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Southeast Asia Travel Guide

Luke Nicholson — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:00:42 +0000

Our Southeast Asia Travel Guide explains how you can make the most of your trip, including routes, maps, highlights, countries to visits and pitfalls to avoid. Dreaming of backpacking around Southeast Asia? The “banana pancake” trail is an exciting, budget-friendly, and not too challenging travel route. It’s an excellent place to be a first-time backpacker, […]

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What’s the Cost of Living in Chiang Mai, Thailand?

Charlie and Luke — Sun, 07 Jan 2018 12:25:04 +0000

One of the pull factors of Thailand is the low cost of living, but how much does it really cost? Living comfortably in Chiang Mai, expect to pay 28,100 Thai baht per month. That’s roughly $873 or £644. That includes the following: Accommodation in a house, plus a guesthouse in Pai — 8000฿ / $248 […]

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Thailand Travel Costs and How Much to Budget [Infographic]

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 12:00:06 +0000

Thailand is a very budget-friendly destination and you will almost always get a lot of bang for your Baht. But what’s a good budget per day for Thailand? Well, it depends on how you’re travelling. If you’re a digital nomad living in Thailand, you can take advantage of long-term rentals and keep costs low. If […]

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Christmas Road Trip from Chiang Mai to Pai

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 09:46:59 +0000

This Christmas, we took a 2-day road trip from Chiang Mai to Pai. Because we work full-time, we use our Christmas holiday to make sure we go on an adventure! I know that doesn’t sound much like what you do at Christmas back home, but to be honest we’re both quite rubbish at sitting down, […]

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Chiang Mai Vegetarian & Vegan Guide

Charlie Marchant — Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:00:59 +0000

Chiang Mai is a hot spot for vegetarian and vegan food. In this vegetarian and vegan food guide, I share all my favourite places to eat in Chiang Mai. Expect Thai curries, pad Thai, Burmese tea leaf salads and more smoothies than you can shake a bamboo straw at. When our flight to Bali was cancelled […]

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Tai Dam Village in Thailand: The “People Without a Country”

Luke Nicholson — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 11:00:39 +0000

Among the lush valleys and undulating hills of Loei province lies the Tai Dam village in Chiang Khan, Thailand. Named for the black robes worn by both men and women, the Tai Dam — known as “Black Thai” in English — are an indigenous Vietnamese tribe that were scattered by war. Today, their descendents practise […]

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Never Try, Never Know! Thai Farm Cooking Class in Chiang Mai (+ Vegetarian Green Thai Curry Recipe)

Charlie Marchant — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:00:13 +0000

“Never try, never know,” rang out the cheery voice of our Thai farm cooking class teacher Benny. She was waving around fresh herbs and spicy roots from the organic garden attached to the cooking school and encouraging us to bite into galangal roots, lemongrass stalks and strong smelling leaves. Luke and I did so without […]

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Phi Ta Khon Festival: Thailand’s Haunting Festival of Ghosts and Masks

Luke Nicholson — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 12:00:47 +0000

Why is it that when you give someone a mask they will never fail to show you their true face? For Phi Ta Khon festival, or the ghost mask festival, the normally shy, polite and retiring villagers of Dan Sai reveal themselves to be fun-loving, dance-crazy, non-stop party people. The festival, held in Loei province, […]

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Thailand’s Growing Raw Food Movement

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 10:00:39 +0000

The raw food movement, or raw foodism, is a massively growing trend. My Instagram feed is always crammed with raw food bloggers posting images of incredible raw cakes, spiralised veggies and superfood salads, which I admittedly go a little wild over. Raw foodism refers to a diet with a high consumption of uncooked, unprocessed foods. […]

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Chicken Coop Saunas and Community Tourism in Thailand

Charlie Marchant — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:00:41 +0000

I’m not exactly au fait with spas of any sort, but a chicken coop sauna certainly wasn’t something I ever expected to see. In the Chong Changtune community in Thailand’s Trat province, they’ve invented a new kind of sauna experience, simply involving a traditional style chicken coop ideas, a rice cooker and some local herbs. Are […]

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