Cool Khon Kaen at the centre of Thailand’s northeastern Isaan region is a hip university city that’s more popular with Thais than travellers. Short on sights in comparison to other better-known tourist destinations in northern Thailand, such as Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, that’s the very appeal of Khon Kaen for us. We quickly fell … Read more
Bangkok designer Jitrin Jintaprecha‘s striking furniture and light fittings featured in an exhibition of Thai contemporary design that caught the international design world’s attention when it showcased at the 2011 Salone del Mobile in Milan, the most prestigious furniture fair on the planet. We talked to Bangkok design Jitrin Jintaprecha and his wife and business … Read more
This kai yat say Thai stuffed eggs recipe makes an omelette filled with minced pork and vegetables. It’s a popular Thai dish that I make regularly here in our Bangkok kitchen, inspired by the early morning breakfast street food dishes that are usually finished by mid-morning. At 7am in Bangkok the city is animated. And … Read more
Bangkok is a fun place to shop. For most visitors that means buying cheap hippy clothes and skimpy stuff for the beach holiday they’re about to have on a Thai island or a resort on the coast. And then buying even more revealing gear once they’re back in Bangkok before they fly home to show … Read more
In our last post on What Things Cost Around the World, we compared the dockets of our Price Check shopping lists from some 24 destinations we stayed at around the world on our yearlong grand tour. Our goal was to give self-catering travellers who like settling into places for a while an idea of what … Read more