BROWSE BY DESTINATIONS
Raw travel stories, wildlife encounters, field journals, and strange histories from deserts, jungles, coastlines, and the roads between them.
Practical guide for travellers who might want to follow the same route.
16 Days from Phuket: Islands & Jungle
Most Thailand itineraries try to show you everything. This one starts in Phuket, then escapes into rainforest, quiet islands, limestone coves and sea days that feel much further away.
Maya Bay? Don’t Go. Go Here Instead.
Hollywood chose one beach for us. I went looking for the places it ignored: four raw islands near Phuket with cliffs, wild sea and real escape.
What to Do in Phuket? Leave.
Phuket was beautiful, but it wasn’t the Thailand I had dreamed about in National Geographic as a child. Forty minutes away, two islands were quietly waiting.
Where to Stay in Phuket for Quiet.
Phuket is beautiful. It is also loud, staged and increasingly hard to escape. I went looking for the parts that still breathe. These are the six places I’d actually stay.
Phuket to Khao Sok: Bus or Transfer?
The journey is easy. The annoying part is working out whether your ticket takes you to Khlong Sok, the national park entrance or somewhere useful at all.
3 Days in Khao Sok: Beyond the Lake
Most people chase the lake. I’d start where Khao Sok gets stranger: the village, the rainforest trail, the night sounds, then the floating bungalows once the jungle has already reached you.
Where to Stay in Khao Sok. My Honest Mistake
Not sure where to stay in Khao Sok? This guide compares Khao Sok village, riverside lodges and Cheow Lan Lake floating bungalows, with honest advice from my own trip so you can choose the best base before booking.
Ethical Elephant Sanctuary Phuket: No Riding, No Bathing, No Feeding
A blunt guide to visiting an ethical elephant sanctuary in Phuket without falling for the usual riding, bathing, feeding and “but it looks cute on Instagram” nonsense.
Khao Sok Village Guide: Jungle Trek
Everyone talks about Cheow Lan Lake, but Khao Sok Village is where the jungle actually reached me: the national park entrance, the long self-guided trail, night safari, and the forest side people skip too fast.