The Day My Bangkok Tower Swayed – The March 2025 Earthquake
On March 28, 2025, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake centred in Myanmar shook Bangkok. I was on the 43rd floor. This is what it felt like.
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A Rainy Afternoon at the BACC – Art, Massage, and Cat Videos in Bangkok
A day at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre: contemporary art, a 600 baht Thai massage, three contracts reviewed, and a cat video for a law firm.
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My Bangkok Birthday: Chinatown, Jek Pui Curry, and a 700 Baht Cocktail
Five drinks, two meals, a hidden bar, Asia’s best female chef – total cost 2,064 THB ($61 USD). A birthday in Chinatown Bangkok.
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My Perfect Relationship Costs 100 Baht: The Bangkok Massage Chair
100 baht. 50 minutes. No arguments, no judgment, perfect pressure every time. My honest love letter to the Bangkok shopping mall massage chair.
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Takka Floating Market – Traditional in Thailand – Out of beaten track
Takka Floating Market: Traditional Thailand Without the Tourist Gloss Thailand’s floating markets have become iconic ? and many of the most famous ones, particularly near Bangkok, have become so thoroughly optimized for tourists that little remains of their original character. For visitors wanting the real thing ? a market where Thais actually sell to other…
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Thai Massage – Nuat Phaen Boran
Thai Massage – Nuat Phaen Boran It’s 2 in the afternoon on an almost-not-hot day in Korat and I’m just laying back from a big sticky rice lunch when I’m informed by the missus that it’s time to go for a massage. Now, it seems strange that I’ve been living in Thailand for 3 years…
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Koh Lanta Travel Guide: Laid-Back Beaches on the Andaman Sea
Koh Lanta: The Quieter Andaman Choice Koh Lanta is the name given to two adjacent islands south of Krabi on the Andaman coast. The main island, Koh Lanta Yai (Big Koh Lanta), is 30 km long with a west-facing coast of beaches that catch the sunset directly. It is less developed than Koh Samui or…
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Koh Chang Travel Guide: Thailand’s Second Largest Island
Koh Chang: The Jungle Island of the Gulf Koh Chang — ‘Elephant Island’ — is Thailand’s second largest island, a mountainous jungle island in the Gulf of Thailand near the Cambodian border. It is larger than most visitors expect: 30 km long, with peaks rising to 743 metres covered in dense forest that has never…
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Hua Hin Travel Guide: Thailand’s Royal Beach Resort
Hua Hin: The Beach Town Near Bangkok Hua Hin is the closest proper beach to Bangkok — 200 km south, three hours by road or train. It is the oldest resort town in Thailand: the royal family has maintained a palace here since 1926, and the railway hotel built in 1923 is still operating as…
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Mae Hong Son Travel Guide: The Misty Mountain Province
Mae Hong Son: Thailand’s Most Remote Province Mae Hong Son is the furthest province from Bangkok in Thailand and one of the least visited. It borders Myanmar along its entire western edge, and the cultural character of the province reflects this: the Shan people (called Tai Yai in Thai) are the dominant group, with their…
