One Month in Thailand With Our 10-Month Old: Our Full Travel Diary

One Month in Thailand With Our 10-Month-Old: Our Full Travel Diary

Travelling long-haul with a baby can feel overwhelming, but our month in Thailand with 10-month-old Myla turned out to be one of our most unforgettable adventures yet. From Bangkok’s chaos to island sunsets, massages, motorbikes, beach days, and a few “well-that-wasn’t-in-the-plan” moments. Here’s exactly how our month unfolded.

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The Journey to Thailand

We set off on Sunday evening from Jersey on the 6pm flight to Heathrow. Myla was grumpy and overtired on this one, the classic “why am I on a plane at bedtime?” mood.

Our next flight at 9.20pm to Doha was MUCH better. With the bassinet in front, she slept most of it, zipped in snug and cosy. We had just one hour to rush through the airport for our final 6-hour flight to Bangkok. Doha airport is so well equipped, an hour is actually enough. If you are too tight for time there will be someone there waiting for you with a sign for your specific connecting flight.

The curry on the first flight was actually really good, which is rare for plane food! Vicky actually loves the plane food, Dom on the other hand, not so much.

On the Bangkok leg, Myla slept for the first part and then spent the rest of the time playing, smiling and waving at everyone sitting up in her bassinet, and watching the TV with her tiny headphones on. So cute.

We landed in Bangkok around 6.30pm, met Dom’s brother, Seb… and discovered the car seat had gone missing. After ages of searching, no luck and we had to leave without it. A great start!

Taxi to Pattaya: 1200 baht, around £28.

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Pattaya (Pullman Resort)

Our first base was the Pullman Resort on the beach, we booked a villa room with pool access, breakfast included, and thanks to hotel discounts it came to around £60 per night for three nights. Huge win.

Dom played football on our first night while I had a cocktail and dinner before crashing into bed.

What we got up to:

• Pool days with Myla splashing about

• Terminal 21 Mall

• Ripley’s Believe It or Not

• Italian dinner in the mall (just okay)

• Accidentally locked Dom out of the room… oops

• Sanctuary of Truth, amazing. This amazing temple actually features in the recent film, ‘The Creator.’

• Nong Nooch Gardens with dinosaurs (Myla loved this)

• 3 Mermaids Restaurant for sunset, gorgeous setting, not so great service

• Night Bazaar for cheap bits and souvenirs

Then it was time to pack up again.

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Koh Samet — Island Life With a Baby

Taxi to the pier → speedboat to Koh Samet: 800 baht return each (valid for a year- how lovely it would be to stay on the island of Koh Samet for a year).

The speedboat took 20 minutes with a LOT of bags, but Seb was there to help.

Taxi up to Pandora (150 baht for all of us). The staff here are just incredible. They really make it, the two big outdoor pools and cocktails are also great.

Our days on Koh Samet quickly fell into an easy rhythm:

• Breakfast: cereal for Myla, who was sleeping through the night with no feeds (dream!)

• Motorbike rides around the island

• Beach hopping

• Lots of pad Thai, rice dishes, and the occasional 7/11 ice cream

Highlights:

• Silversands Restaurant, £2.50 pad Thai!

• Ao Prao Beach Resort (this place actually became our wedding venue in April 2025 ), INCREDIBLE beef massaman, mango sticky rice, and coconut ice cream

• All the Thai waiters absolutely adored Myla

• Sunsets on the beach with cocktails/mocKtaiIs

• Evenings at Reef, Audi Bar, Naga Bar

• A BBQ night at Ao Prao with a fire show

One morning at Brown Cabin turned into one of our favourites: croffles, coffee, and views over the fields. Bliss.

We also checked out:

• Jubilee Beach

• Samed Ploy Sea restaurant

• Baan Ploy Sea (great food!)

• Kai Saew Beach with a gorgeous resort café

A few of the funny / chaotic moments:

• A gecko jumped out of the cereal bowl just as I was about to eat. It has been hiding in the cereal box and had camouflaged itself to look like the cereal!!!

• I kept getting eaten alive by mosquitoes.

• A couple of hangry moments with overcrowded restaurants and no pasta for Myla.

• Dom’s elbow randomly massively swelled up, cue pharmacy run.

Special memories:

• Myla’s first tooth came through on 9 March!

• A 6-island boat trip on my mum’s birthday, perfect sunshine and calm seas

• So many Thai women stopping to talk to Myla. They absolutely loved her.

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More Island Days, Swimming, Sunsets & Massage Runs

Most days were beautifully simple:

• Breakfast at Jump at Sea (their French toast and fruit became a habit, just delicious!)

• Pool time

• Beach time

• Motorbike adventures

• Massages. 200 baht (around £5) for 30 minutes and genuinely some of the best we’ve had

• Fire shows on the beach

• Foot scrubs and pizza at Reef

• Fruit smoothies from Baan Ploy Sea

• Myla playing with sand, shells, and other babies she met

We met a few people at the resort we became friendly with,Christine, Griff, and a few others, and had a handful of nights out sitting under string lights, eating spring rolls, and chatting by the sea. It just goes to show that age or background doesn’t matter, there’s something about life in Thailand that brings everyone together.

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A Rainy Day Escape to the Mainland

One Thursday the power was due to be off on the island for the whole day, so we decided to make an adventure out of it.

• 9am slow boat to Ban Phe (60 baht)

• Wandered through the little market

• Tuk tuk to the Rayong Aquarium, only 30 baht entry and surprisingly pretty good.

• Found a small shop selling shell crafts and bought a beautiful hanging display for £6

• Long tuk tuk ride to Grand Blue Resort

• Beach (sadly full of rubbish), pizza, and chips

• Struggled to get a taxi… finally found a Bolt driver

• Missed the slow boat, so took a fast boat back for 150 baht

• Power was back on as we arrived!

One of those chaotic travel days that turns into a favourite story.

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Final Island Days

Our last few days on Koh Samet were beautifully slow:

• Daily breakfasts at Juliette or Jump at Sea

• By the pool until Myla’s naps

• Pad Thai, cashew chicken, toasted sandwiches ( a 7/11 cheese and ham toastie is just delicious)

• A little beach clean with a man from Italy and a worker from a local resort, we filled FOUR bags with plastic and rubbish

• Dom went plant shopping on the back of someone’s moped (this took 60 minutes because the resort driver didn’t know where to stop, the funny experiences that arise due to language barriers)

• Ordering Lazada parcels (similar to Amazon, super cheap, however some never arrived, island life!)

• Lots of cocktails enjoyed on the balcony at sunset

• Pack, repack, swim, repeat

The resort staff loved Myla, Noi is one of Myla’s besties and she rushed to say goodbye before we left. 🙏🤍

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Jomtien & Pattaya — Final Days Before Flying Home

Taxi from Koh Samet to Jomtien: 800 baht

Hotel: Centra by Centara Maris Jomtien.

Hotel was lovely, huge pool, good facilities.

What we did:

• Walked to the Floating Market, very hot and sticky walk, 200 baht entry

• Tried a fish pedicure (never again!)

• Bought an elephant picture

• Wandered through Walking Street early before it got wild

• Dinner at Hard Rock, really good!

• A day at Ramayana Waterpark, SO worth it

• 1000 baht entry

• Super clean and chilled

• Myla had two women watching her while we did a slide (amazing)

• Shopping at Terminal 21 and Central Festival

• Foot massages, nails off (£5!), smoothies, fries, early nights

Our very last morning was relaxed:

• Breakfast

• Big C supermarket

• Packing

• KFC by the pool

• Taxi to the airport at 4pm

• And homeward bound 💛

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Final Thoughts

Travelling Thailand with a 10-month-old wasn’t always easy, but it was FULL of magic.

We learned:

• Babies travel SO much better than you expect

• Thailand is incredibly baby-friendly

• Good food, cheap massages and the warmest people make everything easier

• Slow island days are perfect for life with little ones

• And the hard moments (rain storms, mosquitoes, lost car seat, cereal lizard) turn into the best memories

After a month of beaches, sunsets, massages, scooters, pad Thai, boat trips and baby giggles… we would do it all again in a heartbeat.

If you want help planning your own Thailand adventure , with or without a baby, just drop us a message. We’d love to help you experience all of this too.