Nothing much to report today. I was out of food and a bit under the weather so went to get supplies and also went a bit further afield to what was reputed to be one of the best smash burger places in Bangkok. This was up a street I hadn’t yet been, one lined with […]
Happy day
Yesterday was the day my big contract came to an end, oh happy day. As it happened today, though May Day, was spent working on work for that contract, and I even had a call about it. Still, at least I was on my own time. Not much else to tell, really. It was a […]
Sponge city
This morning it rained and rained, and then was cool and grey. I dawdled a bit and then took the BTS down to Lumphini park, stopping along the way for the Michelin recommended fried chicken in the vicinity. Curious what an economy has erupted around the Michelin guide. I’ve been coming to Bangkok since before […]
Godly sights and one ungodly one
This morning, after tea, I went to Wat Arun. Although I went in the morning I dawdled somewhat so didn’t leave till around 11 and it was very, very hot. Wat Arun shone fiercely white in the sun, its ornament bleached to pastel, and the scores of people who’d rented traditional Thai clothing from the […]
Idle Friday
I have had a very idle Friday today. I took some time off for Eid last weekend but was never really idle. Today I woke up, washed the bedding and cleaned the bathroom, made myself breakfast (purple rice, steamed broccoli, eggs and nam pla) and tea, then faffed and faffed. Then I went for lunch […]
Bangkok new year
It is blessedly quiet here after Hanoi, and even my last stay in Bangkok where the sound of traffic was relentless, except at dawn and dusk when all the dogs in the neighbourhood howl for about 5 minutes. I arrived in the middle of Thai new year, Songkran, which includes, aside from visits to monks […]
Damp
I only realised just how damp Hanoi was when I arrived in Bangkok and opened my suitcase and everything felt soft and moist. I draped all my belongings all over the flat, and thanks to the heatwave it didn’t take too long. Well I suppose I should have realised it – my hat, bought in […]
Six months later, in another country
I’m back. In Cambodia, where I’ve been for a bit over a month, before that in Thailand, and still before that in Indonesia where I felt terribly guilty about not blogging as I spent most of my time either in the Banda islands, or trying to get to the Banda islands, or trying to leave […]
Christmas in Bangkok
In Bangkok the cafes and shops are in full Christmas mode, with carols playing over speakers, plastic Christmas trees with piles of wrapped presents, tinsel, and giant electric snow globes showering styrofoam snow which looks very out of place in semi-tropical heat. In Ambon, where we were only last week, they went in for far […]
Old haunts
The first time the Gentleman Friend and I came to Bangkok we stayed in Phra Arthit, just to the north of the older parts of town. On Saturday, after I finished up with some work, we went first to Siam Square where the GF bought a new telephone to replace the one that was old […]