Tag: Pak Chong

THAILAND | 5 Things to Do in Khao Yai National Park

.Reading time 22 minutes.

Khao Yai National Park, a 2.5-hour drive northeast of the Thai capital of Bangkok, is the third largest national park in the country. Established in 1962, it is the oldest national park in Thailand and was declared part of a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005, together with other protected areas in the Dong Phaya […]

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THAILAND | Khao Yai Bat Cave — Flight of a Million Bats

.Reading time 14 minutes.

I glanced at the clock on the car’s digital display screen. It was 5:15 p.m. Navigating along a bumpy, dirt road, I rolled past the Wat Tham Sila Thong temple tucked away at the foothills of towering limestone cliffs in the Pak Chong district of Thailand. Someone on TripAdvisor cited the temple as a good […]

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THAILAND | A Little Piece of Europe in Khao Yai

.Reading time 14 minutes.

The world, it seems, has a deep fascination with Europe. From the Bavarian-inspired town of Leavenworth, Washington in the United States of America to the Dutch-like town of Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki, Japan, or China’s replica of Paris in Hangzhou, many seem obsessed with recreating a piece of Europe back home. In Thailand, three […]

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