Krabi is a fabulous place to stay and home to some of Thailand’s most beautiful views and landscapes. Some of...

OPINION In the December 2020 outbreak of Covid in the seafood markets along the coast of Samut Sakhon Burmese migrant...

OPINION Whilst many of us have been finding ways to cope with lockdowns and restrictions related to Covid-19, or trying...

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There is no specific medicine to treat dengue infection. About 1 in 4 people infected will get sick, some very...

OPINION So here's an idea. If Thailand truly wants to attract tourists why not offer FREE QUARANTINE for the first...

We'd flown in propeller-powered planes, then jets. Supersonic was the next evolutionary step in flying people around the world as...

Get used to it. Things have changed. There is no 'new normal', there is just NEW. We're living in the...

OPINION An estimated 10,000 anti-government protesters packed Bangkok's Democracy Monument and the roads either side on a warm Sunday afternoon, calling...

Now that Pattaya's infamous Walking Street is open to traffic along with parking for the first time in many, many...

OPINION A very sorry sight today as an infamous relic of Thailand's worst maritime disaster ends up being ripped apart...

Simple answer, yes. But there are still people that have never heard of the group or might have been living under...

With apologies to William Shakespeare. You're going to hear a lot more about travel bubbles in the next few months....

Australians and New Zealanders have stood outside their homes at dawn this morning to mark the annual ANZAC Day. This...

OPINION At one stage we didn't know a new coronavirus was about to emerge. Then we started hearing stories out...

OPINION On January 25, 2020 the Chinese government started locking down around 930 million citizens over the following few weeks,...

We are all in unchartered territory as the Covid-19 coronavirus starts to impact just about all aspects of our lives....

Viruses are designed to survive, evolve and thrive. The insidious beauty of the Covid-19 virus is that the symptoms in...

From the first determined drum stroke in the new BTS music video (below) you get the sense that these guys...

Phú Quốc is a Vietnamese island off the coast of Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand (aka. Vịnh Thái Lan...

It's cars, it's the polluting buses, it's people burning too many incense sticks. Every year it's the same culprits in...

"...compare a Big Mac to an average Pad Thai and there's at least double the kilojoules in the Thai noodle...

Thailand is a wonderful place, full of new adventures, exotic cultures and a surprise around every corner. You better believe...

Motorbikes and scooters are the most popular mode of transport in Thailand, and most of south east Asia. Indeed, in...

There are thousands of things to do in Thailand, on any budget and in a growing number of locations. But...

Being an expat in Thailand you'll go through plenty of phases - from excitement, to astonishment, to bewilderment, to (eventually)...

PHOTO: delish.com Being a vegetarian, or vegan, in the land of smiles is a challenge. There are some excellent vegetarian...

The last time the Thai baht's value against theUSD touched 29 baht/US dollar was back in 2013. But the currency...

PHOTO: patpongmuseum.com Let's start from the very beginning, a very good place to start. Where did Bangkok's Patpong get its name?...

Tim Newton is the lead writer and editor of The Thaiger English. Healthy, happy, busy and no feeling that I'm...

PHOTO: Groovy air-hostesses from the late 1960s when flying was more glamourous. "Now everyone can fly" and that's brought us...

MONTAGE: The Thaiger 5G, the next generation of mobile phone technology is coming, within months here in Thailand. It will...

PHOTO: templesandtreehouses.com "It's the best value tourist attraction you'll find almost anywhere in the world!" The cable-car ride from Vietnam’s...

There's a bit of rain around. No worries. It's rainy season and the island looks a lot better when it's...

PHOTO: The pleasant smile and wai won't fill aircraft seats anymore Whilst it's always a generally pleasant experience flying Thai...

PHOTO: Doi Kuro, Bangkok 1980 When 'One Night In Bangkok' was released in 1984 it was an unlikely hit- the...

A rant... Started off with trying to exit the Jungceylon carpark in Patong, Phuket, late on a Sunday night. After...