Thailand

I rode an elephant while I was vegan. I know… I feel pretty bad about it. Before I was vegan, I rode elephants on a pretty regular basis.  I worked with Intrepid Travel as a tour leader in Thailand between 2001 and 2003. Elephant riding had been an included activity on pretty much all of...Read More

Do you sometimes decide to take the train despite the plane being cheaper and a lot quicker?  Well, I don’t usually, but I was obsessed with the idea of taking the train for a recent jaunt up to Chiang Mai. I think the main reason I wanted to do this was to perhaps reduce my...Read More

The World Vegan Travel team has spent 8 years in Bangkok over the past 10 years and we have seen Bangkok turn from a place where vegan food was available but not necessarily highly accessible to a place with vegan abundance. Who remembers when most vegan places were just a hole in the wall? We...Read More

Many vegans want to spend time with animals when they come to Thailand. There are great ways to do this in some incredible places. Our last post focused on how to assess whether a place will meet a vegan’s high standards but, in case you want a pretty comprehensive list of places in Thailand, here’s one for you. Please...Read More