Life and living in Bangkok as an expat. From buying condos to daily life,shopping and cooking.
A vacation to Southeast Asia may be a life-changing experience, exposing people to a whole new universe of sights, sounds, and experiences. Maintaining your cash while travelling may be challenging if you are unfamiliar with the local currency or banking system. This is especially true in multinational settings. Preparing ahead of time is critical for […]
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Have you ever watched the Alan Partridge episode Watership Alan (S1E3). There is a recurring ladyboy theme following Alan’s fascination with the famous transsexuals of Thailand, and the episode is just British comedy gold. “Come on…. Tell About Me About the Ladyboys” (video below and you can thank me later). Anyway, there has always been
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This is a 2022 update of my earlier adventures to Bangkok Little India in Phahurat. And while my perception of the area hasn’t changed a whole lot, given that Indian influences really are not overly obvious, there’s a better range of Indian foods in the lower Sukhumvit area, and there are more intriguing Indian temples/shrines
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This was not so much about me sharing the sweet custardy delight of durian with my loved ones back home. But more for the challenge and adventure of travelling with this notoriously stinky fruit, which is pretty much banned from public transport, hotels and airlines in Thailand. “No Durian Allowed”. And I really just thought
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These are edited excerpts from our book A Potato in a Rice Field: Fanfan also takes on a project during our year in Broken Road, where she would document a cookbook with the favourite recipes of rural grannies (including Thai Pumpkin Curry). Although the project proved trickier than we expected, given almost every granny in
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‘Lao Khao’, or ‘White Spirit’, as it translates in English, is a popular and potent rice whisky synonymous with Isaan as well as alcoholism in the rural parts of Thailand. And it is an alcohol that is widely available throughout all of Thailand, where it is sold by the bottle from pretty much every store
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These are edited excerpts from our book A Potato in a Rice Field: Through 2015 I was living with a local family in rural Thailand, I in the small village of Broken Road (Thanon Hak) found in the rural rice fields of Buriram Province of Northeast Thailand. A region better-known as Isaan. So we are
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This post is more for expats and digital nomads who run their own media while travelling or basing themselves in Thailand. At the same time, I have had so many frustrations through the years with Bangkok Printing Services, for even the most basic of prints. And I really just want to share my own frustrations
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Located just off the coast of Pattaya, Koh Larn is the nearest island to Bangkok, or at least it is the most accessible island when it comes to tourists. As it is easy enough to visit Koh Larn on a day-trip even, where travel from Bangkok to Koh Larn Island in Pattaya takes in-and-around 3
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No matter where you are in Bangkok, a 100 Baht taxi ride will pretty much always find you well off the tourist path, which really is a simple ratio thing given Bangkok is a city of over 8 million. And I will always much prefer to explore in the evening hours, after the peak time traffic,
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