Discover Thailand - eating insects for dinner or traditional Thai food?

We were recently in Thailand on a trip with +AbercrombieKent where we undertook a number of challenges with them to take us closer to the Thai experience and culture.

During our trip, we stayed in luxury of course - Abercrombie & Kent is all about that. In Bangkok we stayed at the Mandarin Oriental, in Chiang Mai at 137 Pillars House, then we finished up with a stay at Banyan Tree Phuket. The accommodation was fantastic, but so was the service.

We were escorted on the trip by A&K guides, Sarah, Joey and Peo, whose knowledge and expertise of our destinations helped us connect ever deeper with Thailand.

But we also got closer to life in Thailand in a way that we hadn't in six previous visits to what is one of our favourite countries.

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This is the first in a series of challenge videos we filmed while we were there.

There are many cool, exciting and glamorous things to do in Thailand. Many ways to enjoy luxury travel in Thailand - it's a country that delivers luxury in abundance.

But Sarah didn't expect that she'd be feasting on grasshoppers, crickets, silkworms and more at new Bangkok fine dining restaurant, Insects in the Backyard.

Terry meanwhile claimed his pescetarian diet (yes, he will eat fish but no meat), meant no eating insects for dinner for him. Instead he ate at Issaya Siamese Club. It wasn't a traditional meal as such, Issaya delivers a modern fusion of great Asian flavours, but he had the kinds of foods you'd more usually expect from a Thai kitchen - prawns, soft shell crab and scallops.

But the question is, which meal would you have chosen?

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Look out for more videos in this series of challenges. We also unearthed some fabulous traditional buys on a shopping challenge, learned to cook Thai food, Muay Thai boxing, Thai massage, local crafts and to make some heady sundowners.

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