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Seven Modes of Transport Around Bangkok
Last week I took two of my visiting guests (the third is Thai and was visiting his family instead) around Bangkok to see the sights. Instead of doing the usual things, we spent a good portion of the day exploring the ci… -
Demolition of the Siam Theatre
Pent-up anger fueled the flames of arson when forty days of anti-government protests ended on May 19 with the surrender by protest leaders to the police. The crowds that had blocked one of Bangkok's main intersections f… -
2010 Scream for Charity
Since 2003, a Bangkok-based company and member of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) called English Solutions has sponsored an annual Halloween party for underprivileged children at the Mercy Center in Khlong Toei… -
Unexplained Landscaping
Sukhumvit Soi 53 ("soi" is Thai for an alley or small street) is one of the nicer sois in Bangkok. There are generally walkable footpaths on both sides of the soi and several trees provide shade. So it was a surprise w… -
Food in BKK: Soul Food Mahanakorn
Krungthep (Bangkok) is both an excellent food city and a disappointing one. Excellent because Thai food is some of the finest fare on the planet - complex, multi-layered food made with very fresh ingredients - and disap… -
Recovery and Donuts
September 28, 2010 will go down in the history of Krungthep (Bangkok) as the day when the scars from May's political violence truly began to heal for the Big Mango's shoppers. It will also go down as a red-letter day in… -
Scooting Along in Spandex
Few of us have bodyfat percentages in the low single digits, ripped abs, and toned glutes that look even better in spandex than they do naked. So believe me when I say this entry isn't intended to poke fun at someone wh… -
More Dining on Sukhumvit Soi 38
More than a year ago I wrote about Sukhumvit Soi 38, a small alley near the Thong Lo BTS Skytrain station that is lined with food shops that are open only at night, at which time they spill out into the street. Soi 38 o… -
Airport Link Now Fully Up and Running
In June I wrote about my first ride on the Bangkok Airport Rail Link (ARL), which spent the past few months running a limited test service. The line has both a local and express service, the express promising to move yo… -
Beauty Literally Melts Away
In the aftermath of the May political protests and the two days of rioting and fires that followed, certain parts of the city showed the scars of this violence, despite efforts by business and civic leaders to clean up a…
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