Fancy seeing Bangkok, land of crazy traffic, on a bike by night? When I first heard that Grasshopper Adventures was running a Bangkok Bike Tour, I thought it was a joke. It’s hard enough to cross the road by foot, let alone roll about by pedal power...
Watch nature’s own theatre unfold above you as the most spectacular light show takes centre stage: The northern lights with you in the front row. When to see the northern lights Seeing the northern lights, or the aurora borealis as they are also...
How is it possible for noodles to get drunk, let alone really drunk as the Thai name ‘Phat Khi Mao’ implies? Well, I don’t know the answer, but I do know pat khi mao translates into the English words “fried” (phat) and “really drunk” (khi mao). The...
Dear Mr. Architect: Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms...
Disclaimer: Statements within this article may not be totally accurate due to changing real estate laws and misinterpretation of current laws due to incorrect translation or misunderstanding. This article should NOT to be construed as legal advice...
Have you ever been wandering around the sois of Pattaya and seen hunks of bright red meat hanging inside the glass display cases of some of the street food vendors? Well, that’s one of the two namesakes that combine to make up the Thai dish known as...
I’ve been on my holiday for five solid weeks now so I guess it is time to update my diary. Not everything has worked out as planned during my leave from work, but I have been to new places and met some really amazing people along the way. My journey...
Lots of expats in Thailand think that way … but are they right? Let’s start by stating the obvious: 1. Constantly changing, inconsistently enforced visa regulations are irritating, and not good either for business or for relations between the Thai...
The woman in the green-cloth militar shirt was busy playing pool on her computer. I approached her small both on the Laos/Thai border and coughed slightly. She looked up briefly to inspect my visa. Pushed it back into my hand and went back to a...
For a long time everyone thought Pattaya began and ended with the walking strip, which is nothing but one bar after the other jostling for space. But over the years this destination has been cleaning up its act and adding other attractions to its...