While I was in Bangkok, I saw Gaggan Anand post a video on Instagram on this very exotic dessert being made at one of the stalls in Or Tor Kor Farmers Market, by a 72 year old lady who has been doing …
The last of my series on how to spend a week in Bangkok. In this post I talk about how to claim VAT refund in Bangkok. We thought Day 7 would be super chilled out but for some reason it ended up …
Day 6 in Bangkok and Em Quartier is the 6th part of my 7 day account of our recent Bangkok trip On our sixth and last morning in Hilton Sukhumvit, I finally decided to go to their all-day-diner (Scalini) for breakfast, and instantly …
Day 5 was pretty much a repeat of Day 4. Our plans to go to Khao San didn’t exactly materialize. We both slept in and missed breakfast at the hotel. I wanted us to go swimming in the morning, and M promised …
Day 4 of How to Kill Time in Bangkok. On day 4, we were supposed to check out our hotel in Bangkok and head to Koh Samui. We decided at the last minute, on Day 3, that we would do Phi Phi …
Day 3 of What to do in Bangkok for a Week. For the rest of the days, please skip to the end of the post. After the previous night’s fruitless quest for a decent dinner, I put my foot down and informed …
Day 2 of How to Spend a Week in Bangkok. After a quick breakfast at our hotel, Hilton Sukhumvit, we set off for the Grand Palace, and the GrabCar driver (we hadn’t learnt our GrabCar lesson yet) let us off at a …
Day 1 of How to Spend a Day in Bangkok. Over Eid break this year, we went to Bangkok for a week. To be clear, we were supposed to do 3 days in Bangkok, during which my sister was going to join us …
During out last two days in Bangkok on our recent trip, we checked out of Hilton Sukhumvit and moved to Movenpick Sukhumvit. I like to move hotels every two days because I find that to be the best way to truly explore …
The one place I surely wanted to visit in Chatuchak Weekend Market, was the JJ Coco kiosk that has attainted international fame by now. If I’m completely honest with myself, I might just realize/have to admit that the biggest reason I went …
Every time I asked a Bangkok expert on what to do and where to go when in Bangkok, Chatuchak Weekend Market always made the list. Weekend and night markets always pique my interest because they (almost) always give a truer feel of …
We landed in Bangkok at 7:30 am on Sunday the 25th of June 2017 and pretty much hit the ground running. There was no containing our excitement. My sister landed at a different airport (DMK), so we decided to meet up with …