This is an Amazing Thailand travel blog (as a gateway to the greater Mekong region) with insider reviews of hotels in Bangkok, Pattaya, Koh Samui, Phuket, Chiang Mai and beyond. Tips on how to travel Thailand, and where to travel in the Thai kingdom. So use JING JING to plan your travel to Thailand -- ie flight to Bangkok -- find the best time to travel for festivals, Muay Thai, a local Thai Thai restaurant, and lots of fun stuff the Thais are famous for from Patong to Patpong to Phitsanuloke.
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
LAY Beach Club Makes Waves in Pattaya
In the heart of Thailand's vibrant Pattaya, a new hotspot has emerged, promising to revolutionise the city's nightlife and dining scene. LAY Beach Club, situated on Beach Road along the Gulf of Thailand's east coast, has officially opened its doors, offering an unparalleled beachside experience.
Monday, 15 September 2025
"Eat Spain Drink Spain" at LUZ Bangkok this Friday
Spanish market-themed evening on Friday at INNSiDE by Meliá Bangkok Sukhumvit
LUZ Bangkok Tapas Bar is set to celebrate its second anniversary in style with an "Eat Spain Drink Spain" evening on September 26, 2025. This rooftop venue, located on the 33rd and 34th floors of INNSiDE by Meliá Bangkok Sukhumvit, will transform into a Spanish spectacle, showcasing premium products and entertainment.
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
Flashback: Bangkok 25 years ago
Bangkok is very different from the rest of Thailand. It has a population of six million and a totally dysfunctional transportation system, which they are trying to fix by building raised freeways. As if that had helped any anywhere it was tried... During Bangkok's extensive rush hours, car exhaust forms a swirling smog in the main streets, and the noise is deafening. There is lots of construction, but the noise of the jackhammers is drowned out by the traffic. Crossing a street becomes a matter of courage, timing, and good judgment of the potential homicidal tendencies of the drivers. Unless everyone is hopelessly tangled again and nothing moves. Policemen wear smog masks here.
Monday, 8 September 2025
Flashback: Ko Samui 25 years ago
Ko Samui is a bit like Ko Phuket, only not as developed. The luxury resorts are missing, and rooms are cheap and simple. The island does make up for it by providing picture-perfect beaches and palm forests. The picture on the left shows the entrance to the hotel park with the huts to both sides, seen from the hotel beach.
Sunday, 31 August 2025
KANCHANABURI – DAY TRIP – BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
‘What a load of shite, eh?’ says Dick Lee, in a thick cockney accent. The octogenarian former-HQ dispatch rider is building up quite a head of steam about the 1957, seven-Oscar-winning blockbuster Bridge on the River Kwai. Ever since the movie premiered to worldwide acclaim, he has not been alone among ex-POWs who still voice their disenchantment.
Thursday, 28 August 2025
Meliá Chiang Mai’s signature restaurant Mai Restaurant & Bar's new menu
Supporting Local Sustainable and Organic Farming
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Banyan Tree Krabi: Where the Pristine Meets the Prehistoric
A Thai resort launches a Jurassic Explorer package for its guests.
The spectacular limestone cliffs and lush landscape of Krabi have returned to the silver screen as the primary film location of the blockbuster movie, Jurassic World Rebirth, which debuted worldwide on July 2, 2025.
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
North Phuket Unveils Strategic Destination Rebrand
Exciting news out of Thailand, with a group of hoteliers in Phuket coming together to launch a new campaign to attract more visitors to the less-developed north of the island.