blogs about Bangkok

Chock-a-Block at Chatuchak

soumitra_biswas — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:30:13 -0700

Shopping, like whisky has been a true blue mood elevator for most of the people. So how do you gauge the mood of the vast populace swooping down in the weekends to a seemingly unending market with almost anything & everything on offer? We are talking about Chatuchak in Bangkok, the largest weekend market in the world and the mood out there is simply festive. A huge shopping extravaganza with 15,000 stalls spanning across 35 acres and 200,000 to 300,000 daily visitors on an average, this would certainly take your breath away!

Book review: Shinya tokkyu (Midnight Express) by Kotaro Sawaki

jani — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:44:39 -0700

Suddenly I thought: wasn't coming to this place the reason I had continued on my journey for so long? I was brought here by a countless series of coincidences. Those coincidences did not need a word like "god" to explain them; no, it was just the wind, the water, the light, and yes, the buses. Thanks to public buses I was brought here...

Soi Lang Suan -- Bangkok's Little Italy

jani — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:18:51 -0700

In the heart of Bangkok, just off the Chid Lom Skytrain station, lies a district of Bangkok well known by locals and expats, but that few tourists ever venture to. Between the leafy streets of Lang Suan Rd and Soi Tonson, strategically located between the busy business and shopping areas of Sukhumvit and Silom, is a cluster of serviced apartments, diplomatic residences, local boutiques ?

Soi Ari -- A Visit to Millionaire's Lane

jani — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:14:28 -0700

Most Bangkok visitors heading north on the Skytrain make a beeline for the Weekend Market at the end of the line, but next time, stop two stations before at Ari. Also known by the Thais as "Millionaire's Lane", the sois of this quiet residential district hide some of the most opulent mansions in the capital -- and some of the quirkiest hotels, restaurants and boutiques in town.

RTW2007: Bangkok, part 2

jani — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:17:38 -0700

I was supposed to arrive at Bangkok about an hour before my friend Z, but due to the take-off delay got there only 15 minutes before, and as the plane parked waaaaaaaaay at the other end (why does TG discriminate against itself like this? they did the same in Don Muang too!) I ended up catching her -- literally -- just before Immigration.

RTW2007: Bangkok, part 2

jani — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:17:38 -0700

RTW2007: Bangkok

jani — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:12:18 -0700

Before this trip, I'd just spent six weeks in India, dealing with difficult customers and managing to contract amoebic dysentery. After I arrived back in Singapore, I had a little over 24 hours to sort out a couple of months of accounting, personal and corporate taxes, my remaining shreds of social life, pack for the next 6-week trip and head back out to Bangkok, where I'd booked my RTW from, and where this story starts.

Earthquakes, Gamblers, Pirates and Oysters: Around the World in 60 Days

jani — Thu, 17 May 2007 09:02:44 -0700

It all started with an excuse. I "needed" to visit a conference of marginal utility (but serious potential for fun) in Puerto Rico, which would be located 11913 miles away from Singapore if there was a non-stop flight, which there of course isn't.