Thai Countryside Scenes (page 1 of 6)

Hi there, Yesterday in the Thailand section, 100% of the new threads were just about beach destinations 😕... So here’s the counterattack in the form of this photo thread, dedicated solely to the countryside: the locals, their livestock, fields, farms, rice paddies, small rivers, and agricultural machinery. If you’ve got any pictures that fit these categories, feel free to add them! Comments welcome. For each photo, I’ll (or you can) indicate the area where it was taken.

Kanchanaburi:

Kanchanaburi:

Sri Chiangmai:

Soppong:

Tha Wang Pha:

The country just the way we love it. Well, we love all its sides!

Hi everyone.

Kanchanaburi



Kanchanaburi



Koh Yao Yai

Finally, we love all its facets.

To all of us, yes.

Thanks for starting this photographic conversation. Great lighting on the farmer’s sidecar in his rice field. Sugarcane is one of the main crops in Kanchanaburi Province, and during the right season, these trucks transporting it (sometimes in convoys) are a common sight on Route 323. Watch out for the frequent falling canes if you're in the vehicle behind.

Great topic. I’ll try to join in!

Mae Salong:



Tha Ton:



Kanchanaburi ("in" the sugarcane fields):



Thung Chang:



Thung Chang:

Stunning photos. Well done!

Ban Tha Song Yang (on the other side of the river, Myanmar):



Sangkhom:



Soppong:



Kanchanaburi:



Ta Wang Pha:

I’d spotted it online—the area around Ban Tha Song. Hardly anyone makes it there. Gotta say, you’re quite the adventurer! 🙂

Gorgeous photos… they really make me want to revisit the countryside…

I’d spotted it online—the area around Ban Tha Song

Ban Tha Song Yang or just Tha Song Yang? Two separate villages on the same Route 105. Since "ban" is just a prefix meaning "village," you could say both have the exact same name—so much so that even cartographers often mix them up, merging them into one spot despite the ~50 km between them (same thing on Google Earth). Both sit along the Moei River, which forms the border with Myanmar in this area.

Tha Song Yang: the southernmost of the two, about 2 hours by songthaew north of Mae Sot. A really peaceful, pleasant spot with hang yao service for locals crossing between the two countries. A few places to stay (including a decent hotel), some street food stalls, a market, and a 7-Eleven. Transport: six daily songthaews covering the full Mae Sot–Mae Sariang route, plus a songthaew every 20 minutes from Mae Sot to Tha Song Yang.

Ban Tha Song Yang: about 50 km farther north. Also peaceful and quiet, with a steady flow of hang yaos shuttling locals between the two countries. Thai is barely spoken here, and English isn’t at all—Karen is the dominant language. A few food stalls and a small market for meals, but no accommodations (so a soup vendor let me sleep in her shop after bringing me a mat, mosquito net, fan, and a multi-dish meal from her home). Transport: the same six daily songthaews that run the full Mae Sot–Mae Sariang route.

Myanmar as seen from Tha Song Yang:

Thanks for these beautiful photos! 😊

Kanchanaburi:



Kanchanaburi:



Thung Chang:



Tha Ton:



Mae Salong:

Mae Sariang:



Bo Kluea: Mlabri children. (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlabri)



Sangkhom:



Sri Chiangmai:



Tha Wang Pa:



Kanchanaburi:

Kanchanaburi:



Kanchanaburi:



Kanchanaburi:

Hi there, What a great initiative! These photos really reinforce my idea of planning my next trip to a rural area, far from the crowds. I also have similar photos from my last trip, but since I haven’t covered that aspect yet in my travel journal, I’ll post them later once I’ve made more progress on it.

A boat trip on the Salawin River between Thailand and Myanmar is something else... light-years away from mass tourism.

The other river that also originates in China and partly forms the border in Thailand. Thanks.

The countryside around Sukhothai A few hours by tuk-tuk through the countryside around Sukhothai in February. There’s rice, heavily sprayed with pesticides by workers without protection.



A modern planting machine... broken down.



In a village, a fighting cock enthusiast and his trophies.



A "local whisky" distillery.



Women processing and drying fish.





And also the stark poverty along the roadside.

The countryside around Sukhothai

In a travelers' forum, it's rare to see the words "countryside" and "Sukhothai" together in the same sentence... Bravo and thanks for your series of photos.