Bangkok Blogs

Well, what hasn’t been said about Khao San Road? I’d hate to simply regurgitate the information already plainly available out here on the web.
I quite like it. It’s not fashionable to say so, if I want to be taken seriously by anyone who has spent real time in Thailand, but I still do. I wouldn’t […]

Ever noticed how you can sometimes walk around a corner in downtown Bangkok and encounter a warm comforting breeze? Sure you have. This air, probably the product of several thousand pollutants not to mention the combined industrial waste of four SouthEast Asian countries, is unique. It envelopes you in a tingling blanket of sensation for […]

The skytrain that connects many parts of the main city areas of Bangkok has revolutionised the way that the average individual gets from A to B. It’s effect has been largely positive - it is only unfortunate that it doesn’t cover more areas. However, plans are now afoot to build onto the existing network.
Coupled with […]

There are many popular misconceptions that the average farang in Thailand will hold regarding the Thais living around him. Perhaps the most popular of these is the idea that Thai people are simple to please or perhaps just ’simple.’
This most irritating of misconceptions occurs, I think, because the average farang in Thailand spends an inordinately […]

It is perhaps apt that one of the most popular ladyboy-centred night clubs in Nana Plaza (one of three major prostitution areas aimed at the foreigners in Bangkok) is called ‘Obsessions’.
I’m not one to dictate how others should consensually enjoy themselves. I manage to find many of these ‘katoeys’ (the Thai slang word for ladyboy) […]