August 15th: Paradise Resort The police took one man out of the Mae Sot – Bangkok bus; he was visibly not amused to continue his journey in a police car. At the southern bus terminal in Bangkok I met a Canadian who has been working in Bangkok for the last five years. His English has [...]
“You should buy some. When they run out, they run out.” There is something ominous in the tone of the American lady’s advice. Running to the vendor’s stand beside the train, I buy a roll of toilet paper and hope she’s wrong. Clearly, novices quickly become veterans on this trip. Every day at 2:30pm, The [...]
Sawat dii everyone, A colleague of mine in London has a sister who visited Bangkok (map) in the early 70′s. She recalls that the town smelt overpoweringly of blossoms. Nowadays it smells mostly of smog and, like all of Asia, cooking. To the traveler, the city appears to be a maze of dual carriageways, pedestrian [...]
I flew into Bangkok on May 31st, and stayed at a YHA before heading for the infamous “tourist ghetto” Khao San Rd, where I managed to stay amongst the throngs of tourists, tuk-tuks and techno music for a week! My guest house was directly overlooking the street, which offered an interesting view, but my efforts [...]
