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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Entry 001 — Kanchanaburi — is the first. Until then, the trips being planned are below.
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2 trips so far8 planned· 2 countries
Trips being planned
All trips →Thailand · 6 Oct 2026 – 8 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 ≈ ฿5,046 pp
Japan · 16 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026
Japan: Takayama to Tokyo by car
Eight days on the ground (17–24 Oct, inside a 16–25 Oct trip), four friends, a self-drive rental car from Narita to Shinagawa and then three days in Tokyo: Takayama's old town, Hakuba and Matsumoto, a half day on foot in Kamikochi on the way to Fuji, two nights under Mount Fuji and the Five Lakes, Hakone on the way in, then DisneySea and the city.
Planning estimate ≈ ฿52,808 pp
Japan · 1 Nov 2026 – 8 Nov 2026
Kumano Kodo Nakahechi, solo
Planning estimate ≈ ฿35,485 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 ≈ ฿8,010 pp