Jul 6th, 2010 at 1:30PM: No matter how well-traveled you are, moving to a foreign country and living as an expat is a whole new ballgame. Your priorities and standards change, and hours that you may have spent as a traveler in a museum or wandering a beach are now spent in as an expat search of an alarm clock or trying to distinguish between eight types of yogurt. You become like a child again: unable to speak in complete ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Finding the expat community and what travelers can learn from them
Jul 6th, 2010 at 1:30PM: No matter how well-traveled you are, moving to a foreign country and living as an expat is a whole new ballgame. Your priorities and standards change, and hours that you may have spent as a traveler in a museum or wandering a beach are now spent in as an expat search of an alarm clock or trying to distinguish between eight types of yogurt. You become like a child again: unable to speak in complete ...Is Thailand Safe Now?
Jun 24th, 2010 at 12:30PM: Yeah, pretty much.
A full month has passed since Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and the slightly Orwellian-sounding CRES (Center for the Resolution of Emergency Situation) gave themselves an all-clear. The official sigh of relief follows a few weeks of fairly intense civil unrest--the chaos of ongoing street protests between yellow-shirted PAD and the red-shirted UDD claimed 88 lives and ...Photo of the Day (5.29.10)
May 29th, 2010 at 4:30PM:
I can feel the air in this photo -- it's going to be a hot day, but at the moment the heat and humidity are tolerable in the morning light. It looks a bit smoky out, and I can smell the wood- and incense smoke, maybe with a hint of chili. The streets aren't crowded yet and the city is just coming to life. AlphaTangoBravo / Adam captured this shot of Bangkok's Chinatown in what appears to be an ...South by Southeast: Top 10 Southeast Asia
Mar 19th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
There's a lot to see in Southeast Asia. Over the past five months, as I've traveled through this amazing region, it's something I've experienced firsthand. From mind-blowing jungle ruins to outstanding food and world class beaches, there's a never-ending wealth of curiosities for visitors. But with so much to see and do, it's hard to know what to prioritize. Is Angkor Wat really as awesome as ...Bangkok nocturne
Mar 16th, 2010 at 4:06PM: One of the great pleasures a traveler can have is to re-discover a place that has become a little too familiar -- a once exotic city where the thrill of visiting long-loved shrines and favorite restaurants has devolved into pleasant, predictable routine.
My great friend Annie, a brilliant artist who has worked as a graphic designer in the Thai capital for 20 years, had set herself a challenge: ...The 20 greatest cities in the world for foodies
Mar 11th, 2010 at 8:29AM: Once upon a time, the world's food capitals were a mere few well-known locales like Paris, New York, and Bangkok. All the action (and the eyes, and the forks) were focused there.
Recently, though, many areas of the world have expanded and improved both their menus and their talents in the kitchen, resulting in far more places staking their claims in the classy world of quality dining. ...Win a trip to Bangkok from Gadling and lebua!
Feb 19th, 2010 at 2:00PM:
With spring right around the corner, we have a special treat for you, dear readers, the chance to win a free trip for two to Bangkok from Gadling and lebua, the finest five-star hotel in Thailand.
You might recall the recent coverage of the lebua properties at Gadling. Their Bangkok hotel occupies the top floors of State Tower on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, towering among the ...8 great bug-eating videos from around the world
Feb 1st, 2010 at 4:35PM: There's nothing better than having new and exciting experiences while traveling the globe. But, are you gutsy enough to try eating delectable delicacies such as grasshoppers, cockroaches, and gigantic worms?
Me neither ... but these eight people are.
Giant Chinese Cockroach - Thailand
This cockroach is so big, I'm surprised they didn't sell it by the pound.
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South by Southeast: In Bangkok? Head to the mall!
Nov 3rd, 2009 at 9:00AM: Bangkok means many things to travelers. The backpacker ghetto of Khao San Road. The sublime temples of Wat Pho and Wat Phra Kaew. The seedy go-go bars of Patpong. But after visiting this crazy Southeast Asian capital for the first time, I'd like to suggest a new highlight in Bangkok: the malls. You're probably going to tell me I'm a spoiled Westerner, too acclimated to the comforts of home to get ...Fun with your global positioning system: GPS drawing
Nov 2nd, 2009 at 12:00PM: GPS systems are everywhere these days, thanks largely in part due to ubiquidous iPhones and Blackberries. The technology, proper, isn't very cumbersome either -- one can get a GPS chip small enough to uplink into a laptop computer or even to tie to a dog. That's what Jeremy Wood did in the below video, creating a virtual map of two dogs running around a park in Oxford.
Me and You from Jeremy Wood ...
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 ...Thailand Hitler billboard draws controversy
Oct 19th, 2009 at 11:30AM: digg_url = 'http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Thai_Museum_Hitler_is_Not_Dead_Billboard_Ad_Draws_Outrage'; A Hitler billboard in Thailand promoting a local wax museum has locals and foreign governments up in arms. The billboard campaign, which features photos of famous dead people, included a photo of Hitler making the infamous Nazi salute along with the tagline "Hitler is not dead." The ad was part of a ...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
Oct 13th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Part of the fun in exploring other cultures is getting into their off-beat sports. Brazil's Capoeira, for example, is a strange combination of dancing, fighting, spinning in circles and working out. In Southeast Asia, the unique sport of choice is Sepak Takraw. Positioned on either side of a low net, two to three team members kick a wicker ball between them, ultimately bouncing the projectile over ...
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: 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 ...Pilot dead after Bangkok flight crashes into tower
Aug 4th, 2009 at 8:30AM: An estimated 10 people were hospitalized when a Bangkok Airways flight landed in rainy conditions, skidded off the runway and crashed into the air traffic control tower. The pilot was killed in the accident, which occurred at Samui airport in Thailand. Sixty-eight passengers were aboard the ATR72 twin-turboprop plane -- like the one in the image to the right -- along with two pilots and two crew ...
