Archive for September, 2008

Sep 16

Flix Club, RCA

Posted in Bars

On my previous post I mentioned starting my night out with a mate in Flix, RCA so today I thought why not write another post on it since after all Flix is one of the best bars in this zone and also quite popular amongst clubbers of all sorts. If you haven’t been to or [...]

Sep 15

Baroque Bar, RCA

Posted in Bars

Saturday night I went to meet up with a mate in Flix, RCA. I ain’t been there for ages. In fact the last time I went there was back in April during Songkran water fight festival. Anyway, we stayed in Flix for about an hour and thought it was wank so rightly so decided to [...]

Sep 12

My Ekamai/Thonglor Bar Map!

Posted in Bars

OK I know you guys are gasping and fancy going out somewhere this weekend. As it has inevitably become my regular hot spot , I’ve decided to create a rough map of bars/clubs in soi Ekamai and soi Thonglor which I think is pretty accurate and informative
Quite frankly, I’m probably the last person [...]

Sep 11

Samak, PPP, PAD And Thaksin

Posted in Thai Politics

If you’ve recently been following Thai politics, you probably know that on Tuesday Prime Minister Samak was found guilty of flouting the constitution and as a result disqualified from the post. His appearances on a TV cookery show and acceptance of payments for them were a clear breach of constitutional rules that prohibit MPs from [...]

Sep 10

My Public Transport Mode of Choice - The BTS Skytrain

Posted in Bangkok, Transport

Bangkok’s BTS sky train is a relatively fast and reliable way to make your way around town and to avoid the chaotic, traffic plagued roads below. As of now there are two sky train lines:
The Sukhumvit line has 16 stops and connects On Nut with Mo Chit, with en-route stops including Siam and Asoke [...]

Sep 9

Baiyoke Tower II, Bangkok

There’s dozens of skyscrapers towering the skies of Bangkok but by far the tallest and most impressive has got to be The Baiyoke Tower II which was opened in 1998 and is about 310 metres high.

It’s also the 26th tallest building in the world. In fact, there’s roughly 2060 steps from bottom to top and [...]

Sep 8

Bangkok Dangerous

Posted in Thai Film

Last Friday we took afternoon off work and went on a bit of a field trip to our local cinema to check this newly released film Bangkok Dangerous out. We initially bought ourselves standard seat tickets but we didn’t know that our seating was way too close to the screen so had to upgrade to [...]

Sep 4

Thai Boxing aka Muay Thai

Posted in Sport

Even though I have relatively little interest in conventional boxing, I’m somewhat passionate about Thai boxing aka Muay Thai. I remember when my mate visited me a while ago we really wanted to experience a vibrant evening at a Muay Thai arena - he chose Ratchadamnoen and we went there together. At the time we [...]

Sep 4

Pantip Plaza, Pratu Nam

Posted in Shopping, Technology

By far the best place to go in Bangkok for any sort of computer-related products is the five-storey Pantip Plaza in Pratu Nam, near the impressive Central World shopping mall. Prices are predictably cheap and the range rather extensive, though not that many vendors speak an awful lot of English.
The Plaza houses hundreds of hardware [...]

Sep 3

Song Salueng Bar, Thonglor

Posted in Bars

On soi Thonglor there are a couple of cool bars and clubs that are worth spending your evening in. I have been to most bars in this area but by far the most established and notable has got to be Song Salueng (สองสลึง) bar on soi 21. And here’s my review:
The club: one beautifully, uniquely [...]