Exploring Bangkok from shopping malls to night life. Living as an expat in Bangkok Thailand and daily life.
Having lived in Bangkok 3 years and travelled back and forth for 10 I thought its time to add my own take on top Bangkok attractions. While it’s been long since I did touristy stuff I do still host the occasional visitor and to keep them entertained I use often follow the same set itinerary …
This is an earlier experience of life in rural Thailand, which shares the initial setting for a book we wrote called a Potato in a Rice Field: A Year Living in Rural when we went back to basics to live a rustic simple life in Thailand’s rural rice fields. As Fanfan was born in rural Thailand …
Just another evening in Sripatum University. 5PM is when the University begins to empty and the common areas come to life with student groups congregating for randomness. Each week I find myself sat in the middle of it fiddling with my laptop. I don’t know what happened at my UK university after hours (I never went). …
People often talk about Bangkok as if it’s “another world” and “a once in a lifetime destination”. But, in theory, you could leave work at 17:00PM Friday evening in the UK, and spend the weekend, and still be in work by 09:00AM Monday. At the same time, I’m in no way saying it’s a good …
When in Isaan I would cycle pretty much daily in the local village and through the rice fields, a habit which I have taken to many destinations, apart from Bangkok, as it really isn’t well known for being a bike friendly city at all. Because the city centre areas will always be near impossible to find …
It has been over 7 years now since I first moved to Bangkok, yet I am still relatively clueless when it comes to the day trips from Bangkok. Which is partly to do with my laziness, I guess, but also it is a reflection on just how many Bangkok Day Tours there are available. So, …
At times I have spent longer in traffic between Sukhumvit and the Bangkok Riverside than on the Euro Tunnel between London and Paris. Which is a stupid analogy, I know, but it does show how a “quick” day out to the Bangkok Chao Phraya River can be comparable to a short break or holiday. And, …
I was at Bangkok Planetarium for one reason only – Space Ice Cream – Ice cream which won’t melt at room temperature. When I tell people about space ice cream they think I’m a liar… but it’s real, proof below. Better known as freeze-dried ice cream the water is removed from normal ice cream by a freeze-drying process. …
My New Year’s Resolution is ‘to maybe do a bit more exercise’ so finding the gym monotonous I look for an exciting alternative nearby. Cycling in Benjakiti Park. Benjakiti is a central Bangkok Park near Asoke with cheap bike rental (40 Baht/Hour). The park is a short walk from the Bangkok subway (Queen Sirikit MRT Station) and the …
Now closed. Like car boot sales back home only the cars are cool and the junk is interesting. Rot Fai market brings a maze of retro with an Asian twist on nostalgia. Familiar but unfamiliar. Thai advertising art, Asian games and toys, vintage weird stuff. It brings a glimpse of Thai yesteryear of periods which I could no …
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