Chronicling my visits since 1984
As many of you will know, one of my favourite activities during my stays in Bangkok is finding new Spirit Houses to photograph. Collecting these photos has become a bit of a hobby. If you type Spirit House in the … Read More »
As I mentioned yesterday, today is my last full day in Bangkok. I leave for Toronto early tomorrow morning. This means that today’s entry is the Food Porn post. This one’s the easiest to write because the pictures tell the … Read More »
I know I go on about food in many of my Bangkok Blog entries. However, unlike in Canada, food is to be found almost everywhere. Particularly on the street, on almost any street in Bangkok. Just outside a fairly large … Read More »
Bangkok is a city of temples as I and everyone else who has ever been in Bangkok will tell you. This city is alive with incredible Buddhist structures that form the physical spiritual representation of Buddhism. However, as I have … Read More »
Bangkok is the site of many unusual buildings. I have written about them in past Bangkok Blog entries. Here’s another weird one. This building complex will contain two high-end hotels and apparently look like, or take inspiration from, traditional Thai … Read More »
I’ve had the Bangkok Blog for a very long time. Various iterations of the site go back to 2009. Before that, I used to send faxes to my family to let them know I was still alive. My site has … Read More »
Street sweepers use it. CEOs use it. Doctors and nurses use it. The Prime Minister uses it. Just about every Thai uses Yadom, the nasal inhaler. It’s a ubiquitous accessory that almost every Thai carries everywhere. Yadom is an inhaler … Read More »
Thailand floods a lot. While it seems to be getting worse, likely because of climate change, the country has always flooded. In some cases, like in rice paddies, flooding is not always a bad thing. But in village and urban … Read More »
I’ver written a lot about the wildly painted buses in Bangkok. There are entries, for example, back in October 2023 and then an earlier entry in August 2017. Those entries refer to ones that go all the way back to … Read More »
Today is my second day here, so what to write? It’s tough coming up with a new daily Bangkok Blog topic during my stays here. So, when one drops from the sky and becomes an obvious entry, I grab it. … Read More »