(From notes made 24th February, 2014, on my first visit to Thailand.) I needed to buy an Air Asia ticket from Bangkok to Chiang Mai but after various attempts online that failed I decided to find a travel agent. Just up the road from my hotel near the Democracy Monument I saw an Air Asia sign [...]
There are two main ways to buy a Moroccan carpet. The first is to carefully mull. The second way it to have the vendor throw half a dozen down on the floor.
A young Chinese couple pass by on a bicycle, he on the front, pedalling, she on the pannier seat above the rear wheel. With one hand he steers the bike, with another he holds an umbrella over his head.
Everyone who visits Thailand has their ‘this is Thailand’ moment, that moment when you realise that this could just never happen at home, wherever ‘home’ might be. Mine occurred at Wat Umong on Sunday 3rd February, 2014.