Month: April 2013

Whenever I go to the relatively new Government Office Center Complex just off Chang Wattana Road in Bangkok, Thailand, I’m blown away by how absolutely huge this building is. Large from the outside, with huge photographs of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej on several sides, when you actually get inside the Government Office Center that’s when …

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  First, let me say, I don’t buy that much cheap, delicious cake from Bangkok market stalls (I have to say that in case my mother is reading, so she won’t harp on about my ‘diet’). But, I do buy it occasionally and, when I do, I save at least 300 percent compared to the …

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  In the many years I’ve been in Thailand, one thing I have always loved is the Elephant Building. Known by the Thais as ‘Tuk Chang’, the Elephant Building is one of Bangkok’s most iconic buildings, seeing as how it’s absolutely huge, you can see it for meals and, oh yeah, it looks like an …

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    Let’s face it, you know Bangkok traffic is bad when your taxi driver puts the car in ‘park’ and reaches for his newspaper. That was what happened on my taxi journey this morning on my way from the Central Ladprao area of Bangkok to the immigration offices just off Chang Wattana Road. Traffic …

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The ‘wai’ in Thailand is a greeting that is used as a sign of respect. So, to have a plastic Ronald McDonald in Bangkok, Thailand copying the Thai wai while McDonald’s restaurants are feeding the country ‘food; (if that’s what you can call it) that isn’t even fit for a dog — it just makes …

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  I went to see three Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC) exhibitions on Friday with two Thai friends. It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to the BACC, and every time I go I always chastise myself for not going more often. Last Friday was no different. This time, the Bangkok Art and …

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