Last year we visited Chiang Mai for the Thai new Year which is called Songkran and we did not make arrangements for any hotel accommodation, we though it was not necessary. However we discovered that Chiang Mai is really popular for people visiting there for Songkran. We did in the end find a hotel room but it took us a lot of searching.So my tip is that firstly Chiang Mai is one of the best places in Thailand to enjoy Songkran New Year festivities, we saw parades and there were so many thing go....

Most people only pass through Chumphon either going to or from Koh Tao or Koh Phangan. There are a few 2 star hotels in town, the Paradorn and the Jansom are reasonable hotels for an overnight stop in Chumphon. There is a small shopping mall and quite a few restaurants and places to eat in the central part of Chumphon.

This is a quiet beach and bay close to the town of Hua Hin which is on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand not far from bangkok. You can laze on the beach, visit the many temples, elephant rides and horse riding, beach and water sports.

This is a different kind of temple to the rest you see in Thailand. It is a series of statues that tell the story of the Ramayana and other statues from a local monks dream. Very dramatic. If this doesn't sound interesting to you, well sometimes statues aren't very interesting but these are. They were all made over a fifty year period and more are still being made as a local monk took it upon himself to fulfill his fathers work of making these statues based on a dream he had. ....

Hua Hin and Cha Am are adjoining beach resorts a few hours south of Bangkok. You can travel by road, plane or even train. Ideal as stopover point for onward travel down the Thai coast and to the Gulf islands. Not as well known as other Thai resorts and hence cheaper and although excellent facilities still retains the charm of a real Thai resort region.