Archive for September, 2007
Navigating The Bangkok Night
The Bangkok Night is so vast and diverse, spread across so many different districts of this gigantic Asian metropolis with so many bars, night clubs, lounges, discos, KTVs, snooker places, “Entertainment Complexes,” music venues, street stalls, night markets, “special services” massage places, cinemas and shopping centers, from tiny to huge, from low-end and very cheap
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The Vongthip Letter Dec 09
A Royal Happy Birthday: HM the King’s 82nd birthday on 5/12/09 would be the best ever celebration organized by the Thai government for the country’s most beloved king. The nine days “birthday party” would be indeed a warmly welcomed respite from the “political madness” that the people of Thailand have been subjected to in the
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Calvino Is Back
Every city has a dark side. Hardly anyone paints the dark underbelly of Bangkok more vividly than Christopher G. Moore, whose latest Bangkok novel The Corruptionist just hit the shelves. 466 pages of dark Bangkok. I had a word with Chris about his new book, his work and Bangkok. Most expats here are familiar with
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