The Flight I Almost Missed Because I Didn’t Know Things My first international flight was to Singapore. I was 24. I had booked the cheapest ticket I could find (IndiGo from Chennai, non-stop, ₹14,500), packed everything I owned into a 25kg checked bag and a backpack that I was about to learn was 4kg overweight, […]
The Hotel Booking That Almost Ruined My Trip I want to tell you about a very expensive lesson I learned in Phuket. It was December. Peak season. I’d been too confident — “it’s a big island, how hard can it be to find a room” — and had not booked ahead. By 7pm on arrival
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A NOTE FOR 2026 VISITORS: Thailand’s street food scene has shifted in major cities — many vendors have moved into organised night markets and food courts. Bangkok’s Chinatown and Chiang Mai’s Sunday Walking Street remain the gold standard for authentic street food. The Water Rule is unchanged: tap water is still off the menu in
A NOTE BEFORE WE BEGIN: This list contains 50 dishes from 40+ countries. Some of them will require a flight. Some require a specific city. One or two require finding a specific dhaba, hawker stall, or hole-in-the-wall that has been doing one thing extraordinarily well for fifty years. All of them are worth it. Not
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A QUICK NOTE ON 2026 REGULATIONS: As of April 2023, Nepal mandates licensed guides for all foreign trekkers in national parks and most trekking regions. Solo foreign trekking in these areas is no longer permitted. Nepal has also fully transitioned to digital QR-code permit tracking at all checkpoints. This guide reflects the current 2026 regulations
A NOTE BEFORE YOU START: India is not a destination. It is an experience that happens to have borders. It will overwhelm you, enchant you, frustrate you, feed you better than anywhere else on earth, and send you home fundamentally changed. This guide was written with one purpose: to get you there properly prepared, so
⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This article is intended for adult travelers (18+) visiting Thailand. All venues, prices, and experiences mentioned are legal entertainment options. Thailand has specific laws around alcohol, public behaviour, and certain activities — always respect local laws, customs, and the dignity of everyone you encounter. The author and Food Travel Tech do not endorse
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Every year, some listicle tells you to buy a heated travel blanket and a UV-C phone sanitizer. Every year, those things end up forgotten at the bottom of a drawer or quietly abandoned at an Airbnb in Lisbon. This article isn’t that. This is the list built from actual travel — missed connections, 14-hour layovers,
Let me be straight with you: Thailand is not as cheap as it was in 2015. The cat’s out of the bag. Instagram happened. Digital nomads happened. Post-COVID “revenge travel” happened. And yet — Thailand is still one of the best-value destinations on the planet if you know where to look and what to skip.
