Thailand

Thailand has just changed its tourist visa regulations. If you enter Thailand through a land border (i.e. come into Thailand by any means other than flying) then you will only get 15 days rather than 30 days on your visa stamp. [click to continue…]

Bangkok Airways have announced they will be providing flights from Hua Hin to Singapore and from Hua Hin to Koh Samui. Hua Hin is two hours’ drive from Bangkok and provides another way to fly out of Thailand [click to continue…]

As flights begin to depart from Thailand from UTapao Airport, here’s some info about the airport and how to get there. UTapao Airport is located 190 kilometres south east of Bangkok – it’s essentially a 45 minute drive from Pattaya, located near Sattahip. [click to continue…]

Just updated my post on how to fly in and out of Thailand without going through Bangkok with info on direct flights from Chiang Mai to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. If you are stuck in Bangkok now and need to get out, taking the overnight train to Chiang Mai and then a flight to either [...]

…try saying that after several drinks. Over one million beer bottles have gone into the building of Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew, a masterpiece of recycling art and fully functioning Buddhist temple in Thailand’s Sisaket province.

If you’re looking to get a drink in Bangkok over the weekend of November 14th to 16th, you might have to look hard – with the funeral ceremony of Princess Galyani Vadhana taking place over these three days, entertainment venues are being asked to close as a mark of respect. The actual specifics are still [...]

If you’re looking for somewhere unique to stay in Chiang Mai, there is now a wide selection of boutique hotels in Thailand’s northern capital to suit all tastes

Air Asia have long promised to start flying from Bangkok to Hong Kong, and with the launch of their new route this month they are giving away free flights on the BKK – HKG route to celebrate

The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority and internet provider True Wifi have teamed up to offer free wifi access at 15,000 hotspots across Bangkok for the next year

This week I have discovered that Thailand has fantastic mobile internet access. If you have a newish phone and DTAC SIM card, you can connect your laptop to your phone and surf the internet from anywhere with reception at decent download speeds. No need for wifi spots or wired connections again.

Travelhappy headquarters ups and moves from Bangkok to the tiny island of Koh Tao in the Gulf Of Thailand

Booking a Bangkok hotel online is easy, but ensuring you get the best price less so. HotelsCombined.com is a useful site that lets you quickly see what price different hotel booking services are offering for a particular hotel.

Steve Van Beek has written numerous books about Thailand, and has a particular fascination for the way rivers and the sea have shaped Thailand’s history and culture. This culminated in an intrepid exploration of Thailand’s longest river, the Chao Phraya, solely by kayak.

Interested in learning Thai at your own pace without committing to a lengthy course? Its4Thai.com is a new website that lets you learn Thai online with step by step lessons

Pattaya Photo Guide gives its visitors a panoramic photoview of what it’s like to walk down the city’s major streets, thanks to some slick technology

In the first of Travelhappy’s Thailand Writers series, Philip Cornwel-Smith, author of the bestselling Very Thai, a guide to understanding everyday street life in Thailand, describes why he loves the Land of Smiles

The Bridge On The River Kwai is famous in Thailand thanks to the David Lean movie of the same name – but the real story of what happened the building of the bridge during World War II is far different from what’s depicted in the film

Every Friday, a new photo of amazing Asian people and places here on Travelhappy. This week – Thailand’s hot gossip magazine The Toilet!

Angkor Wat may be located in modern day Cambodia, but there are several spectacular Khmer temples built at the same time as Angkor to be found in Thailand.

Songkran is Thailand’s biggest holiday where the entire country has a 3 day long water fight and parties like crazy to beat the heat as temperatures soar to 35 degrees plus

Thailand is famous for being hot and sunny, but it’s not year-round great weather. The rainy season affects different parts of the country at different times of the year, which means you need to plan ahead to make sure you don’t arrive when it’s pouring with rain!

Nic Cage’s new Bangkok based film, insect eating footage and Nazi School Sports Day… interesting and stange links about Thailand found elsewhere on the Interweb.