Jenn Chen recently had a great story in the IHT about how a growing number of people are renovating Bangkok’s once-neglected shophouses.
Here’s more info on shophouses. (I was lucky enough, last year, to check out a number of particularly well-maintained examples in Penang, Malaysia. And when I ventured further south, I stayed in a […]
The fine folks at Jaunted asked me to write a brief post about mistakes that tourists make in Bangkok. Here’s what I said.
Previously, Phil Lees — the author of the excellent blog Phnomenon — wrote about what not to do in Phnom Penh.
IHT/AP:
Bangkok’s old airport, Don Muang, was set to reopen Sunday to help ease congestion at the city’s troubled new international airport as its taxiways and main terminal undergo repairs, officials said.
They said Don Muang will handle some Thai Airways domestic flights and all routes for domestic budget carriers Nok Air and One-Two-Go.
“During the initial period […]
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That’s the subject of my most recent Gridskipper post.
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Tom Fuller had a great story in this weekend’s IHT. It’s about Bangkok’s successful campaign to curb air pollution:
Black smoke billowing from tailpipes into the humid, tropical air was once a Bangkok trademark. But a decade and a half after Thailand began a battle for better air quality, this erstwhile icon of smog has emerged […]
Last week I went down to Banglamphoo to eat fish and chips with Austin Bush, of RealThai fame. Check out his excellent description and pics. In the image above, I’m getting down to business with some fried snapper.
Last Sunday night A and I had the good fortune to attend the final of the biennial ASEAN football championship between Thailand and Singapore here at Bangkok’s Supachalasai Stadium. And our perspective was unique: we were in the media gallery down at pitch level, just behind the goal.
The sound of 40,000 Thai supporters cheering […]
My latest Gridskipper post is about a Bangkok design store called Propaganda.
I’ve finally gotten around to uploading a bunch of images from when my family was in town over the holidays. It was lots of fun to see everyone; my mom, step-dad, and little brother Colin came from South Carolina, while my brother Mechum popped over from Seoul. (His girlfriend K also joined us toward the […]
That’s the subject of my latest Gridskipper dispatch.
Yesterday I had the pleasure of undertaking a fantastic culinary adventure with my pal — and fellow Thailand blogger — Austin B, author of the excellent RealThai blog.
Austin is a gifted photog, a foodie’s foodie, and an old Siam hand. He’s got a great write-up of some of the delicacies we sampled on Langsuan […]
Seth Mydans has a good front-page story in today’s IHT. He sums up the theories regarding who might’ve orchestrated the new year’s eve bombings and weighs in on where Thailand may be heading:
A string of lethal bombs that disrupted New Year’s celebrations here has brought into the open a simmering confrontation between the ruling […]
I’ll still be posting about the new year’s eve bombings as news surfaces, but in the meantime I wanted to point out a great little New York Times travel story from Megan Cossey. It’s about Bangkok’s burgeoning lesbian scene, and it contains this excellent lede:
On the night of Sept. 19, military leaders in Thailand suspended […]
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Here in Bangkok, four days after the new year’s eve bombings, the mood is still tranquil. But the question remains: whodunit?
My buddy Dan Ten Kate has a good story in the Asia Sentinel:
“Thailand’s Bombing Mystery Gets Murkier: Allegations, conspiracy theories and bomb threats continue to swirl in Bangkok.”
A snip:
Although Thailand’s junta leaders have […]
The mood is calm in Bangkok today, despite the fact that nine small bombs exploded throughout the city last night, killing three and injuring 34. (Nine of the wounded were foreigners.)
My family and A and I had lunch and walked around central Bangkok this afternoon. All was calm.
Meanwhile, everyone’s wondering: who’s responsible for this […]
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