Sightseeing in Bangkok and Expat interviews.....

Buddha's feet, Wat Pho

Once again it's just the two of us. The wife's away on business for a few days so it's the old daddy and daughter team flying solo again. Maybe do a bit of sightseeing this afternoon, or alternatively cop out for an afternoon in the pool.

We spent the afternoon mooching around Wat Pho yesterday. I'll write more about that soon and post a few pics. Amongst other things it has the largest reclining Buddha in Thailand. Worth a visit. I recently added a few articles to the site here. One about a recent weekend in Ayutthaya here and another one that's been sitting on my hard drive for ages about Shwe Dagon in Burma here. As ever they are also available in similar format at khaosanroad.com.

I was contacted by Lizza at Expat Interviews a few weeks ago and she asked me to do an interview for her site. It's now live and you can take a peek here. She's got a great site there. It's definitely worth a look if you're in the mood for a new location.

Getting ever more nervous about the impending move back to the UK and wondering if it really is for the best. Life used to be so easy.

Sightseeing in Bangkok and Expat interviews.....

Images of Bangkok - Travel (short movie)

OK, so here's another attempt at a short film. This one focuses on transport in Bangkok, the river, Banglamphu and Khao San Road. As a first for me I've put subtitles on this clip. It was shot to DVD quality but quality, as ever, is lost the moment I upload to www.youtube.com. Still, can't complain, it's a free service. The music is from an up and coming band in the UK called MonkieJamm, the track - Rest of my Days. Comments welcome as ever. Enjoy!

Images of Bangkok - Travel (short movie)

New video clip and shopping in Bangkok....

Short movie with music

Just a short clip of the journey from the UK to Bangkok, via Singapore. Still getting to grips with this filming and editing nonsense, hope to get it cracked soon. Comments welcome (just remember I have feelings though).

Took the daughter to The Emporium shopping mall this afternoon. I think it is my most hated place in Bangkok at the moment. The car park has got to be the worst in the city, and believe me you have to go some to get that accolade. It was bad already but now they have introduced a valet service, which of course appeals enormously to the type of person who shops there, which means unless you opt for said valet service you have next to no chance of finding a space.

It's not just the car park but the people there too. Despite being about fourth in the shopping mall social hierarchy, behind Central World, Paragon and Gaysorn, it just seems to attract a really pretentious clientele most of whom appear to have their heads firmly wedged between their butt cheeks. For any lovers of and regular visitors to Emporium, apologies. Just one person's opinion. My favourites at the moment remain Paragon, Central World, Central Chidlom and Central Lard Praow. My god, I'm blogging about shopping malls! Life is too short, I need to get out of this place soon.

New video clip and shopping in Bangkok....

Thai bombs, bigger Europe and a Bangkok video...

Happy new year to you all. Seems things are not looking good in Bangkok during my absence, not that there's a connection. Several bombs have gone off leaving two people dead and dozens injured. No one has put their hands up yet so I guess we can assume it is an internal political thing. More death at the hands of Thai politics. What next?

Already there's conflicting reports about casualties. I've read blogs that suggest that there were no Brits hurt and only one death but world media seems to report that there were two dead and several Brits injured, one having lost a leg. Confusing.

So, a nice start to the new year. Over here in the UK we are braced for an invasion of Romanians and Bulgarians looking to get rich quick as those two countries have just become the new members of the EU. Welcome all. Should be interesting to who was right about the numbers involved.

Here's a short clip I threw together showing clips of people and streets scenes in Bangkok. Sorry about the quality, my first attempt. Enjoy:

Thai bombs, bigger Europe and a Bangkok video...