Amazing Thailand: April 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009

It's Hot, Hot, Hot

As anyone who has been to Thailand probably knows, we have three seasons - hot, hotter and hottest. Right now it's incredibly hot and looking to get hotter. I've lived in Thailand for seven years and you'd think, by now, I'd be used to it, right? Wrong.

I sweat my way to work, I sweat my way around the local market at lunch time, I sweat my way back to the underground at night, and I sweat my way home on the back of a motorbike taxi. If the motorbike taxi can get up some speed (ie: the horrendous Bangkok traffic is less than norma) then I get a quick breeze, which cools you down. Otherwise.......hot, hot, hot.

It's great for those who want a sun tan though :-)

Friday, April 24, 2009

What To Drink in Thailand

Drinks cart at a local street market in Bangkok, Thailand

Drinks are so cheap on the street in Thailand and the choices are never ending. You can get coffee, fruit juice, beer, water, fizzy water, flavored water, iced lattes, iced chocolate, hot chocolate, vanilla lattes and so much more.

Check out this great article about what street drinks to drink and you'll soon be an expert on how to buy street drinks in Thailand.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Night Market, Chiang Mai, The Empire Hotel and The Best Western Food in Bangkok

Night time market in Chiang Mai

The last time I was in Chiang Mai, I stayed at The Empire Hotel. It's a new hotel in a great location and with amazingly cheap rates, especially for what you get. For a review of The Empire Hotel in Chiang Mai, read this article.

I love going to Chiang Mai for realaxing, eating and shopping. One of the best things about the city is the incredible Night Market. It sells everything and at very cheap prices. For more information on the Night Market in Chiang Mai, check out this article.

Also, next time you're in Bangkok, Thailand, try one of these wonderful western food restaurants - they have cheap prices and, unlike many Western food restaurants in Bangkok, the food is just like back home.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Good Western Food, Taking the Train in Thailand and More

If you're coming to Thailand soon, these articles about where to get Western food, how to use the train, how to change dollars for Thai baht and more.......

What not to do in Thailand

Top Places To Go To in Thailand

Good Western Food in Bangkok

Thailand's Trains

How To Enjoy Songkran

How To Change Dollars to Thai Baht

Hotels in the Khao San Road Neighborhood

Suvarnabhumi Airport - Good or Not?

Saturday, April 11, 2009

One of the 'water offering' places set up all over Thailand - this one at a Bangkok office building.

The beginning of Songkran (the Thai New Year) started today. Thais pour water over anyone and anything that isn't nailed down so, if you don't want to get wet every time you step outside your house, stay indoors.

In fact, a lot of westerners buy a week's worth of food, rent a ton of DVDs and stay at home with the doors locked. I like to live life a bit more dangerously though, so I do venture out a bit to join in the fun.

If you don't want to get wet though, the best thing to do is rent a taxi and go to the shopping malls. Just about the only two places that are 'safe'.