Loi Krathong festival – when and where to selebrate in Bangkok?
Loi Krathong festival in Bangkok it will be on November 6th at 19:00 in Nagaraphirom Park near Tha Thien Pier if you want to show to taxi driver in Thai here it is สวนนาคราภิรมย์ The word ลอย /loi/ means ‘to float’ and Krathong กระทง /grà-tong/ is a small lotus-shaped floating receptacle.It could be made from…
its Friday
Bangkok Crocodile Farm in Thai
Crocodile and Elephant show in Bangkok (8am-3 pm) Show the taxi ฟาร์มจระเข้สมุทรปราการ about 300 baht one way, entrance fee about 300 baht as well
True story
Jim Thompson’s house – Asian culture with American management
Jim Thompson’s house – Asian culture with American management (National stadium BTS Bangkok) Museum which is worth visiting (about 1 hour). An American Businessman Jim Thompson made a house for himself from 6 thai traditional houses which he upgraded with Chinese, Burmese, Indonesian and European antique stuff to make it tidy and cozy in the…
Old Chinese lady operating an abacus
Old Chinese lady operating an abacus. Bangkok style
Thai people mentality
Many foreigners ask me about thai culture and thai people mentality. Why it is so different? How to understand it? Well as you know all culture comes from the childhood and family. Here is a picture how random thai girl spends her time. It is her personal space that her parents arranged for her.
True about using booking websites and their charges/How to book a hotel
So you decide to book a room in Bangkok. You typed this in a google search and got results from websites and booking engines. Even there are numerous of them there are just 5 for hotels/hostels/guesthouses which hold all the others: Booking.com Agoda.com Asiawebdirect.com Hostelword.com/hostelbookers.com Booking.com Popular in Europe, but not that much in Asia.…
A monk and his brother
Old school tea in Bangkok
My task of this week was to find a real old school tea in Bangkok. So here is it 87-year-old Chinese café Eiah-Sae. Lemon iced tea (฿25), traditional Thai black tea (฿20 up), Thai milk tea (฿25) and hot tea (฿20). All can be ordered with egg custard on toast (฿25), soft-boiled eggs (฿20) or…