A few days ago I had the chance to meet a television superstar here in Thailand. Christopher Wright is an English teacher who produced several successful DVDs and books, has his on TV shows (Chris Delivery) and an incredibly funny and successful stand-up comedy program (Chris Unseen). I was quite surprised and lucky that he took the time to great me and even had some minutes left to talk to [ Read More ]
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 ]
I seriously thought about only writing three words in this post: Ice Hockey in Bangkok. Then I realized those are actually four words so what the heck…let’s write more. The thai red cross organized a charity ice hockey match between “Team Canada” and ‘The World (with Thailand)”. Nice names already (with Thailand) – but hey. Good cause. The entry was free (we donated of course) so we decided to head [ 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 ]
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 ]
Time for a short update straight from the city of angels. Bangkok is kind of my escape place when Udon Thani gets to boring (which it is almost 24/7 as long as I am not working). Since the urge to escape Udon Thani hits me quite often I feel confident to say that Bangkok and I are building up a more and more intense relationship every time we meet. Now [ Read More ]
Since the life of a teacher is a very hard and stressfull one (stop laughing!) it is more than logical that we have some weeks off from time to time. I spent the last 3 weeks on the road while backpacking across Thailand and Kuala Lumpur. Here are some of my higlights. Chiang Mai – Songkran Festival The first stop was in the north of Thailand in the most beautiful [ Read More ]
Hey everybody. This is just a short update since I received again a lot of questions regarding this topic. Yesterday evening an 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Thailand. The earthquake actually took place in Myanmar but effected parts of Thailand as well. Especially the north-western part (Chiang Rai / Chiang Mai area) was hit by the earthquake. In Chiang Rai one women died and several buildings were damaged. Besides [ Read More ]
During my last visit in Bangkok I happened to come across the Thailand Ukulele Festival 2011. It took place on March 12 and 13 and was held between the Siam Paragon and the Siam Center and hosted some international well known Ukulele players as well as young talents. On Saturday the young guns had their talent show while on Sunday the grown ups participated. On each of the two days [ Read More ]
While I covered the ‘must sees’ and first steps in Bangok for Beginners during my last post about this wonderful big city, I thought it is about time to get a little more into history. Bangkok has so much to tell and the most people only know very little about the city with the world’s longest city name (no, not Bangkok) and since the big music hit on hot rotation [ Read More ]
