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Thailand

13 stories from 7 places visited between 2016 and 2025

November 2025 Bangkok, Thailand Front row at Rajadamnern for a full Muay Thai fight night Front row at Rajadamnern Stadium for RWS 162: seven professional Muay Thai bouts, a new bantamweight champion, and a betting crowd that makes the night.
November 2025 Bangkok, Thailand Coffee with capybaras and meerkats in Sukhumvit A small animal cafe in Sukhumvit, Bangkok, where capybaras, meerkats and a bamboo rat share the table. No entry fee, you just order a drink off the menu.
November 2025 Bangkok, Thailand A couples head spa neither of us stayed awake for A couples head spa at Sabuy Sleep Salon in Bangkok: the scalp check, the massages, the warm towels, and two people who couldn't stay awake for any of it.
October 2025 Bangkok, Thailand Inside the gilded rooms of Cafe Dior A full look around Cafe Dior in Bangkok: the gold facade, a hand-woven rattan wall, signature desserts under glass domes, and yes, even the restroom.
October 2025 Bangkok, Thailand Seventy minutes inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber What hyperbaric oxygen therapy in Bangkok feels like from inside the chamber, plus the claustrophobia-friendly chair version at S'RENE for nervous first-timers.
October 2025 Bangkok, Thailand A no-commentary walk through the city's street markets A slow, no-commentary walk through Bangkok street markets: narrow lanes of food stalls, steaming pots of curry, fresh fruit, and nothing but the sound of it.
November 2019 Chiang Mai, Thailand A city hanging lanterns on every wire it owns Chiang Mai in November 2019: Lanna lanterns going up across the old city, gilded temples at dusk, a strawberry stall and one very cheerful novice monk.
May 2016 Pattaya, Thailand Breakfast in the fresh market, chillies, ginger and coconut pancakes An early morning in the fresh market in May 2016: baskets of bird's eye chillies, wholesale ginger and shallots, buckets of cut flowers, and kanom krok off a cart.
May 2016 Pattaya, Thailand Up the naga staircase to the Big Buddha Big Buddha Hill on the Pratumnak headland in Pattaya, May 2016: a staircase guarded by two long gold serpents, a huge golden Buddha on top and a quiet street below.
May 2016 Pattaya, Thailand Petrified trees, a crocodile show and a giraffe with a banana habit A day at the Million Years Stone Park and Crocodile Farm outside Pattaya in May 2016: fossilised trunks, clipped topiary, tame deer, giraffes and a crocodile show.
May 2016 Pattaya, Thailand Walking Street after dark, neon, a boxing ring and a cobra Two nights in Pattaya in May 2016. Walking Street neon, a snake handler and Muay Thai sharing one bar ring, and the floating market the next afternoon.
May 2016 Pattaya, Thailand The Sanctuary of Truth, a temple made entirely of carved wood The Sanctuary of Truth on the Pattaya seafront in May 2016: a vast teak temple carved from the roofline down, still wrapped in scaffolding and still being built.
May 2016 Phang Nga, Thailand James Bond Island and the rock that stands on its own A day in Ao Phang Nga National Park in May 2016: limestone karsts rising straight out of green water, the signboard on the beach, and a swim under Ko Tapu.