There are many bus terminals all over Thailand and even within Bangkok there are more than one. But there is only one bus terminal that can be described as crazy, weird, adventurous and / or dangerous. The bitch. Mochit 2. When you take the bus to Bangkok from the northern part of Thailand you are very likely to end up at Mochit 2. Most of you tourists are very likely [ Read More ]
Here’s a short post about my Wifi experiences in Thailand. It’s really about Wifi and not about 3G or EDGE since I only have a prepaid sim card and only use Wifi for internet related stuff. I already talked about mobile phone providers – and those are actually the same carriers that offer wifi services / public hotspots. My favorite so far is still 3BB since it is by far [ Read More ]
Once more another weekend in the Big Mango. Once more another guesthouse. Once more disappointed. Especially after my last hostel experience in Chiang Mai it is quite disappointing how little guesthouses in Bangkok care about their customers and how expensive they are in comparisson. Sure, Bangkok is not Chiang Mai – but that’s not necessarily a good thing. Location: Not in the main hostel area around Khaosan Road – what [ Read More ]
We could make it short and basically say: Because of Leonardo DiCaprio. But that wouldn’t be fair. We need to be more precise and say: Because of the effin film studio and the stupid people in charge back in 2000 who let them ruin one of the most beautiful islands in this planet. In 2000 Hollywood decided to make a film about some freaks who wanted to run away from [ Read More ]
After suffering from food poisoning during last year’s new year’s eve in Chiang Mai I decided to give it another try and celebrate the start of 2012 in one of Thailand’s most beautiful cities again. This time I took the bus from Udon Thani to Chiang Mai on Friday night. Usually it should be a 10 hours ride, however it turned out to take 13 hours thanks to some unconventional [ Read More ]
While celebrating New Year’s Eve and some camping action in Chiang Mai last week, I stayed in two different guesthouses. The second guesthouse I chose after coming back from the camping adventure was JaiDii House. This is a review. Location: Pretty cool again. Also right in the ‘hostel heart’ of Chiang Mai along the ‘Bar Road’ Moonmuang Road. In my opinion it is also the coolest street that goes off from [ Read More ]
While celebrating New Year’s Eve and some camping action in Chiang Mai last week, I stayed in two different guesthouses. The first one I chose for my night during New Year’s Eve was the Mojito Guesthouse. Here is a short review. Location: Pretty cool. Right in the ‘hostel heart’ of Chiang Mai along the ‘Bar Road’ Moonmuang Road. In my opinion it is also the coolest street that goes off [ Read More ]
This post is inspired by nomadteacher.org. Pictures are however all my-thai.org exclusive. I will keep it short and simple. I thought it would be a nice idea to post the 5 pictures that I liked the most the past year. All photos taken by me or with me on it (then, obviously, not always taken by myself). 5.) Bayoke II, Bangkok. This is the highest building in Bangkok and offers [ Read More ]
My first complete year in Thailand comes to an end. Time to reflect, re-think, reconsider and review. Highlights, lowlights, learnings, earnings, disappointments. The good, the bad and the ugly of living a teaching life in Thailand. I divided this po…
While spending the last weekend in Bangkok again I came across many tourists (yeah, the city is getting crowded again. Reserving a hostel before arriving might make sense during December & January.) who bought clothes. While some of them were arguing about the quality (we all should understand that a 2 Euro shirt might not have the same quality like a 20 euro shirt at home) almost everybody was confused [ Read More ]
