Eat at Pier 21 at Terminal 21 – Bangkok’s Newest and Best Food Court
Why you should eat at Pier 21 at Terminal 21 – Bangkok’s best food court As a fan of food courts in Bangkok, Thailand, I’ve always enjoyed eating…
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Shop at Lee Gardens Plaza, Hat Yai’s Biggest Shopping Venue
Hat Yai, in southern Thailand, is the country’s fourth largest city. In Thailand, that doesn’t mean much as, with only 155,000 people, Hat Yai would barely register on…
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NYCC New York Cheesecake at Crystal Design Center – Bangkok’s Best Cheescake – Really
On a trip to Bangkok, Thailand’s Crystal Design Center, don’t miss NYCC New York Cheesecake. A stand-alone restaurant that’s cutely designed, if nothing else the large Statue…
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Audrey Cafe and Bistro in Bangkok, Thailand – Beautiful Restaurant, Average Food, Pricey
Audrey Cafe and Bistro is the latest “in place” to see and be seen in Bangkok, Thailand. One of the largest restaurants I’ve ever been to in…
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Top Things to See and Do in Hat Yai, Thailand
Hat Yai is one of Thailand’s southernmost cities and Thailand’s fourth largest city. With around 160,000 people in the city itself and over 800,000 in the surrounding…
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Thai Army Doing Amazing Job During Thailand’s Floods
Up until recently, Thailand’s military has had a bad reputation. Decades of more coups than about 10 countries put together, shooting of unarmed citizens in Bangkok’s anti-government red…
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Free EFL/ESL Lesson Plan: Teach English Numbers Using Games
At a TEFL conference several years ago, I read several studies showing teaching EFL (English as a Foreign Language) to students of any age is even more…
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Trains North to Chiang Mai and Some South Trains Resume Service During Bangkok Floods
Good news for tourists planning on taking the train north to Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai, or down south to get to southern Thai cities, Thai islands or…
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How to Clean Your House Safely After Flooding in Bangkok, Thailand
As the flood waters in Bangkok, and elsewhere in Thailand, recede millions of people will be left with mounds of stinking mud, lots of garbage, hazardous chemicals,…
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Top Things to See and Do in Phitsanulok, Thailand
Phitsanulok is a southern Thai city that’s been around for more than 600 years old. It’s historically important as it was the birthplace of King Naresuan, as…
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Thank You BBC’s Karishma Vaswani For Honest Reporting About Floods in Bangkok Center
In the days of some pretty abysmal reporting about Bangkok’s floods from so many sources, including organizations like the BBC and CNN who sometimes don’t seem to know…
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Top Things to See in Samut Prakan, Thailand
If you prefer to see the real Thailand, and not one of thousands of tourist traps, then why not visit Samut Prakan, one of Thailand’s 76 provinces,…
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Bangkok’s “Special Flood Holidays” Should Not Be Extended
The Thai government of Yingluck Shinawatra is apparently considering extending the “special flood holidays” in Bangkok, which were initally meant to run from Thursday until this Monday (October…
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The Duke’s at The Emporium, Bangkok – Excellent Burgers, Yummy Pizza
Although Bangkok has thousands of restaurants where you can buy burgers, pizza and ribs, if you’re looking for an authentic, American-style gourmet burger, pizza or barbecued ribs,…
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Eat at Prachak Restaurant on Charoen Krung in Bangkok – Selling Noodles Since 1897
One of the most famous noodle restaurants in Bangkok, Thailand, if you’re a resident, is Prachak. Prachak is a Thai restaurant known for its authentic Thai noodles…
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95% of Bangkok Still Flood Free – No Water in Most of the City
If you watch the news, you can be forgiven if you think most of Bangkok is now under water. While the Thai news media is showing nothing but…
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Why Bangkok’s Traffic Jams are Some of the World’s Worst
Recently, I stumbled upon some old websites talking about traffic problems in Bangkok. Written around 10 years ago, they mentioned how Bangkok had one of the worst traffic problems…
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South-Bound Trains From Bangkok Cancelled Due to Floods, Roads Out of Bangkok Slow-Moving
While Thai authorities have continued to say travel to the south from Bangkok will be unaffected by the floods, it seems that is not necessarily true. The SRT…
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Floods Receding in Northern Bangkok? In Some Areas, Definitely
In the last few hours, the Bangkok Post and several other sources are reporting that areas of northern Bangkok that were beginning to flood more yesterday are already…
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The Royal Chitralada Project Fruit Drinks – Delicious and Inexpensive Canned Drinks
A few years ago, when I was still teaching in Bangkok, I was lucky to be able to go with my school on a school trip to…
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Twitter Tweets Causing Panic in Bangkok Floods – Stop Being So Irresponsible
While Twitter can be used for good, unfortunately in the case of Bangkok’s current flooding situation, in some cases Twitter is doing nothing but causing more panic as…
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Is the Airport in Bangkok Open in the Floods? Yes, Suvarnabhumi is Open
Bangkok – October 27th, 2011 – 9:55am Foreign news media seem to be getting confused during the current flooding situation in Bangkok, as a number are reporting “Bangkok…
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Are All 50 Districts in Bangkok Going to Flood? Don’t Believe Irresponsible Website Owners
THURSDAY – 9:15 am – October27th, 2011 – Bangkok Don’t believe all the shock headlines on websites all over Thailand. When you read “BREAKING NEWS: All 50 Districts…
