Archive for 'Living in Bangkok'

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…

Places to Eat in Bangkok:  Bangkok Baking Company

Places to Eat in Bangkok: Bangkok Baking Company

I decided to check out a new restaurant for lunch in a familiar area to most visitors of Bangkok called Bangkok Baking Company which is in the JW Marriot Hotel…

Buying SLR Camera Lenses in Bangkok

Buying SLR Camera Lenses in Bangkok

Since choosing lenses for a digital SLR is just as if not more important than the camera body choice I had to find the place in Bangkok that sold top-of-the-line lenses at the best prices…

Renewing ED Visa at New Bangkok Immigration

Renewing ED Visa at New Bangkok Immigration

There is nothing fun about renewing your visa at immigration but could a new location of Bangkok’s immigration center be any better???

Buying a Bicycle in Bangkok:  Pro Bike

Buying a Bicycle in Bangkok: Pro Bike

I should have considered it a bad omen when the handlebars fell off of the first bike I bought from Big C on the ride home. That bike lasted for about 5 miles so I decided to find a real bike…

Events in Thailand:  King’s Birthday Celebration

Events in Thailand: King’s Birthday Celebration

Extremely large celebrations are usually reserved for New Years Eve in the western world but Thailand has many festivals which bring out large groups of people, none are bigger than the King’s Birthday Celebration…

Places to eat in Bangkok:  Breakfast at Bully’s Pub

Places to eat in Bangkok: Breakfast at Bully’s Pub

My quest for a large portioned greasy American diner breakfast has been unsuccessful so far in Bangkok but as I gorged myself during an all-you-can-eat buffet for Thanksgiving I got my hopes up for breakfast Bully’s Pub…

Lumpini Park Gym Workouts

Lumpini Park Gym Workouts

Wandering through Lumpini Park is full of surprises and when I saw the south side gym for the first time complete with its hardcore patrons and tire weighted barbell I just had to workout there…

Places to Eat in Bangkok:  Beirut Restaurant

Places to Eat in Bangkok: Beirut Restaurant

I have passed a packed Beirut Restaurant dozens of times heading to my local supermarket and had a hunch that the food was going to be good but was it???

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