Most people come to Thailand for the amazing beaches. While I’m sure they’re amazing, we’re not really beach people. Our interests lie more in eating and Thailand gave us ample opportunity to do just that. We’ve been all over southeast Asia and we’ll let you in on a little secret: Thailand is SE Asia’s premier [...]
If I had one suggestion to give someone going to Bangkok it would be this: don’t eat in their restaurants. Sure, they have great selection there. Their prices are also enticing but believe me, the real eating experience is had right on the street. You will pay a fraction of the price and it’s the [...]
Bangkok, just like Stockholm, is a city best viewed from the deck of a boat. The Chao Praya river makes a great ‘S’ as it snakes through its center, connecting a lot of the city’s main features. It is a scandal that it took me eight visits to figure this out, but I now realize [...]
This is a huge marketplace in Bangkok. The only thing they sell here are lottery tickets of all kinds. It’s a boring place, which makes for boring pictures and an incredibly boring blog post. Next!
Feeling that we have stomachs of steel, we’ve been making our way around the street vendors in Bangkok – trying a little bit of everything. That is, except for this thing. Dining is mostly a visual experience and this 10” pile of Evil, covered in stringy bits of Nasty just didn’t pass the test. Does [...]
Bacon slipped me last week’s allowance (a two rupee note) last night. If the door happened to open past our bedtime, I should ignore it. Martin’s a heavy sleeper so Bacon knew he had nothing to worry about on that front. I told him the payoff wasn’t necessary. He’s welcome to do what he wants. [...]
While this visit to Bangkok isn’t the first for either of us (a rough count tells me this is my 8th), the first impressions of the city vary wildly from time to time. What makes this time different is the fact that we just spent nine months on the road, four of which were in [...]
Bangkok was our first destination on this trip. We were here nine months and a much fatter bank account ago. Having not gained our budget travel wits yet, we stayed at a nice hotel and ate at semi-luxurious restaurants. This time around we’re staying in the backpacking mecca, Khao San Road, in a room [...]
Bangkok is notorious for a few things. A good entry point for travel in Southeast Asia is one of them. A great place for Lady Joiners, as they’re known here, is the other more seedy use. We’ve been staying the last three days in one of the more popular areas of town for this sort [...]
Khao San Road (and surrounding area) in Bangkok is the main artery of the Southeast Asian backpacker shopping/hostel/hangout system. In the market for brass knuckles? No problem. Dying for a topless Britney Spears flipping you off T-shirt? Done. Always wanted to have your nose tatooed (see picture below)? Look no further! It’ s the sort [...]
Our friend Bacon hasn’t traveled much. In fact, he hadn’t gone further than the occasional night on the couch. Bangkok was a far away place - filled with wonder and mystery. On arrival Bacon found that it was just that. I tried to warn him, tried telling him that I too had fallen for it’s mystique my [...]
You know the saying, “to fly by the seat of your pants?” Well, that's been our philosophy for most of our adult lives – before and after meeting, falling in love and marrying. We're now taking that idea on an extended round-the-world trip. Follow us as we share the good, the bad and the downright nasty of life on the road.
