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  • Terminal 21: Mall as Airport

    In early November, a new mall opened in Bangkok. Terminal 21, located adjacent to the Asoke Skytrain station along Sukhumvit Road, is a 9-story mall with 20 stories of serviced apartments and office space above the mall. What sets this mall apart is that it is themed as an airport.By an "airport t…

  • Last Word on the Flooding

    Quick (and hopefully final) update to the flooding situation here in Bangkok:While the waters have started to slowly recede, many areas on the northern, western, and eastern edges of the city continue to be under a meter or more of water. This water has been there for, in some cases, nearly a month…

  • New IKEA in Bangkok

    The first IKEA store in Thailand, and the largest in Asia, opened this past week in Bang Na - the eastern suburbs of the city. I went with some friends to check it out. Here's the video:720p HD version here

  • Food in Bangkok: Prik Yuak

    Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market is popular among locals and visitors alike for its almost endless maze of vendors selling everything from fashion to frogs, souvenir trinkets to silverware for your dinner table. Shopping isn't the only reason to visit the market, though. Hidden amongst all these…

  • Riding Around to View the Flood

    Sunday morning, the city quiet as many residents have fled the flooding, I rode my bicycle for a first-hand look at the situation in the old city and along the river. What I found was not as bad as flooding further north, but it left me with the realization that our relative dryness is a tentative…

  • Uncle's Egg Noodles on Ekamai

    How good would a bowl of bamee, the ubiquitous and simple Chinese-style egg noodles, have to be in order to justify a wait of ten, twenty, or even thirty minutes? For many residents of Bangkok, they would have to be as good as Uncle's.While practically everybody knows about this noodle shop, I only…

  • James Bond on the Khlong Saen Saeb Express

    After two trips to the old city on Saturday to visit a lock store (which gave me the opportunity to see horses on the expressway while driving there), I needed to make a third and final visit on Monday, since the store was closed by the time I arrived on my second trip Saturday. This time, facing t…

  • Horses on the Expressway

    Saturday I had to drive twice to the old city to visit a store that sells door locks. This particular store because they are the only place that sells the particular knobs and locks we have on our doors. Two visits because I didn't bring everything I needed the first time to get the right replacem…

  • Helping Abandoned Buildings Shape Up

    The skyline of Bangkok bristles with the skeletons of unfinished buildings. These ghostly structures, frozen in various states of incompletion, number in the hundreds and most are a result of the Asian economic crisis on 1997-8. Recently, though, I've noticed that some of these buildings are being…

  • Skytrain Sukhumvit Extension Opens

    Another piece of Bangkok's transit network puzzle fell into place on August 12, as the 5-station extension to the BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit line opened. After more than a year's delay caused by a problem ordering track switching mechanisms on time, passengers can now travel all the way to Soi Bearing…