How to do it

Bamboo Travel (020 7720 9285; bambootravel.co.uk) can arrange a 16-day

holiday, taking in Bangkok, a street-food tour by tuk-tuk, trips on the klongs and Mekong river, a hill trek, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, a cooking class and a five-night stay in Krabi. From £3,195pp including B&B accommodation (plus three lunches and two dinners), international

and domestic flights

Covid rules

Fully vaccinated travellers can apply for

permission to enter Thailand (tp.consular.go. th) and must then take a PCR test no more than 72 hours before leaving the UK, and again on arrival

in Thailand