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…

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

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. Bangkok style

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.…

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…