For me it starts with amazing chairs and the rest follows suit in terms of a well styled interior. In the case of the Li-bra-ry coffee shop in Bangkok, the tasteful Scandinavian-esque interior extends into excellent food, and some very creative and delicious menu offerings (see my waffle pic). And …
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This is an airport like no other. The one where I can be found wayyyy before my departure time – where I don’t mind flight delays – where I just want to hang around for ages. I mean at which other airport can you stop and smell the frangipani’s; sit …
The Phantip night market in Tongsala Road, Saturdays from 16h to 23h, is one of my best things to do on KP. A very cool vibe- street stalls selling everything from amazing voile shirts (I scooped up a few for ZAR15/50B each!), to stylish cellphone covers, hair accessories, sneakers, coconut …
100 Islands Coffee Bar on Baan Tai road (opposite the high school), is another gem of a place on Koh Phangan. It’s known for its coffee, which Lateral Paul doesn’t rate too highly, but again that’s not what I really cared about. I’m more interested in the amazing chairs and …
Driving along the NorthWest coastal road today we came across Malibu Beach in Chaloklum, about a 15 minute drive from Baan Tai beach in Koh Phangan. To access the beach, you walk through the Malibu bungalow resort (after which the beach is named), over a sturdy wooden bridge that straddles …
Everyone, whether tourist or local, talks about Nira’s in Thongsala. It’s rated for the coffee, breads and pastries. So of course coffee snob Lateral Paul (of bluecollarwhitecollar-RichardBransonWearsMyShirts fame), had to sample their beans and I natch zoned in on the pastries, and well, neither was that great (cappuccino and apple …
Haad Salad, on Koh Phangan’s West coast, is 600m of beach with soft creamy sand and crystal clear waters in a shade of blue I’m not even going to attempt to describe. It is about 10-15 minutes out of town by car or scooter and is seriously gorgeous. A place …
As @lateralpaul says, ‘fashion is expensive, style is free’. I saw plenty of fashion in Bangkok, high end brands draping well- heeled women, displaying the latest in international looks etc. Nothing new there & not much to excite or delight me. What did get me going, as I mentioned in …
Sawasdee pee Mai, happy new year! It’s Songkran, the annual Thai water festival & we caught it in Bangkok on our last day in the city. What a total blast! Not really knowing what to expect we walked down Silom Road & what followed was mad, amazing fun! Everyone was …
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