Aikido: Legally Kick Some Ass in Bangkok
If you really want to stay atop of yourself, be slim and fit and draw from an endless pool of energy you didn’t know you have: Try Aikido. Aikido, this completely non-aggressive martial art from Japan which involves every muscle of your body. Everybody who starts with Aikido feels like a complete idiot at first.
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Mara Altman In Bangkok: Still Hasn’t Orgasmed
Meet Mara Altman: Most recently a feature writer in Bangkok for the International Herald Tribune, who went back to the US to work for The Village Voice. While in Bangkok, she referred to her vagina as “down there,” – and still hadn’t orgasmed. “Sexually,” she writes, “I regressed in Bangkok” – and: “Every girl is
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Natnalin, Art Photographer & Voice Of The Thai Mammary
BangkokDan is taking a short cut here – as we couldn’t and couldn’t meet Natnalin Noimai. We therefore take – ashes over my head – that short cut: Sourcing from the young woman’s own website. Natnalin is a Thai photographer who produces some of the finest art around here. And understands herself as a political
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Thailand Goes Pure
It’s the beautiful season in the Kingdom again. Cooler nights and beer gardens swarming with happily laughing people. People fall in love this season, less suicides do occur. It is so nice outside, you may even have a walk under the bright sun – and you’re not even sweating! Welcome to Thailand in December. But
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Bangkok’s Gateway To God
It’s one of the most unique places in Bangkok, if not in the whole world. Countless reviews have been written about it – the place is old snow from yesteryear. And BangkokDan still can’t get enough of it: The Sky Bar on State Tower. A bar you won’t find anywhere else. Yes yes, you’ve all
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The Tourist, Thy F(r)iend!
Sometimes you wonder as a foreigner in Thailand: Can I ever be a friend of the beautiful people here? Or am I doomed to be their fiend? However good you master the Thai language, how Thai you may become: Aren’t foreigners doomed to stay on the outside of the Thai society? As it is not
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The Vongthip Letter Dec 07
Khun Vongthip Chumpani of Bangkok Bank does it again: With her monthly thoughts about Thailand – and beyond. Dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s of all that is relevant in Thailand these days. Prophet-like. Read Khun Vongthip’s newsletter for December 07: A juicy rant about Viagra pills and elections (not the Chinese pronunciation), a
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The True King
It’s His Majesty the King’s 80th birthday – Long live the King! On December 5th at 7.19 pm an ocean of candles lightens up Thailand for the King of Hearts. Wear yellow or any of the now fancy royal colors to join Thailand’s unique Father’s Day. We though have a special surprise for you: A
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Minority Report: Kiting
Ever had the feeling of being like imprisoned in Bangkok? Longing for nature, trees, the ocean? There is a way out: Kitesurfing, or kiting as we call it – or how about flysurfing? A sport of pure fun, even doable as day trips from Bangkok. The nearest schools are in Pattaya’s Jomtien and Hua Hin.
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Greetings From Exile & See You Soon!
Thaksin is about on his way home. But why hurry. Life in the UK is not only fun, he has got lots of friends over there. No need to hurry back to Nakhon Nowhere, reliable sources report from the UK. Get proof, get Thaksin’s GreetingsFromExile-PDF. Translation from top left/right: House in Chiang Rai / House
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