Map guides

Thailand reads better from above

Each guide is a scrolling story: the camera settles on a destination, and every stop lands on a dated, sourced figure: measured in our database with its sample, or taken from a named public source.

  1. Episode 1 · 9 chaptersThailand, seen from aboveSix markets, one survey. Scroll, and the camera comes down on each destination; every stop lands on a figure measured in our database, with its date and its sample.Survey of 23 September 2026Read the guide →
  2. Episode 2 · 9 chaptersBangkok followed the railIn 1999, Bangkok's first elevated railway ran through a city that was already built. Since 2020, 44.6% of completed condominiums have been delivered within 500 metres of a station already in service. Decade by decade, this is how the rail redrew the map of the city's towers.Survey of 23 September 2026Read the guide →
  3. Episode 3 · 8 chaptersThe riverThe Chao Phraya carried Bangkok long before the rail did. On its banks, 61% of condominiums rise to 30 floors or more, against 23% in the rest of the city, and the median square metre sells at the price of the neighbouring streets: it is at the top of the market that the river makes the difference.Survey of 23 September 2026Read the guide →
  4. Episode 4 · 10 chaptersPhuket or Koh Samui: two islands that keep different timeThey are often treated as two versions of the same island. They do not face the same sea, do not get their rain in the same months and do not sell the same thing. Each step stops on a figure from our survey of 23 September 2026, with its sample size.Survey of 23 September 2026Read the guide →
  5. Episode 5 · 10 chaptersHua Hin or Pattaya: two towns by the seaNeither is an island. They are two mainland towns looking at each other across the Gulf, and often taken to be interchangeable. Their villas are priced the same; almost everything else diverges. Each step stops on a figure from our survey of 23 September 2026.Survey of 23 September 2026Read the guide →
  6. Episode 6 · 14 chaptersHealthcare in Bangkok (and beyond)Bangkok has 30 hospitals accredited by Joint Commission International. We placed them on the map, then counted the developments around them: in the capital, one in three lies within 1.5 km of one of them. Outside the capital, the question becomes one of travel time.Survey of 23 September 2026Read the guide →
  7. Episode 7 · 10 chaptersThe international schools of BangkokIn and around Bangkok, 47 schools declare an international accreditation. They trace a corridor to the south-east, away from the Sukhumvit towers where housing supply is concentrated. Around them, large apartments remain the exception.Survey of 23 September 2026Read the guide →
  8. Episode 8 · 10 chaptersGolf and marinas: where to play, where to moorThailand's collaborative map shows 146 named golf courses, and we retain 9 marinas whose operators advertise berths. Set against the developments we track, they draw two geographies: golf around Bangkok and along the east coast, boats on Phuket's east coast. Each step stops on a figure from our survey of 24 September 2026, with its sample size.Survey of 24 September 2026Read the guide →