Exploring Bangkok from shopping malls to night life. Living as an expat in Bangkok Thailand and daily life.
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 …
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 …
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. Anyway …
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) …
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 a Thai yesteryear of periods which I could …
I still haven’t set my TV channels since moving to Bangkok two years ago. Mostly because I am lazy. With TV to play with I am guaranteed to spend more time flicking channels than being productive. Leading my new life in Southeast Asia I read books and aspire to be cultured. Instead with no TV …
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 in at Chatuchak Park after a sweaty morning at the neighbouring JJ Weekend Market. The last time …
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. For buying pets at JJ Market there are cheaper and better alternatives. Our Own Pets Our first pet came from JJ Market – Burger a …
My girlfriend 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 old …
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). …