Before leaving Toronto, I was told by a few different people that Bangkok boasts an awesome jazz scene. We got our first taste of this on our last night in Bangkok at a place called Maggie Choo's. Maggie Choo's is a restaurant/cocktail bar in the basement of a Novotel in Bangkok. That doesn't sound interesting,…
Tag: Bangkok
Water Library – Thonglor
On our second day in Bangkok, we dined at an incredible restaurant called Water Library. The internet tells me that it has multiple locations, and that we went to eat at the Thonglor location. This place absolutely blew our socks off. Drinks, service, and food were all just excellent. Known as a cocktail restaurant, Water…
Cats on cats on cats!
There are cats everywhere in Bangkok! They chase each other around the streets and seem to have their own elaborate little cat community. These cats look as well fed as Toronto pigeons, and are equally as chill. While walking through Bangkok's Lumpini Park, we saw a couple of cats sitting on a sidewalk, and I very…
Heather, sitting on things.
This is purely silly. Our first night in Bangkok, stayed in a hotel with terrible internet - that would just not do. So, we switched the next morning to a hotel across the street. However, our second hotel in Bangkok didn't have room for us to stay another night, so we packed up and headed…
Vaccinations in Bangkok
Anyone who's ever gone through the travel vaccine process in North America knows that it costs a fortune, and that some vaccines are more pertinent than others. So, when it came for me to get all vaccinated up, I opted to press pause. Knowing I'd be starting my travel adventures in Bangkok, we did some…
I made it!
24 hours ago I was pretty proud of myself for surviving a 25 hour flight experience from Toronto to Bangkok. All in all, it was a reasonably delightful experience, except for the fact that I slept through two of my airplane meals. The dreaded 12 hour trip from Chicago to Tokyo was a breeze -…