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Fun with your global positioning system: GPS drawing
Skybar: the best rooftop bar in Bangkok
Oct 20th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Nothing out in the urban landscape can blow your mind quite like a well done rooftop bar. Remember Lost in Translation? The whole dynamic between Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson unfolded in the New York Bar on the top floors of the Park Hyatt Tokyo, backdropped against the smooth jazz singer, a few stiff drinks and the Tokyo Skyline. It's hard for amazing things not to happen in a setting like ...Inside of Bangkok's five star luxury hotel, lebua at State Tower
Oct 14th, 2009 at 1:30PM: Perched at the top of the second tallest tower in Bangkok among the skyscrapers, steel and concrete is the strangest sight. Twenty Ionic columns, white stone and glass come together to form a Roman styled building, as if the center of the Pantheon was picked up and moved halfway around the world. The structure is called The Dome, it's home, the lebua hotel at State Tower. As one of the finest five ...Takraw in Thailand: hacky sack + volleyball = amazing
Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: The sounds of Siam
Sep 30th, 2009 at 5:00PM:
Monks chant at Wat Chana Songkhram, near Khao San Road.
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It's my last day in Bangkok and I'm not ready to leave Thailand. If I had another two weeks, I would have opted to stop at Ko Phi Phi and then cut north to trek through Chiang Mai, but my ...Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: Ko Samui
Sep 29th, 2009 at 12:00PM:
My ears are still ringing from the stacks of speakers that exhilarated Haad Rin all night. The lack of sleep is making my eyes heavy, but the lurching of the ferry refuses to let my body sleep. I'm departing Ko Pha Ngan and am en route to Ko Samui - the largest island in the Surat Thani province, and the third largest island in Thailand. It's a forty minute ride from the beaches of Haad Rin, and ...Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: Full Moon Party
Sep 25th, 2009 at 10:30AM:
The big night has finally arrived - a fact made tangible by the surreal moon strung up in the sky by wispy clouds. Legend has it that the first party was held in 1985 for a crowd of 25-30 backpackers. Word of mouth spread and caused the gathering to escalate with every new month and every new full moon. Tonight, anywhere from 20,000 to 30,000 people of the world will converge on sands of Haad ...Photo of the Day (9.19.09)
Sep 19th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
Nothing compares to the sunsets in Asia. At dusk every day you could expect to find me on a patio outside (preferably by the Mekong River), sipping on a local beer, and snapping photo after photo of the red glowing sun. The great thing about this photo is it appears to be naturally sepia-toned -- a perfect blend of old with new. Today's Photo of the Day comes to us from flicts, who has traveled ...Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: Ko Pha Ngan
Sep 19th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
After what feels like hours, the ferry disembarks on a small dock that ends where a group of Thai people in hats and sunglasses are standing. They're holding signs for connecting rides to hotels or offering cheap bus fares to various beaches on the island. I suppose one of the pitfalls of not booking anything ahead of time is suddenly realizing that you have no idea what your next move should ...Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: The road (+ rail + ferry) to Ko Pha Ngan
Sep 17th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
The neon pink taxi screeches to a halt. "You must be the best taxi driver in Bangkok." I declare to the driver, and I mean it. Moments ago we were at a complete standstill for nearly twenty minutes, in the center of a jammed four-lane road. An everyday occurrence in Bangkok. I had already started considering alternate travel plans, since I was sure that I'd be missing the southbound train. ...Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: Bangkok
Sep 15th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
The city of Bangkok is a dichotomy between peaceful Buddhist temples & sordid red light districts. Beautiful national monuments & shoddy patches of low-income housing. Large, upscale shopping malls & equally large, rickety floating markets. Bright pink taxis or loud tuk tuks that jam the streets & a convenient but limited elevated metro line. Gleaming skyscrapers & lowly ...Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: Street music
Sep 12th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
It's 3 o'clock in the morning and most of the rowdy backpackers have deserted Bangkok's Khao San Road. A large rat scurries down the gutter of the street, stopping only to inspect trash and empty plastic buckets that have been strewn about the pavement. A few dispersed food vendors finish packing their stalls for the day and roll them towards wherever home may be. Compared to the energy of the ...Dim Sum Dialogues in Thailand: The Khao San
Sep 10th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
All this month, Dim Sum Dialogues will be bringing you stories from the road. The first destination: Thailand - from Bangkok to Ko Phan Ngan...to discover the hype behind the legendary Full Moon Parties.
It's approaching midnight fast, and the immigration lines in Suvarnabhumi Airport are long. Walking through the modern, sprawling airport, I remind myself not to touch anything in the Duty ...Seven jobs that may soon disappear: Travel to where they are while you can
Sep 1st, 2009 at 12:30PM: With Labor Day approaching, as we think of work, consider the culturally significant jobs in the world that may not be around in the future. Here is a look at seven that are hallmarks of particular regions.
First up. Traditional Glass Blower. In one of the furnace rooms at Cam Fornace in Murano, Italy, a short water bus hop from Venice, is a black and white photo from the 1920s (or thereabouts). ...Thailand closes internet cafes for two weeks
Jul 14th, 2009 at 9:30AM: A heads up for all those traveling to Thailand in the next two weeks: the country's public health minister, Witthaya Kaewparadai, announced plans to close tutorial schools and Internet cafes nationwide in a bid to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus. The announcement was made following the death of a Phuket University student last week. Schools and internet cafes are asked to spend the two weeks ...Mysterious deaths at Thai resort - Manager blames binge drinking
May 11th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Seattle couple Jill St. Onge and Ryan Kells took a three month romantic vacation in Southeast Asia. Jill St. Onge, 27, agreed to be Ryan Kells' wife on the trip, and the couple was engaged when they arrived at the Laleena guesthouse on Phi Phi island (above). Jill kept an online journal where she described her trip as idyllic: "So amazing... just drinking eating and living so cheaply and having ...Photo of the Day (5.9.09)
May 9th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Of all the dance forms, I prefer the kind that is wholly expressive and completely free. Being from Hawaii, I guess it would come as no surprise that fire dancing is one of my favorite spectacles. There's something both dangerous and totally awe-inspiring when you see illuminated images like the one depicted in this photo, as well as feel the heat exuding from the performance and fire itself. ...Taking Rock Climbing Lessons in Thailand
Apr 15th, 2009 at 8:00AM: Thailand has certainly become a hot tourist destination in recent years. It offers an exotic locale with a little something for everyone. The beautiful beaches along its southern coast are amongst the most popular in the world and Bangkok has many colorful and interesting distractions for those looking to explore Thai culture, while the backpacker crowd can head north to Chang Mai and go trekking ...Amazing Race 14, recap 8: Bangkok, Thailand has helpful taxi drivers
Apr 13th, 2009 at 12:30PM: With the million dollars becoming more attainable as the playing field narrows, some teams are becoming more cagey and mistake prone. One team member is tossing aside manners while another temporarily tossed aside shoes. The Amazing Race 14 continues to be a lesson in how to travel wisely and what mistakes not to make.
Thailand continued to be a lovely backdrop for this week's episode. The teams ...Ten Must See Monuments
Mar 21st, 2009 at 8:30AM: BootsnAll brings us another excellent list, with the intention of adding yet more destinations to our ever expanding "life lists". This time it's their selection of ten magnificent monuments, amazing structures from around the globe, that inspire us to travel thousands of miles just so we can take them in ourselves. Some of the selections on the list are centuries old, such as the Nubian monuments ...
