A travel journal from Bangkok
What a Thai pays, what the drive is like, and the ledger for every entry.
I’m The Kept Journal — a Thai software engineer in Bangkok who drives, flies and rides to the places this channel covers, then writes down what it actually cost. Every entry carries a real ledger in THB and USD, a drive note if there was one, and the Thai-side detail a Western-made travel video usually skips. Written in the car, on the raft, on the boat — English first, Thai when it matters.
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All trips →Thailand · 10 Oct 2026 – 13 Oct 2026
Kanchanaburi Deep: Erawan, Hellfire Pass and the Kwai Noi
The default 3-day answer for most people — a real waterfall, real war history, and a river to sleep on, all inside a 2h drive.
Planning estimate ≈ ฿1,262 pp
Thailand · 23 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Chanthaburi: Gem Market, Cathedral and the Chao Lao Coast
The coast town Bangkok drives past: the gem-and-durian economy, the old waterfront, Chao Lao beach.
Planning estimate ≈ ฿788 pp
Thailand · 5 Dec 2026 – 7 Dec 2026
Nan: Doi Phu Kha and Bo Kluea
Fly in, rent a car, Pua–Bo Kluea over the sky road — driving here as a Thai.
Planning estimate ≈ ฿2,003 pp
Thailand · 31 Dec 2026 – 3 Jan 2027
Khao Sok & Cheow Lan Lake
New Year on a Cheow Lan Lake raft house — the hosting-friends test.
Planning estimate ≈ ฿2,733 pp