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Bangkok’s Best Kept Secret?  Places to Eat in Bangkok:  Sanjorn Cookshop

Bangkok’s Best Kept Secret? Places to Eat in Bangkok: Sanjorn Cookshop

If you think it is impossible to get ultra-delicious 5-star meals from a 5-star hotel chef for under $7USD you haven’t been to Sanjorn Cookshop in Sathorn, Suan Plu, Bangkok…

Places to Visit from Bangkok:  Ancient Siam

Places to Visit from Bangkok: Ancient Siam

Feeling the need to get out of Bangkok on a Wednesday afternoon and headed 35km outside of Bangkok to Muang Boran, the Ancient City devoted to Thai culture and history…

The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China

As a Chinese saying goes, ‘”He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man” so I naturally had to visit the Great Wall from Beijing…

Beijing, China

Beijing, China

Stop number 2.5 of my mainland China trip took me from the Guangdong Province in subtropical southern China to the capital Beijing in the freezing cold north…

Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei, Taiwan

Directly after my visit to Taipei, Taiwan I had trouble writing a post about my experience there because I had very little to compare it with but after visiting mainland China I can finally post…

Guangzhou, China

Guangzhou, China

My 3 days in Guangzhou (Canton) was sort of a pit stop on my way to Beijing but I truly had no idea what to expect during my first venture to Mainland China or so I thought…

Koh Phangan, Thailand

Koh Phangan, Thailand

After driving around in circles on Koh Samui for a few days I finally decided to grab a ferry ticket for the hour long trek to Koh Phangan which is famous for its infamous Full Moon Parties…

Koh Samui, Thailand

Koh Samui, Thailand

After living in Thailand for an entire year and only spending a single day on one of Thailand’s beautiful islands, I chose Koh Samui as my first destination in the Gulf of Thailand…

Things to do in Singapore:  East Coast Park Bicycle Ride

Things to do in Singapore: East Coast Park Bicycle Ride

One of the first things anyone who visits Singapore will notice is the long stretch of beach and tree covered grass fields which is East Coast Park…

Places to Visit in Singapore:  Botanic Gardens

Places to Visit in Singapore: Botanic Gardens

Every metropolis has the city park and Singapore’s happens to have a fancier name but is Singapore Botanic Gardens anything more than a standard city park???

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