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Roaming Bangkok

Bypassing the New Southern Bus Terminal

Written by SeenThat on October 20, 2009

  • Bangkok is a big metropolis located roughly at the center of a very populated country. Thus it features an extensive network of buses connecting it with every corner of the kingdom. To avoid congesting its...
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Hanging out with an elephant

We Are Going to Siam Niramit

Written by Eric from Aiea on October 9, 2009

  • My friend Pukky in Bangkok always manages to find the most unique and different experiences to show me Thailand and Thai culture each time I stop for a visit. When she told me that we...
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Unripe Guava, Chili and Sugar

Visiting a Foreign Dentist in a Foreign Land

Written by SeenThat on February 25, 2009

  • A Little House of HorrorsStatistically it was almost unavoidable. Following a few years without dental problems, an accident forced me to visit a foreign dentist in a foreign land.The accident was related to a journal...
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Hualampong: Bangkok Railway Station

Trains: Out of Bangkok through Hualampong, Bangkok Railway Station

Written by SeenThat on August 8, 2008

  • Four lines of trains lead out of Bangkok; they are called according to the direction they travel to: Northern, Northeastern, Eastern and Southern, the last is connected to the Malaysian railways.Hualampong: Bangkok Railway StationLocated on...
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Modern Sculpture

Little Tel Aviv

Written by SeenThat on August 6, 2008

  • The numbers are staggering; despite actual official statistics being hard to get, several sites quote the number one hundred thousand Israeli tourists in Thailand for the year 2003. Probably this number is larger now, since...
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Wat Ratchanaddaram

Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT Subway)

Written by SeenThat on January 30, 2008

  • Bangkok’s Metro resembles in shape and design its older brother in Singapore. As there, the passengers are protected from the railway gap by glass walls spiced up with doors opening whenever a train arrives. The...
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Skytrain

The BTS Skytrain

Written by SeenThat on January 11, 2008

  • Certain aspects of modern cities create effects and links that in the past were not possible. The Skytrain in Bangkok was built on an elevated rail crossing Bangkok high above the street level and created...
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Rush Hour

Bangkok Buses: from Yellow to Purple

Written by SeenThat on January 8, 2008

  • At first the idea was frightening. I couldn’t speak the language; reading it took me ages and thus I wouldn’t be able to read the signs on time. Without even considering the option, I began...
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Buddhas

Shopping a Wat?

Written by SeenThat on November 28, 2007

  • Few cities seem to be better positioned for earning the title of capital of the Multipolar Global Village than Bangkok. The cosmopolitan population, the myriad of visitors it hosts every year and the lack of...
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Mangosteen, Mango, Longan and Anona

Touring Bangkok’s Shopping Malls

Written by SeenThat on November 5, 2007

  • For a professional traveler taking too seriously a trade which is misunderstood by most humans, traveling across the world in order to visit a shopping mall and buy items from international brands available everywhere is...
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