Bangkok Airport Closure in 2008: What Stranded Travellers Faced
How the November 2008 Suvarnabhumi airport closure stranded travellers, and what to check when flights are disrupted in Thailand today.
Private Buses in Thailand: Booking, Safety and Passenger Rights
Booking a private or overnight bus in Thailand? Learn how to vet operators, protect luggage, plan transfers and report a safety problem.
Travel warning for Samui
I think now is not the time to visit the full moon party or Samui island. I would not even fly or travel down south. Some parts of Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Songkhla, Patthani has been declared disaster zones and boats have been told to stay put. There have been ways as high…
Travel warning for Bangkok bomb warnings
The PM of Thailand is warning that “some people” might set off bombs during the funeral of the Princess of Thailand or this Loy Kratong weekend. He said that the Thai police have arrested several people with bombs. As usual the government does not say who this people are or what group they belong to.…
Samui in South Thailand disaster zone
Personal Thailand strongly advice you to skip this full moon party. If you are already on the way or there already you know that some streets are filled with 70 cm of water. This time of year people get stranded on Samui and other Island in South Thailand and accidents happen with speed boats when…
Travel warning for Thai Cambodian border
Cambodia and Thailand is now firing at each other along the border. After a long stand off the troops suddenly start firing and sending rockets. Reuters, the Thai government and the Cambodian government have confirmed this but they have not said who started the shooting. The Thai government has told Thai people to run for…
Travel warning for south Thai airports
The PAD in south Thailand threatening to close airports again and the five airports are Hat Yai, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani and Phuket. They told the press that they will start blocking the airports on Saturday when the new PM trying to visit his home town. The PAD wants him to back to…
Travel warning for Kho Chang
The floods in Thailand has not stopped and are getting worse. During the weekend the road to North Thailand was so flooded that the traffic was stopped. In the central parts of Thailand the government have warned people that the flooding might come there soon. Even in the popular resort of Kho Chang was flooded…