My guide, Tam, sitting behind me in the kayak, has already pointed out the aptly named Ko Kai, Chicken Island, so named because its skinny, skewed peak resembles a scrawny hen’s neck. Later we’ll see Ko Hong which Tam assures me is “an island with a room inside it” – …
Rip-roaring Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok’s great boulevard of dreams and schemes, is the city’s longest thoroughfare. Stretching 490 kilometres to the Cambodian border, it is also one of the longest roads in the world. For most visitors, Sukhumvit’s first, hyperactive mile-and-a-bit might be more than enough — a glorious overload of …
“Two million people have left town,” says my driver, Chum as we negotiate the central Bangkok traffic. “That only leaves about six million for the water fight,” I answer. Our head counts may not be too accurate, but many of Bangkok’s approximately seven million residents leave town at this time …
“I walked out the door, a bit dazed. I had ten dollars and two not-quite diamonds and it was summer in Siam.” John Borthwick‘s first day in Thailand seemed far from auspicious — but it has been uphill from thenon. Dropping him in the middle of everything from three-day tribal …
