The Rough Guide to Thailand

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Ron Emmons thanks to Chumsaeng Na Ayutthaya (Chiang Khan), Benjaporn Sombatmaithai (Surin), Payungsak Inchai (Ubon Ratchathani), Brent and Tun Fenneman (Ubon Ratchathani), Siraphat Thongsiri (Khao Yai National Park), Julian Wright (Nong Khai), the staff at TAT Udon Thani, Pattaraporn Paisoon and Patcharat Noiwanna (Loei), Pattaraporn Buaprommee (Khon Kaen), David Knapp (Ko Si Chang), Wanpen Chanthariya (Pattaya), Thanyaporn Thirawat (Pattaya), Maneenuch Assavanichakorn (Ko Chang) and Alessandro Orsi (Ko Kood).

Marco Ferarrese thanks to Andy Turner who commissioned me on this guide, Georgia Stephens who picked it up when he left, and Tom Fleming who edited it. A special thanks with hugs goes to my wife Kit Yeng Chan, who offered her car, was my co-pilot, and a perfect moral booster during this umpteenth research trip. At last, a strong heads up to all the people who helped me out in a way or another during the different legs of the research trip, in particular Maneenuch Assavanichakorn at Centara.

Paul Gray thanks to Anne Bachmann, Mike Barraclough, Lucy Ridout, Josep Marti Romero and Ron Emmons; Marion Walsh in Bangkok; Evelien in Kanchanaburi; Tan and Michel in Sukhothai; Fhu and Ung in Nan; Kung in Chiang Khong; Suda in Chumphon; and Tuppadit Thaiarry and all the staff at Avis. Big thanks to Gade and Stella, who make everything possible.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Ron Emmons (ronemmons.com) has been based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, since the late 1980s. He has contributed to several editions of The Rough Guide to Vietnam and The Rough Guide to Thailand, and has updated guidebooks to Southeast Asian destinations for National Geographic, Frommer’s and DK Books. His travel articles and images regularly appear in international publications.

Marco Ferrarese (marcoferrarese.com and monkeyrockworld.com) first came to Thailand in 2007 to escape a frigid Chinese winter, and has kept visiting the country’s well-trodden and plain obscure corners from his home base of Penang, Malaysia. Besides writing for Rough Guides, he covers Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East for a number of international publications that include Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, Nikkei Asian Review, The Guardian, BBC Travel, Adventure.com and many regional in-flight magazines.

Paul Gray After twenty years of toing and froing, Paul settled down in Thailand. He is author of The Rough Guide to Bangkok, and co-author of The Rough Guide to Thailand’s Beaches and Islands, as well as The Rough Guide to Ireland, and has edited and contributed to many other guidebooks, including an update of his native Northeast for The Rough Guide to England.