You probably will not read about Nezu Shrine (Nezu-jinja) in any of the Tokyo travel guide books. Nezu Shrine is not visited by many tourists though it is a very popular shrine for local Japanese people in Tokyo. Nezu Shrine …
When visiting Bangkok Thailand, you will come across some very strange and some very funny signs. Here are some of the funny signs I saw in Bangkok and other parts of Thailand earlier this year: I saw this sign in …
Koh Kood (sometimes written Ko Kut) is located within the Trat region of Thailand which is right on the border of Cambodia. Koh Kood is the last inhabited Thai island before you cross the border into Cambodia. With less people visiting …
November is a lovely time of year to visit Bangkok. November is the start of the dry season and it really is dry!. I stayed in Bangkok for 2 weeks, from the 18th November and it did not rain once. …
The scuba diving in the Bunaken National Marine Park in North Sulawesi Indonesia is some world class diving! The majority of the dive sites in the Bunaken Marine Park are wall dives. The waters in the marine park are deep! …
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Orangutans are my favourite animal. They are so much like people it is uncanny. Orangutans have 97% of the same DNA as humans so are some of our closest living relatives. The word orangutan comes from 2 Malay / Indonesian …
Right next to the Nana Post Office, just around the corner from Soi 4, just down from Nana BTS Station is a Pro Exchange Foreign Exchange Office. I’ve changed money here a few times on my latest trip to Bangkok …
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Hiring a Longtail Boat in Bangkok is a fairly easy. Most piers along the river have a few long boat drivers waiting for tourists. The Government has published prices for Long Boat Hire but these are slightly negotiable. It is …
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The Big Buddha in Thonburi Bangkok (Wat Paknam Phasi Charoen) has been been having restoration work on the biggest Buddha Statue in Bangkok since July 2024. The renovation process is just giving a big clean to the exterior of the …
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Ma! Bang Rak Bazaar Bangkok Street Food Market, is a small open air market located in Bang Rak Bangkok, just down from the end of Silom Road. Located right next to the Robinson Mall on Soi Charoen Krung, the markets …