Everywhere in Thailand.
Literally - all 77 Provinces.
Explore the Thailand you won’t see on Trip Advisor, TAT, Viatour or ‘sell your soul’ travel sites.
These Road Trip photo-essay diaries/reports are not necessarily meant as sample itineraries.
They are my genuine Thailand experiences - albeit fleeting for the most part. Happenstance discoveries and interactions.
Whether you find cultural surprises, welcoming people, and an appreciation of place will depend on you.
17 Day Trips out of Khon Kaen, the capital of Isaan, that explore the unusual, the interesting and the worthwhile. No temples unless ancient.
Iron Ore to Sword - a Unique Village
There are few places in the world where the raw materials to make an object are mined and processed on site, and it is then manufactured in situ. In Baan Bo Lek Nam Phi, Uttaradit the miner, bloomery operator, blacksmith, swordsmith, cutler, and bladesmith is just one person.
Ancient Ruins of South East Asia
Khmer Empire 802 – 1431
Lanna Kingdom 1296-1892
Sukhothai Kingdom 1238 – 1438
Ayutthaya Kingdom 1351 – 1767
A 10 day, 3000 kilometre Road Trip touring the west and north of Thailand.
Iconic Roads of Thailand
Southern Spine of Thailand
An extensive Road Trip from Petchaburi through Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Krabi, and Phang Nga to Phuket.
Northern Thailand 2025
A fantastic 2000 kilometre Road Trip through the mountainous north of Thailand, concentrating on the amazing roads of Nan Province.
Korat Road Trip
A short tour of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, featuring ancient Khmer prasats.
Rock art here is 5000 years old, making it contemporaneous with Ban Chiang and other Neolithic settlements in current-day Thailand. Phu Han Phu Pangam is a readily-accessible, easy-to-showcase exemplar of New Stone Age (certainly pre-Thai) civilisation on the Khorat Plateau.
Who would have thought that a simple upriver ferry journey on Bangkok’s Chao Praya River could be so interesting and such good value. And the return journey downriver is just as good!
The Khao Kho Mountains are home to what is claimed to be one of the largest bat populations in Thailand. Whether the number of Chiroptera is ‘up to one million’, ‘around the million mark’ or ‘many millions’ is difficult to pin down.
Amid the chaos and alarm of a plague in 1937 that killed many villagers the bodies weren’t unable to be cremated in traditional ceremonial pyres and were instead unceremoniously disposed of in this gully. The ghosts of these hastily dispatched bodies howl every night in the Ghost and Zombie Gully.
A compact Road Trip through Nong Khai to Chiang Khan to Tha Li to Nong Bua Lamphu to Ubot Dam to Khon Kaen. Diverse, quality and interesting destinations.
Degustation for everyone. Fines for the greedy. Seafood self-cooked on a handmade earthernware Tao fire pot or a traditional Mu Kratha steamboat/griller. A modern day Thai cultural experience.
Hot springs located between the Dawna Range and the more easterly Lower Shan Highland - which link to the foothills of the Himalayas. The Mueng Pang Hot Sprngs are accessed by a narrow, winding, stress-inducing, steeply undulating road a lot less than two vehicles wide.
Little known nomadic hunter/gatherer tribes of northern Thailand who have transitioned to the modern world in less than 20 years. An ambivalent ethnographic experience.
Well, Day 1 of our Lower Isaan Road Trip didn't go quite as planned. But the rest of the Road Trip was a delight.
Ban Chiang - Controversial Archaeological Site
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site is considered to be the most important prehistorical settlement so far discovered in South East Asia.
South Thailand Road Trip Cut Short
A short road trip south to Cha-am via Korat and Bangkok and return via Chaiyapum.
A 1600 kilometre Road Trip through 10 Provinces that nearly but not quite touched on northern Thaland.
A 2950 kilometre Road Trip through the mountainous northern regions of Thailand, taking Rural Roads and other roads less travelled.
A 250 kilometre return day trip out of Khon Kaen south-west to what is known as Thailand's Stonehenge in Chaiyaphum Province.
A 2200 kilometre road trip to western Thailand including Suphanburi, Sangklaburi, Myanmar/Thai border and Kanchanaburi.
A circuit of the south-east corner of Thailand from Khon Kaen through Maha Sarakham, Roi Et, and Ubon Ratchatani to the small border town of Chong Mek. Return along the Laos and Cambodian borders.
Travel to Sukothai, ancient capital of Siam. Then to Mae Sot on the Thai/Burma border. To Khao Kor, then Khao Yai and Wang Nam Khiao.
A drive through the Phu Phan Mountains from Phueng Daet, dropping into Ban Phon Prae Wa Silk Weaving Village and then Sirindhorn Dinosaur Museum at Non Buri on the way back to Khon Kaen.
Of the 1200 World Heritages sites Thailand has seven. Four of these seven sites are are classified as 'Cultural'. This is one.
A long weekend glamping and touring trip to popular Kkao Kho in Petchabun.
A relaxing way to get from the capital of Isaan to the capital of Thailand. A train journey through rural Thailand.
A Road Trip from Bangkok to Amphawa Floating Markets, Cha-Am Beach, Hua Hin and return to Bangkok via Petchaburi coastal route.
A 2750 kilometre Road Trip in southern Thailand with a return trip via Kanchanaburi and Uttai Thani to Khon Kaen.
The renowned Sea of Clouds at Na Haeo, a mountain village on the Thai-Laos border, occurs in a valley and is caused by a temperature inversion. The air above the clouds is very dry. Such conditions are best experienced early morning.
Thailand has many unusual attractions to give relief from the seemingly never-ending list of wats (temples) that somehow get on the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s list as highlights (why, why, why??) – and one of the quirkiest of them all is the Toad Museum at Yasathon.
To Mukdahan, alongside the Mekong River to Nakhon Phanom, then through rural Sakon Nakhon Province to the fantastic Dinosaur Park.
World-class interpretive center/museum that has appeal for children as well as adults with a blend of science, education and entertainment – a feast for the eyes and food for the brain.
Road Trip east to the Camodian border and then south to the tropical south-east coast beaches, including the resort island of Koh Chang.
Ayutthaya, 80 km north of Bangkok, was the capital city of the Kingdom of Siam, 1350-1767. The ruins are now preserved in an Historical Park.
Isaan Road Trip during Songkran
Road Trip to So Kaeo along backcountry roads in Isaan during the Songkran Festival, visiting temples, caves and other attractions.
Songkran is a fun time of the year in Thailand, celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April.
Mekong River, Chiang Khan and Khao Kho
Road Trip north to Nong Khai and then along the Mekong River to Chiang Khan. South to Khao Kho and the Petchabun mountains.
A visit to the amazing White Temple in Chiang Rai during Songkran.
From the resort town of Hua Hin in southern Thailand to a mountain winery and then the beautiful beaches of Khanom.
Nong Khai to Chiang Khan along the Mekong River
Nong Khai to Chiang Khan is a 200 km great drive along the Mekong River. The Skywalk at Wat Pha Tak Suea is one of the few cantilever viewing platforms in the world.
There are numerous beach resort towns in Phuket some more suited to families, some for the beach lifestyle and others for the nightlife. We stayed in Patong.
Bizarre and interesting photographs of everyday life in Thailand. All in good fun.
Highway Huts and Roadside Shelters
The great variety of Highway Huts and Roadside Shelters is an interesting cultural reflection of the various communities within Thailand.
Thailand has four traffic regions:
1. Northern 2. North-Eastern 3. Central, Western and Eastern 4. Southern each of which has highways and roads designated by either a single digit, 2 digits or 3 digits, along with Rural Roads that are designated by 4 digits.
