For those of you that love Suan Lum Night Bazaar like I do take note. Looks like they are finally going to enforce the closing that was supposed to take effect last April. I wonder if this has anything to do with the legalization of gambling? Where else in Bangkok would you find enough open [...]
Here’s a new advertising twist. Put large LCD screens and electronic boards on top of small trucks and then park them at major intersections. Plus you have the bonus of being able to move them throughout the day based on traffic patterns. That’s exactly what the Hello Bangkok agency has been doing in Bangkok since [...]
Today I have another entry from Richard of richardelliots blogspot and it is in my opinion the best he’s written yet. If you like clubbing in the west you will love clubbing in Bangkok. Listen to what Richard has to say because he is right, these clubs have great music, atmosphere and tons of beautiful [...]
Here’s another wonderful post from Richard of Richard Elliot’s blog about tailors in Bangkok. It’s great that Richard wrote this for us because it’s not a subject I would have touched on since I’m not really a suit and tie kinda guy. Thanks again Richard and all my readers drop by his blog and say [...]
One of Thailand Musings readers was kind enough to take me up on my offer to publish your stories, so today we have a guest writer. Richard Elliot gives us his take on the Suan Lum Night Market in Bangkok. I love this post because Suan Lum is just 2 blocks from Golf’s old apartment [...]
An interesting recent addition to Bangkok (December 9, 2005) is Siam Ocean World which is located in the basement level of Siam Paragon. Siam Ocean World is the largest aquarium in SE Asia and includes penguins, sharks and a variety of offbeat sea creatures. It is great for kids and even adults will find something [...]
As I look through my logs it seems a lot of people are finding Thailand Musings looking for information about Thai girls, specifically bad Thai girls, katoeys and Thai bar girls. Since I am not one to judge I am going to take the time to give you a bit more of what you are [...]
Originally launched in 2001, the Bangkok Shopping Streets Festival is a tourism promotion initiative jointly developed by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), other state agencies and a range of organizations representing the private sector, particularly department stores, shopping malls and plazas, hotels and office buildings along Rajadamri, Ploenchit and [...]
Aside from the shopping and nightlife of Bangkok there is also a very spiritual side to the city and one can find over 500 temples or ‘wats’ spread throughout the City of Angels. The most famous of these is probably Wat Phra Kaew or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha located in the Grand Palace, [...]
This weekend’s surfing of the internet and blogosphere has brought me to several sites that talk about scams and crimes in Bangkok and Thailand. And what I’ve found has simply reinforced my belief that Bangkok is one of the safest cities in the world. First is a story from The Nation about the number of [...]
This story was recently released and paints a grim picture for those of us who love Bangkok. It seems that Bangkok is not so slowly sinking into the sea and could be underwater in just 15 years. Considering the speed with which previous infrastructure projects have been completed in Thailand don’t expect much of a [...]
Just 25 days now until we leave for our trip to Thailand and we’re making plans to meet up with some of Golf’s friends when we arrive. Well, 13 of her friends to be exact. We’ll be meeting them the same night we arrive in Bangkok for dinner and after suitable research and discussions we’ve [...]
Bangkok has perhaps one of the largest numbers of markets of any city in the world. From Chatkuchak to Koh Kred village in Nanataburi to the Suan Lum night bazaar there are a huge variety of ways for you to shop and spend your money in Bangkok. Suan Lum has always been one of my [...]
If you’re the one who is crazy about shopping especially second hand shops, let’s read this… Today I’m going to talk about the second hand shopping area in Bangkok. So next time when you want to go shopping or even just want to browse, at least you will have some idea where you should to [...]
It has been 1 year since Suvarnabhumi Airport opened in Bangkok on September 28, 2006. At that time touted to be a rival for the airports in Singapore and Hong Kong, Suvarnabhumi has instead been nothing but an embarrassment to the Airports of Thailand (AoT) agency. Built at an official cost of 121.4 billion baht [...]
