Myanmar’s War Reaches the Thai Border: Mae Hong Son Residents Warned After Airstrike
Myanmar airstrikes damaged buildings in Mae Hong Son. What we know, where travellers should be cautious, and the latest on talks.
Provinces in Thailand
Nine Pattaya Beach Spots: Which Coastline Suits Your Trip?
Updated 17 October 2026. This guide revises a historical PersonalThailand article. Schedules, prices, rules and services may change. Pattaya offers more variety than one crowded stretch of sand. The original PersonalThailand guide listed nine beaches and made detailed claims about individual restaurants, beach quality and hidden spots. Those conditions can change, so this updated version…
Pattaya Beyond Nightlife: Beaches, Gardens and Cultural Highlights
Editorially updated 17 October 2026. This article has been rewritten and fact-checked; verify changeable local details again before travel. There is much more to Pattaya than the nightlife for which it is internationally known. The other side of Pattaya Pattaya’s international reputation often begins and ends with nightlife. Yet the city and surrounding Chon Buri…
Your Thai daughter in Pattaya
Your Thai daughter in Pattaya When I was walking in Pattaya last week I noticed all the mix children there are in Pattaya, it must be the center of half-Thai half-western children in the world right now. Maybe somewhere in northeast Thailand have a tighter community but not bigger. In Thailand, mix with western and…
Rubbish Collection in Pattaya: Sorting, Reporting and Cleaner Streets
Living in Pattaya? Reduce rubbish problems with better storage, sorting, collection checks and official reporting when public areas need attention.
The All Shirt Rally In Bangkok
The All Shirt Rally In Bangkok No color The Red Shirts have taken off the shirts and put on other colored shirts to make it harder for the police and army to catch them when they leave or enter the protest site. With no color on the shirts the protesters can hardly be arrested and…
A 2010 Visa Run by Motorbike to Cambodia: What Travellers Must Know Today
A historical Thailand-to-Cambodia motorbike visa run from 2010, with a critical update on border security, crossings and current entry rules.
Deadly bombs hit heart of Bangkok
Foreigners among the injured in the deadly blast that hit the BTS station at Sala Deng at Silom district yesterday evening. People had come to protesters against the Red Shirts further downtown in Bangkok when suddenly two grenades hit the BTS station injuring and killing people waiting for the train to come to the station.…