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[Page updated 19 June 2024] This is an all day drive to and from the southern border of Wang Prachan in Satun Province, on the border with Malaysia. Expats with a Thailand Tourist Visa (TV) or Non-Immigrant Visa (NI) can extend their stay in Thailand through this visa run process. BOOK Your Phuket to Satun … Read more
Krabi, and all of Thailand has a real shortage of public restrooms where you can go to relieve yourself or take care of a child’s dirty diaper. There are some places you can go, but you may have to drive a while to find one. Many Thais just go on the side of the road … Read more
[Updated 18 June 2024] Most ex-pats in Southern Thailand are living on the island of Phuket, so the easiest Visa Run to renew or extend their Thailand visas is to drive right up to Ranong, Myanmar (Burma) and cross over by boat. Many expats living in Krabi, Trang, Phuket, Phang Nga, and Surat choose to … Read more
To drive a car or motorbike legally in Thailand, you must have an international driver’s license, or a Thailand driver’s license. That answers the question, but there is so much more to driving in the country that you need to know! Read on! Thailand Rental Laws and Tips Driving Rules More Tips Motorbike/Scooter Rental in … Read more
This question is often asked of locals on chat forums and all over online. Can you buy alcohol in Thailand with an ID from the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Europe, China, etc.? Yes, you can buy alcohol in Thailand with any picture identification card that shows your age, and from any country in the world. … Read more
Small brown Krabi scorpion with potential for great pain.
This article provides tips on how to travel to Krabi on a budget, including where to stay, eat, and play. We have lived here for 16 years, so we know how you can best go about it! Getting To Krabi Traveling to Krabi is not too difficult and a number of options exist. Krabi is … Read more
[Page updated 4 March 2024] Songkran officially starts tomorrow across Thailand and so Krabi has been getting excited about it as well. Since COVID there has not been a no-holds-barred Songkran celebration and people are anxious to get this going. We were already hit with water in the car as there were some early morning … Read more
Many people want to take a train to Krabi, Thailand and they ask us how they can do it. The train system in Thailand is not the best laid-out transportation in the world! There are trains that go from the furthest provinces south up through Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, and then further up the … Read more
Here is a collection of 25 tips to save you money while traveling to Thailand. Some of the tips may seem extreme, like “stay away from the islands” but, keep in mind there are those that want to save a lot of money and those that want to see what Thailand has to offer as … Read more
Two UK tourists, walking along the beach in Ao Nang, Krabi, Thailand were accosted by a group of youths. The man received multiple stab wounds from a long knife, the worst resulting in a heavily bleeding head wound. (October 2012) If you’re like me, you probably discount some of the Thai on foreigner violence that … Read more
This happened a few years ago (August 2013) and yet I wanted to show you that Krabi is not perfectly safe. No place is. Not what I wanted to read yesterday, the headline was shocking. I only know a couple of Americans in Krabi, but there was a chance I knew this one. Bobby Carter, … Read more
Most dogs are cool in Krabi, but be careful because many dogs in Thailand don’t like the smell of foreigners. The way that Thai people treat their dogs and the leeway they give them is astounding to me. I have finally come to accept it as I have most things here. They call them soi … Read more
Chikungunya (chee-koon-gun-ya) and also spelled as “Chicken guinea”, “Chicken gunaya,” and “Chickengunya”, comes from the African Swahili language, where it means “to bend up”. When severely affected with joint pain a person bends up like a ninety-year-old, hunched over in pain. Most symptoms are similar to Dengue Fever. Chikungunya is a mosquito-born virus carried by the … Read more
No, the tap water is not safe to drink in any home or business in Thailand. The only really safe drinking water in Thailand is sealed-bottled drinking water you find in a store like Nestle, Crystal and Singha water. I’ve been here nearly two decades now and so far I don’t believe I’ve been sick … Read more
Thai culture is very unique. It is important to understand some of the basic differences between Thailand and your home country before arriving like how to act properly and politely. Knowing these things will increase the chances that your trip to Thailand will be as enjoyable and safe as it possibly can be. [Page Updated: … Read more
This is a basic Thai lesson that will help your vacation be more enjoyable as you can interact with Thais using their language. At least you can try! Speak Thai Politely Like Thais Do Thais take their time to be polite with each other, you should too. Males use “Krup” which sounds more like “kup”, … Read more
Thailand is a very forgiving place. Locals understand that your culture is vastly different from theirs and they tend to forgive and forget quickly. I’m reminded of a Russian tourist standing at the top of Tiger Cave Temple at midday in nothing but his bikini underwear. He was clueless. Thais didn’t say anything, but I … Read more