than a launching pad for hill tribe treks and explorations into the Golden Triangle, the border region of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar (Burma), as well as a departure point for Chiang Khong on the Thai-Laos border, for Mekong River cruises. The first time we visited Chiang Rai … Read more
From a rockabilly band playing at a fish and chips joint to an all-girl rock group performing nightly at an ice bar, Bangkok’s live music venues can most accurately be described as ‘quirky’. Bangkok’s music scene may not be the best in the world – you’re not going to fly to the Thai capital to … Read more
One of the first things we like to do after arriving in a city following a long-haul flight is stretch our legs and get some fresh air, which generally sees us heading to the nearest park or garden. As we’ve been arriving in Bangkok so many times after long flights, we thought we’d compile a … Read more