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Today after seeing the floods we did some mall walking. After a movie at Central (we saw Abduction, which was entertaining) and winding our way through Siam Paragon, Discovery, and eventually ending up at Siam Center, I saw a pretty, but curiously dressed girl in black come down the hall and greet a well dressed [...]
We ventured to Chinatown this morning in hopes of getting a bowl of ‘the best noodles in Bangkok‘. We were surprised encountering instead, flooded streets and overflowing water running into the Krung Kasem Canal. We weren’t surprised so much that it was flooded, as it was predicted that the Chao Phraya would overflow, it was [...]
When I bought this backpack, I wanted a very strong backpack with lots of pockets. The 5.11 Rush 24 fit the bill. Now that I’ve been lugging this around in 80-90 degree temps with 80+ humidity levels, I realize a couple things. First is how different this is from my other packs and bags. Second [...]
A depressing view and if all you saw were these photographs in the news, you’d believe that everyone was ready to starve. However, the truth is the restaurants in the mall were all running and Tops had plenty of food in the Deli section, in the fruit and vegetable aisles, and in their in-store [...]
I walked from Soi 11 to Esplanade today so the photos are somewhere roughly 1/3 of the way there. You can see where the water level is. As you can see there’s some sort of measuring stick there. I don’t know anything else about it. Looking into the sewer system, you can see how far [...]
It started raining a little while ago. Buckets. That’s not so good, as high tide peaks tomorrow. When we got back at about 8:00 PM to our hotel, there was a few centimeters of water in the street and in the parking lot maybe 5 centimeters. My waterproof Merrell Gemini Waterproof (low top hikers) surprisingly [...]
From now until November 16th, 2011 all donations made to my paypal link to the left will be donated to help Thai flood victims. Process is simple. Those who donate to the link, I’ll convert it to baht and donate out of funds I have on hand here in Bangkok. Video will be made when [...]
All around Bangkok preparations have been ongoing for weeks. In the inner business area of Bangkok there’s been furious activity this week as Bangkok’s governor has advised Bangkokians to “Prepare for the worst”. This short video I took at on of Bangkok’s most famous shopping mall illustrates the what you see all around here. Some [...]
