One can be good, but there are times when two is just better. Where would Laurel be without Hardy, Fred without Ginger or Butch without Sundance? I can’t promise you will see any famous double acts when you visit Thailand, but I can give you more than two reasons why you should be booking that flight.

Two longtail boats at Ko Lipe

Two glasses of iced Thai coffee

Two giant elephant lanterns for the Yi Peng Lantern Festival in Chiang Mai

Two Thai monks survey the Buddha head in tree roots at Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya

Two Thai ladies carrying parasols during the Songkran New Year Festival

Two traditional salas at Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden, Chiang Mai

Two hammocks on Ko Adang, southern Thailand