The only remotely tricky part of sending postcards from Thailand was the drive to the post office, everything else was a breeze.
We stepped into a gift shop at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center at the end of our visit there and I quickly spotted a selection of postcards with cute illustrations of Bangkok on them. The only difficulty here was choosing which ones to buy.
I carried these postcards along with me in my backpack on our flight from Bangkok to Koh Samui, where we went for a brief island getaway before coming to Chiang Mai. I filled them out leisurely by the pool, enjoying the 80 degree weather while reading friends’ social media posts from home about snow and freezing temperatures. The only difficulty here was a sunburn, due to my own foolish negligence.
Near the very end of our stay on Koh Samui, I decided that I didn’t want to bring the postcards on another flight, so I found the nearest post office on Google Maps and requested a stop there on our way to the grocery store. We rented a car on the island because the house we had booked for our stay was at the top of a very steep road. This afforded fantastic views, but made walking to and from the grocery store, or anyplace else for that matter, undesirable. Driving in Thailand is on the left, and a little chaotic, so my job was to remind Trevis which lane to be in and be a second set of eyes. We were relieved to spot a parking lot in front of the post office, but missed the entrance. The streets aren’t really laid out in a grid, so going around the block wasn’t an option. Trevis managed to back up far enough to get in the lot without running into any scooter drivers, whew!
Once inside there was no wait, I just handed the clerk my cards and said “to USA” and she verified how many there were before displaying the price in Thai Baht on her calculator, then went to get the stamps, and applied them. We paid and left – probably the easiest post office visit so far.
Mailed: Dec 13, 2025
Received: TBD
Postcards each: 40 THB
Postage each: 60 THB
