Hi, I’m Karl - a long-time traveller to Thailand, splitting my time between the UK and the far north of Thailand.
I’ve been visiting since 2004 and still find new things to love every trip.
I share my experiences, thoughts, and travel moments here on my site and across my socials.
The Golden Triangle is one of those places in Thailand where the name alone immediately creates an image. Three countries, a huge river, misty mountains and a history that is closely associated with the opium trade. Located in the far north of Thailand, the Golden…
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Earith Bulwark: Exploring a 17th-Century Civil War Fort Hidden away in the Cambridgeshire countryside is an impressive reminder of one of the most turbulent periods in English history. Earith Bulwark is the surviving earthwork of a Civil War fortification built during the English Civil War,…
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There are plenty of supposedly haunted places around Britain, but Conington Level Crossing in Cambridgeshire has a particularly eerie reputation. Known locally and in paranormal folklore as “The Crossing of Death”, this remote railway crossing near Peterborough has been associated with a number of tragic…
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There are some places in Thailand where you arrive and immediately realise that photographs really don’t do them justice. Red Lotus Lake in Kumphawapi, Udon Thani, is one of them. Known locally as Talay Bua Daeng (ทะเลบัวแดง), the lake can transform into a huge carpet…
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There are plenty of unusual places to visit in Thailand, but Sala Keo Kou in Nong Khai has to be somewhere near the top of the list. Hidden away just outside Nong Khai in northeastern Thailand, Sala Keo Kou - also written as Sala Keoku,…
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