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※This article contains photos of a festival in which people pierce their bodies with knives and other objects. If you are sensitive to this kind of imagery, please proceed with caution. There is a festival where people walk around with k...

A $30 million ship sits on dry land, decaying. (*As of March 2026, this ship has been dismantled following a fire.) I'd heard there was a giant ship-turned-ruin on Koh Chang. Five hours by bus from Bangkok, then thirty minutes by ferry. ...

There are alien rock paintings. I found this while researching a trip to Ubon Ratchathani, a town on the Laos border at the eastern edge of Thailand. A place called Pha Taem National Park. One and a half hours by plane from Bangkok, then...

I saw a striking Buddha statue on the cover of TRANSIT, a Japanese travel magazine, in their Thailand issue. I wanted to visit, but access was difficult. It's a temple in Khao Kho, Phetchabun Province—one hour by domestic flight from Ban...

Homemade giant rockets launched to call for rain. When I heard about a festival in northeastern Thailand where they launch homemade rockets for rain, I had to see it. In May, I landed at Ubon Ratchathani Airport, near the Laos border at ...