Tag: Bangkok

I am still looking for a mobile pone prepaid card as they are no longer available from 7/11 as mentioned in many several blogs about Thailand. After asking to the receptionist from the hotel she told me I could get one in a mobile phone […]

  Wat Pho is basically a Buddhist monastery, even the very first monastery built in the new capital. Before Bangkok was established as the capital by King Rama I a temple existed already on the site. It was originally named Wat Photaram or Podharam, from […]

Jim Thompson is an American born in 1906, after working for the US Secret Services during World war II he came to Thailand in 1949 and fell in love with the country. His business, selling silk from Thailand all over the world, made him travel […]

What a great day…. My very first day in Bangkok and in Thailand.  All started yesterday with a long, very long journey to arrive here.  Due to the different timezones between Europe and Asia, it took nearly 2 days to arrive.  Leaving Valencia on Saturday […]