Southern Thailand & Islands

Disclosure: Some links in this article are affiliate links. If you book through them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend places and services I’d genuinely use myself. Why Krabi, Not Just Phuket Most first-timers to southern Thailand default to Phuket because it’s the name they’ve heard

Disclosure: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. If you book through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend places we genuinely love. Every group I sent to Phuket eventually asked about James Bond Island, usually because a movie poster from the 1970s

Disclosure: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. If you book through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend places we genuinely love. People used to ask me constantly whether the Similan Islands day trip was worth the early wake-up call and the

Disclosure: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. If you book through them, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend places we genuinely love. When I was running my travel agency in Chiang Mai, Koh Lanta was the island I steered people toward when

Disclosure: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. If you book through them, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. We only recommend places we genuinely love. Koh Tao has one of the most straightforward reputations in Thailand: it’s where you go to learn to dive.

Disclosure: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. If you book through them, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. We only recommend places we genuinely love. Koh Phangan has a reputation problem — or rather, a reputation that’s only half the story. Yes, the Full

Disclosure: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. If you book through them, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. We only recommend places we genuinely love. The first time I traded the mountains around Chiang Mai for the Andaman coast, I genuinely didn’t expect Thailand

Disclosure: Some of the links in this article are affiliate links. If you book through them, we may earn a small commission — at no extra cost to you. We only recommend places we genuinely love. Koh Samui is Thailand’s second-largest island and one of its most rewarding — a place where you can wake

After 30 years in Thailand, I’ve watched friends chase the party crowds to Pattaya and Phuket and come home exhausted. Hua Hin is where I send the ones who actually want to relax. This is Thailand’s original beach resort — the place the Thai royal family chose for their summer palace nearly a century ago