I wouldn’t recommend asking the question “is Koh Samet worth visiting?” in Bangkok circles, at least not polite ones.
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Is This Asia’s Most Enjoyable Lost City?
Sukhothai feels deserted compared to Ayutthaya—and every other “lost city” I’ve visited in Southeast Asia.
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Unadulterated Southern Thailand
Nakhon Si Thammarat is unpretentious, understated and, yes, unadulterated.
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Paradise Beneath Me
I was thrilled to be going to Koh Samui, of course—or at least thankful.
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The Truth About the Koh Yao Islands
For most travelers, the question of “Koh Yao Yai or Koh Yao Noi” doesn’t register.
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Why I Trust My Teeth to Thailand
The topic of dental work in Thailand is a complex one, to say the least.
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How to Pick Your Thailand Paradise
Comparing Phuket vs Krabi can seem like an exercise in futility.
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The World’s Best Bangkok Itinerary, Period
Even if you don’t fall as immediately in love with Thailand’s capital as I did, or imagine you would ever want to live here, this Bangkok itinerary will take your trip to the next level.
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Make Your Trip to Bangkok Blissful
My Bangkok itinerary recommendations are not exhaustive—how could they be, in a city as vast and ever-changing as this?—but they are exceptional.
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Thirty-Free
“Certainly,” my friend Scott said, after we arrived back at Long Beach the next morning and saw it under full sunlight for the first time, “it doesn’t look like an Andaman Sea beach.”
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