Three Stylish Ideas For Your Thailand Travel

Although the former fishing village and current city of sin is stuffed with skeez, fake everything and drunken tourists, it's somewhere you have to see at least once to believe.

Admittedly, it's a bit cheesy naming Pattaya as the Top Hotel in Thailand place to visit here. It contains hiking trails, some truly dense jungle, and lots of wildlife. Check out the Huay Kha Kheng Wildlife Sanctuary, a 3,000-square-kilometer UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Today it's a popular getaway for nature seekers. Another miniature province north of Bangkok, the name means City of Lions, so it's no surprise that we suggest you check out the Khai Bang Rachan Heroes Park. If you're this far out of the city, check out the insane Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a temple so big that it looks like a massive flying saucer from overhead.

Pathum Thani is another province that's hard to distinguish from Bangkok. Take a trip to Tham Bo Ya, a three-chamber cave filled with many Buddha images and a sacred spring. Nakhon Sawan is where the Ping and Nan rivers merge to form the mighty Chao Phraya, without which Bangkok would not exist.

Bangkok owes a lot to this province. Another province popular for weekend getaways among Bangkokians, Prachuap is where you'll find the country's revered beach resort of Hua Hin. Don't miss the World War II memorials in the main city of Kanchanaburi, which include a sobering war graveyard, historical parks, museums and the famous bridge over the River Kwai.

Bob Hope stopped over on a USO tour. Serving as a base for the U.S. 56th Air Commando Wing, it saw some of the fiercest fighting to take place on Thai soil during the Vietnam War. This far northeastern province has a violent history.

The park has an incredible Hindu temple on the edge of a 400-meter-high volcano, the central attraction being a shrine dedicated to Shiva. Outside of the capital, there's a nice wildlife sanctuary called Phu Wua Wildlife Reserve with plenty of trekking trails, waterfalls, wildlife and camping. Thailand's newest province, Bueng Kan, was officially created on March 23, 2011.

The most popular sight in this small but historically significant province is Wat Phra Tha Haripunchai, which dates back anywhere between 1,200 and 400 years, depending on what you consider the original structure to be. Debate aside, the 46-meter-tall chedi is as impressive as any you'll see in Thailand. There's not much golden or triangular about it, really, but spending time at the intersection of Laos, Myanmar and Thailand floating down the Mekong, trekking in the hills or learning about the area's drug trade at the Hall of Opium is worth a few days in addition to the city of Chiang Rai's attractions. Here I've distilled the list to the five most extreme blood pressure-dropping, anxiety-relieving activities you can try in the Land of Smiles.

From feeding and bathing elephants, to strolling among monk-filled temples, to learning how to make papaya salad, there is a multitude of stress-relieving activities to try in Thailand.