Bangkok is home to dozens of ultra-malls — bewildering, sprawling, high-tech retail centers. Malls in the United States pale by comparison. Siam Paragon is the equivalent of more than half-dozen Lenox Malls stacked on top of each other...
See those crisp, delicious “golden bags?” I whipped them up myself at the BaiPai Thai Cooking School just this morning. With the help of a chef and a smiling team of assistants, Clyde and I mixed up our minced pork with assorted...
One of our favorite treats in Bangkok is a visit to one of the elaborate, high-tech cinemas at Siam Paragon, one of the ultra-malls (small cities composed entirely of glitzy retail properties) in the heart of town. Last visit, we gave the gold...
For more photos (lunch at Blue Elephant, shopping scenes from crazy-busy Central World plaza, and sunset shots of Wat Arun), click the thumbnail above.
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We make our way down a sidewalk packed with people: men in white surgical masks, women having their facial hair removed with dental floss, young men on motorcycles, young women in plastic flip-flops. The humid evening air stinks of exhaust. Amulet...
“You cannot get there by boat,” the Concierge at the Le Bua at State Tower tells me. She sees the skepticism on my face. I’ve been reading a lot about Koh Kred (say “Co-Ket,” like “coquette”), and all my...
Click the thumbnail above to see a gallery of pics from our adventure in Koh Kred, an island north of Bangkok in the heart of the Chao Praya River.
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