What is the best souvenir you can bring home from Thailand? For us, it was the recipes and techniques we learned from a Thai chef at our cooking class at Anantara Spice Spoons at Anantara Rasananda Koh Phangan! After a week of eating delicious curries at nearly every meal, we were very excited to learn […]
Chiang Rai’s Night Market
Though we hear that Chiang Rai’s Night Market is a much smaller version of the famous one in Chiang Mai, we really enjoyed our visit. Night markets are one of the most popular things for Thais to do; it is so hot during the day so it is much more pleasant to do your shopping […]
Wat Rong Khun: The White Temple
Wat Rong Khun, known outside of Thailand simply as The White Temple, is a strangely beautiful place. Built by the famous Thai Buddhist painter-turned-architecht and millionaire Chalermchai Kositpipat, the temple is completely funded by Kositpipat’s own money in order to bring his vision to life. Construction began in 1996 and still continues, though Kositpipat will […]
The Long Neck Karen Hill Tribe
The Long Neck Karen are a tribe of women that are refugees from Burma living in the northern Thai hills. Mistreated in their own country, they fled to Thailand where they earn an income from tourism and an education for their children in Thai schools. Some say it is unethical to visit these hill tribes […]
Elephant Encounters at Anantara Golden Triangle
Located in the lush jungle, Anantara Golden Triangle is perched on a hill overlooking the Mekong River and the mountains where Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos converge. You won’t hear the honking of motorbikes and tuk tuks here; instead, the jungle is filled with the sounds of elephants trumpeting, birds singing, and geckos chirping. The trumpeting […]
14 Places to Go in 2014
Each year we look forward to planning our own travels and since we’ve got a community of readers that love to live a life of adventure, just like us, we know you do too! So we present to you 14 places to go in 2014. From our line up of postcard perfect beach getaways to […]
