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August 28, 2026

Rareview Coffee & Restaurant, Koh Lanta

Rareview Coffee & Restaurant is a sea view restaurant and coffee shop in Koh Lanta’s Old Town on the east coast of Koh Lanta Yai, which is the largest of the group of islands known [Read more…]

Chicken vindaloo and naan bread at the Bombay Palace

Bombay Palace, Ao Nang

The Bombay Palace is an Indian Restaurant on the main road in Ao Nang town centre, a short walk from the beach. Ao Nang is the only place in mainland Krabi with proper Indian restaurants, [Read more…]

Maharaja Restaurant in Saladan on Koh Lanta

Maharaja Restaurant, Koh Lanta

The Maharaja Restaurant is a British Indian style restaurant in Ban Saladan, which is the main town in Koh Lanta. The Maharaja Restaurant is the best known Indian restaurant in Koh Lanta and often features [Read more…]

Jacket potato with chilli at the Irish Clock

The Irish Clock, Udon Thani

The Irish Clock is an Irish style pub on the popular Samphan Thamit Alley in Udon Thani near to Udon Thani Railway Station. The Irish Clock is not the best place to eat Western style [Read more…]

The Good Corner Restaurant in Udon Thani

The Good Corner Restaurant, Udon Thani

The Good Corner Restaurant is a restaurant specialising in Western food located near to the railway station and night market in Udon Thani. Of the places I have eaten Western style food in Udon Thani [Read more…]

Where can I buy rolling tobacco in Udon Thani?

Reader’s E-mail Where can I buy Western style rolling tobacco in Udon Thani? None of the 7-Eleven stores in Udon Thani seem to sell it and the only rolling tobacco I can find is the [Read more…]

Khao Tom (banana with sticky rice)

Khao tom is a dish which is eaten all over South East Asia in one form or another, although the dish is most closely associated with Thailand and Laos. Khao tom is a dish which [Read more…]

Khao Kluk Kapi (rice fried with shrimp paste)

Khao kluk kapi is a traditional Thai recipe and one which is unique to Thailand. The recipe is generally the same where ever you eat it in Thailand, which is unusual as the way Thai [Read more…]

Did someone simply forget that they owned this boat?

Rubbish in Thailand

Thailand is a great place, however, its full of rubbish and I am not talking about the low quality fake products you can buy in markets here, or indeed even the unpleasant, unwanted, unregistered, and [Read more…]

The Real Full Moon Party

Tonight 10,000 to 20,000 mostly foreign visitors will go to Sunrise Beach in Haad Rin on the island of Koh Phangan for the famous monthly Full Moon Party to dance the night away drinking and, [Read more…]