Behind the Noodle Curtaintag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-17009402009-12-26T10:01:23-05:00Adventurer in Southeast Asia searches for home
TypePadBest noodle soup on soi 33 Sukhumvit, Bangkoktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d9b7f288340120a77ed6e0970b2009-12-26T10:01:23-05:002009-12-26T10:01:23-05:00The noodle soup of the vendor at soi 33 Sukhumvit in Bangkok, in front of the 7-11, has changed. Drastically. For the better. The noodle soup last year was flavourless to the point tastelessness. Could be lack of good ingredients....Siam.Rickhttp://ricks-eastasiablog.typepad.com/ricks_east_asia_blog/2009/12/best-noodle-soup-on-soi-33-sukhumvit-bangkok.htmlSiam Square rocking on Christmas Eve daytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d9b7f288340120a7794690970b2009-12-24T06:29:59-05:002009-12-24T06:39:58-05:00Kids try out Powerisers in Siam Square. What goes up, must come down as one kid below found out. Being next door to Chulalongkorn University, apparently ranked No. 1 in the nation, helps Siam Square business. No other reason for...Siam.Rickhttp://ricks-eastasiablog.typepad.com/ricks_east_asia_blog/2009/12/siam-square-rocking-on-christmas-eve-day.htmlHotel internet coupons a pain in butttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d9b7f288340120a7704d79970b2009-12-21T22:41:16-05:002009-12-21T22:41:16-05:00Haven’t been online much since arriving in Bangkok because of the high cost of internet access coupons at the hotel I’m staying. For 200 baht, you get 2.5 hours total. I can blow several hours a day in online activities....Siam.Rickhttp://ricks-eastasiablog.typepad.com/ricks_east_asia_blog/2009/12/hotel-internet-coupons-a-pain-in-butt.htmlHigh above Bangkok streets work goes ontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d9b7f288340128766f3ada970c2009-12-20T23:59:04-05:002009-12-20T23:59:04-05:00While having a smoke out on the deck of the Honey Hotel Bangkok pool, I spotted these window washers doing their death defying thing on top of the 325-room Grand Millennium Sukhumvit Hotel at Asoke and Sukhumvit roads. I can...Siam.Rickhttp://ricks-eastasiablog.typepad.com/ricks_east_asia_blog/2009/12/high-above-bangkok-streets-work-goes-on.htmlCoyote dancing at Fortune Town IT malltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e553d9b7f288340120a7668f31970b2009-12-19T06:20:27-05:002009-12-19T06:22:54-05:00An entertaining moment at Bangkok's Fortune Town IT mall If your camera can’t talk to your computer, you’re lost. So I had to venture out to the Fortune Town IT mall Saturday and buy the vital camera-to-computer USB cable. With...Siam.Rickhttp://ricks-eastasiablog.typepad.com/ricks_east_asia_blog/2009/12/coyote-dancing-at-fortune-town-it-mall.html