Exploring Bangkok from shopping malls to night life. Living as an expat in Bangkok Thailand and daily life.
I still haven’t set my TV channels since moving to Bangkok two years ago. Mostly because I am lazy, and with a TV to distract me, I am guaranteed to spend more time flicking through channels than being productive. I did hope to read books more and aspire to be cultured, but, yeah, that never …
Many of Bangkok’s better parks are found beside Skytrain or Subway stops along Bangkok’s convenient rail networks. Favourites include Benjasiri Park (BTS: Phrom Phong), Lumpini Park (MRT: Lumpini) and Chatuchak (MRT: Chatuchak, BTS: Mo Chit). Today we call into Chatuchak Park after a sweaty morning at the neighbouring JJ Weekend Market. The last time I …
There are large sections of JJ weekend market which sell all sorts of exotic pets. The shops range from air-conditioned and pedigree pets to stuffed cages selling cheap, mass-produced animals. When it comes to buying pets at JJ Market there are cheaper and much more ethical alternatives. Buying Pets in Bangkok Our first pet came from JJ …
Fanfan studies temple architecture. This means I study temple architecture. It also means I visit a lot of temples. Today’s temple is Wat Tri Thotsathep Worawihan. Following quick research on Lai Thai and the history of the Rattanakosin Era we call in at the Wat (Temple Compound). Wat Tri Thotsathep Worawihan is found in the …
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, …
This is more of a survival guide to Bangkok Malls. The silver linings which make hours of shopping misery somewhat bearable. I don’t like shopping. Shopping to me is as appealing as a kick to the groin. I hate kicks to the groin. But as a loyal husband I have no choice but to frequent …
With no travel plans in the immediate future I decide to travel to Bangkok, staying at a hostel in Asoke, two blocks from where I live now. This was more for research than anything, helping local tourism during troubled times while curious of how the coup and curfew has affected tourists and the tourism industry. Being …
Benjasiri park (aka Queen’s Park) is the local park for most Sukhumvit-ites, but despite this slightly bias fact, I honesty feel it is the best park in Bangkok. While the better known parks are Lumpini Park, or maybe even Chatuchak Park, they don’t really come close to Benjasiri Park for me and the main reason …
For travel from Bangkok to Koh Kret island there are a number of options available, some better than others. The obvious option would be by direct taxi to the Koh Kret pier which should cost around 200 Baht each way from the central Bangkok areas, but this will depend on traffic, and whether at taxi …
Having gone through this tedious and gruelling endeavor I thought I’d not waste my limited knowledge and instead share with everyone who may one day be forced to do the same. My beginners guide to buying Diamonds in Bangkok. So this was no doubt a one-off thing as I set out to buy an engagement ring …
