Loy Krathong and Yi Peng Festivals, 2022
Thailand’s most beautiful and beguiling festival, Loy Krathong is enormously popular with Thais and visitors alike. Thousands of little candle lights and flowers drift down waterways…
Candle Festival Thailand, 2022
Marking the start of the green (or wet) season, the Candle Festival in July is amongst the most beautiful celebrations in Thailand. Extravagant, intricately-carved candle sculptures are shown off at…
Rocket Festival Thailand (Bun Bang Fai) 2022
Home-made rockets roaring into the skies, dirty humour, cross-dressing parades, mud fests and lots of rice wine – the centuries-old Rocket Festival Thailand, or Bun Bang Fai…
Eva Air Resumes London Bangkok Flights
EVA Air, Taiwan’s leading independent airline, has announced that it is to resume its London Heathrow – Bangkok service from July 2022. The first flight will leave on 3 July and the resumed passenger…
Songkran, Thailand Water Festival, 2022
.Songkran, or Thailand’s water festival, is an occasion of great fun especially in the major cities such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The whole country grinds to a halt as people are sprayed …
5 Fun Places to Visit in the World
Do you want to see some of the most beautiful heavenly sights on the planet? Take a look at some of the most exciting places to visit. There are lots…
Thailand Drops Pre Travel Covid Testing
Fully vaccinated travellers to Thailand can now enter the country without the need for pre travel covid testing, as part of the country’s Test & Go policy. No Pre Travel Covid Testing from 1 April,…
Where To Go in April 2022
As travel reopens Travel Begins at 40 has scanned the globe to collate our tips on where to go in April from Argentina to Mozambique, and from Washington DC to…
9 Festivals in February 2022 Around the World
Travel Begins at 40 rounds up the best festivals in February 2022 across the Globe, from Mongolia to Easter Island, so wherever you are you just can’t help celebrating the…
Chiang Mai Flower Festival 2022 in Thailand
The Chiang Mai Flower Festival is one of the most colourful events in Thailand attracting thousands of floral enthusiasts year on year. It’s not haphazard that Chiang Mai…
Monkey Buffet Festival, Lopburi, Thailand 2021
Lopburi, in Northern Thailand, is already famous for its Khmer temple crowded with monkeys, but every year in November the whole town goes ape when visitors from Thailand…
Phetchaburi UNESCO City of Gastronomy
Phetchaburi Province has been accepted as Thailand’s latest member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of Gastronomy. Phetchaburi is the fifth province in Thailand to have…
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