The Best Street Art In Bangkok And Where To Find It Street art may not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think about Bangkok, but Thailand’s capital city teems with it. But, thanks to Bukruk Urban Arts Festivals in 2013 and 2016 which involved artists from all over the globe as…
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Wat Benchamabophit: The Marble Temple & A New Camera Lens
Wat Benchamabophit (The Marble Temple) & My New Camera Lens Firstly, I’ll be honest with you, until yesterday, I wasn’t even aware of Wat Benchamabophit, or The Marble Temple as it’s more easily known existed. Secondly, I am always so grateful that many of Thailand’s most famous temples are known under other names. ‘The Marble…
The Doors of Bangkok
The Doors of Bangkok I recently started an Instagram in which I post photos of doors. No, wait! Come back! As uninteresting as that may sound to some of you, Instagram accounts of just doors are actually very popular. And, as I am always ahead of the trends, I am pleased to say that my…
An Unexpected and Unwanted Trip To A Thai Hospital
An Unexpected And Unwanted Trip To A Thai Hospital I’m not an expert on such matter, but I would think most trips to the hospital are unexpected and unwanted. Going to a Thai hospital with little Thai vocabulary is both of those things, with a side order of ‘but how can I explain what’s wrong?’…
How To Make Alcohol
How To Make Alcohol Around two months ago, at around 9.40 pm, I saw a post on Twitter that made my face scrunch up and my mouth to silently say, ‘what the fu…?’. Unbeknown to me, around 4 hours earlier, the Thai government announced that a ban on the selling of all alcohol would begin…
All The Governments In The World Are Ace And Are Doing A Fantastic Job
If you’ve never met me, I like to use sarcasm as a way to keep myself calm in times of stress or in the face of stupidity. In a completely unrelated topic, all of the governments in the world are ace and are doing a fantastic job in fighting that virus that is going around….
Thai Immigration, Covid19 and Me
If I didn’t catch Covid19 on Monday it will be nothing short of a miracle. Many people will find themselves in worse situations than I found myself on Monday but what I experienced on Monday will live long in the memory. Visa Time The day had come for me and Malinee to go to the…
Chao Phraya Boat Trip
Taking a boat trip along the Chao Phraya is a must for anyone planning a stay in Bangkok. I could put up a few photographs of the shoreline and end this post now, but I’m sorry to disappoint you, I won’t…I have to practice writing if I want to be a writer. Apparently, practice makes…