‘Less is more’ is now the prevailing wisdom, so long as their pockets are stuffed with Thai baht. The backpacker on a shoestring budget does not feature highly on the most-wanted list.

BANGKOK, Thailand — Where have all the gritty backpackers gone, those shoestring vagabonds from the West with soiled, baggy garb who considered body odor the badge of a true traveler.

But relatively untouched Thailand is still attracting intrepid backpackers. They come in all sizes, shapes, and colors, and from nearly all corners of the world. The one thing these young and not ...

The devastated dad of backpacker Hannah Witheridge shed tears ... Two men suspected of murdering British tourists arrive at court in Thailand The suspects, both aged 22, were arrested and ...

The first policeman to find the bodies of two British backpackers murdered on a beach in Thailand last year has described the brutal scene, as the trial of the two men accused of their murder began.

KOH SAMUI, Thailand (Reuters) - The final hours of two British backpackers killed on a Thai resort island last year were tracked by more than a dozen security cameras, a court was told during the ...

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Two Burmese migrants have been sentenced to death after they were found guilty of the brutal murders of two British backpackers in Thailand. The bodies of Hannah Witheridge, 23, and David Miller ...

‘Well, this is trippy,’ says Jake Coyner, as the makeshift polystyrene raft we’re sitting on floats along shallow waterways. He can’t help but laugh: just beyond the walls of a nearby ...

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A foreign backpacker making his first visit to Thailand was planning an island getaway in the South, but after a miscommunication he ended up in the North nearly 1,200 kilometres away. He also ...