Flights to Bangkok and Chiang Mai
Skyscanner compares every airline on the route, Thai Airways included, and shows the cheapest month. Bangkok is the hub; Chiang Mai is a one-hour hop for khao soi country.
Thailand
Go to Thailand. Eat everything.
The practical pieces of a food trip to Thailand, with the services we book ourselves. Prices are the same as going direct; the site earns a small commission.
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Hotels and guesthouses
Agoda has the deepest Thai inventory and often the best rates in Asia. Stay near a market: Bangkok’s Or Tor Kor, Chiang Mai’s Warorot.
Thai cooking classes
A half-day class with a market tour is the fastest way into the pantry. Chiang Mai has the best ones; Bangkok has the most.
eSIM for Thailand
Install before you land and skip the airport SIM queue. Maps, Grab and translation from the first minute.
Travel insurance
Scooter rides and street food are the best parts and the usual claims. Simple monthly cover you can start and stop.
Learn some Thai
Twenty words of market Thai change every meal: ped noi, mai sai nam tan, aroi mak. Short audio lessons.
Three things we wish we knew first
- Eat where the plastic stools are. The best som tum in any town costs under 60 baht.
- Order "ped noi" (a little spicy) the first day; you can always add prik nam pla.
- Buy a granite mortar in Thailand and check it in. It costs a fifth of the price abroad and lasts forever.
