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Bangkok’s most bizarre eating experiences
Friday, December 2nd, 2011Bangkok is well known for its oddities, so it should come as no surprise that it has its fair share of peculiar restaurants.
Here are nine of the most bizarre eating spots you’re ever likely to come across in Bangkok.
Hajime Robot Restaurant
At this futuristic Japanese restaurant, the beady-eyed robots not only bring your [...]
The price of volunteering in Thailand
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011What are the differences between paid and unpaid programs? Volunteers and organizers weigh in
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” It’s perhaps with that thought in mind that thousands of travelers arrive in Thailand every year to volunteer.
But it can be difficult [...]
10 easy ways to look like a tourist in Bangkok
Friday, July 8th, 2011So you wanna go to Bangkok, but you’re worried about not fitting in with the other tourists?
Those fears are understandable. The choices are overwhelming: what not to wear, how to dress without looking like a chump, where to party until the sun comes up.
Luckily we’re here to help, so if you don’t want to stick [...]
Bangkok’s best and worst of 2010
Thursday, December 30th, 2010CNNGo December 27, 2010 — It was a riotous year for Thailand in 2010. The rural masses took to the streets of Bangkok and brought the city to a standstill with their futile attempts to get to the front of the queue for an imported brand of donut, only to be shooed away by the [...]
A look inside the Cerebral Palsy Children’s Association of Penang
Friday, September 24th, 2010CNNGo September 13, 2010 — Psychedelic colors are projected onto the walls around the room. Giant tubes like lava lamps glow in one corner while directly opposite, a ball pond shimmers as rays of light emerge from below.
My mind is captivated, but rather than being for my benefit, the snoezelen room is designed to stimulate [...]
East Timor’s first soap opera, ‘Suku Hali,’ mends fences with melodrama
Friday, September 24th, 2010CNNGo September 24, 2010 — Forget Australian caravan park and U.S. hospital dramas: “This is a story about Timorese life,” says 21-year-old Timorese actor Asala de Jesus, who will soon debut on the small screen in “Suku Hali,” East Timor’s first soap opera.
“When you come from the mountains you face many problems. It’s a true [...]
Bangkok: City of sex, scandal and wannabe expat authors
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010CNNGo September 21, 2010 — “Writing is easy, you just have to be prepared to live with a permanent identity crisis,” says British crime-writer John Burdett, whose credits include “Bangkok 8,” “Bangkok Tattoo” and “Bangkok Haunts.”
“A lot of expat writing on Thailand — fiction and non-fiction — is all about Western, especially male, self-indulgence,” [...]
Hajime Robot Restaurant: Good food, dancing robots, what more could we ask for?
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010CNNGo August 2, 2010 — Among mankind’s many pastimes these days, eating meat and watching robots dance must surely rank among our favorites. But what would happen if the two were combined? Bangkokians can now rejoice for the answer is neatly tucked away on the third floor of the Monopoly Park plaza in Rama 3.
Hajime [...]
Tracks on, rocks off at these 11 buzzing Bangkok pubs
Monday, July 19th, 2010CNNGo July 19, 2010 — Kurt Cobain once said, “If it’s illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail.” While we wouldn’t want any CNNGo readers to end up behind bars for rocking out, there’s a lot to be said to for a night full of beats, bass and riffs [...]
7 reasons to check out Penang in July
Monday, July 12th, 2010This month the George Town Festival hits the UNESCO listed Malaysian city, to show off its food, its history, its movies and lots in between
CNNGo July 13, 2010 — The George Town Festival has been in full swing for a little more than a week now, showing the world exactly why Penang state in [...]