Imagine millions of people racing around a city armed to the teeth with super-soakers, water bombs and hosepipes – each with one sole purpose in mind: to saturate every single human being they encounter. Welcome to Songkran in Bangkok. Celebrated between the 13th – 15th April, Songkran is the traditional ... [read more]
If Money Was No Object…
If money was no object, what would you do in your hometown? That’s the question we put to our Hometown Tourists. We wanted to know what you do when you have extra money to spoil yourself, or your ultimate self-indulgence if you won the lottery. Well... they’ve come back with some fantastic recommendations and ... [read more]
Chatuchak Weekend Market
Chatuchak Weekend Market is the place to go. It's a rabbit warren of a market made up of around 15,000 booths. It’s open each weekend, and you’ll find everything here from local handicrafts and artwork to bargain basement clothes and tacky souvenirs. One of the largest markets in the world. ... [read more]
Gossip
One of the best places for a night in Bangkok is Thonglor. It's the trendy, fashionable face of Bangkok's nightlife scene, and my favourite bar has to be Gossip. The main reason to come is their incredible cocktail menu – one of my personal favourites is their Tender Love cocktail that is a magical ... [read more]
BeerVault
Top of my list for happy hour has to be the one at BeerVault. Every day between 5:30-9:30 p.m they host ‘Beer o'clock’ — a happy hour that involves buy-one-get-one-free deals plus complimentary snacks. Their beer menu has ninety-seven different bottled varieties and they also have a house special called ... [read more]
Soul Food Mahanakorn
Soul Food Mahanakorn, run by an American expat and situated in Bangkok’s trendy Thonglor district. It’s a small, intimate kind of venue, and they essentially take street food classics and give them a stylish upgrade. They also have a great cocktail menu that’s inspired by local flavours and ... [read more]
Krua Apsorn
Krua Apsorn - without doubt one of the best places to go for authentic Thai food. It’s a homely, local dining restaurant and one of the best places I've eaten in the city so far. The crab fried in yellow chilli oil is well worth a try, and they also do a seriously good green curry —the best I’ve ever tasted, ... [read more]
Rang Mahal
There’s a growing number of high-end Indian restaurants in Bangkok, but my absolute favourite is Rang Mahal. It’s an elegant restaurant situated on the 26th floor of the Rembrandt Hotel. Their menu is full of excellent tandoori dishes as well as meat-based curries and a seriously good range of veggie options, ... [read more]
Erawan Museum
Erawan Museum has a 3-headed, 250-ton elephant standing proudly on the roof and each of its 3 floors symbolizes a region of the Hindu cosmos — the underworld, earth and finally heaven on the third floor, which is actually contained within the belly of the elephant itself. Inside the museum are fine antiques, ... [read more]
