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Wat ‘You-Want’

Bangkok – Or ‘Wat You Want, You Get’ Bangkok has a lot of Wats (temples). In fact, Bangkok itself is a huge Wat. Because it has everything to suit all kinds of travellers. The gourmet, the shopper, the party-animal, the religious, the cultural-ist, the hedonist, the backpacker and […]

Smoke Gets In My Eyes

… a 130 year old institution goes up in a sea of flames The other night, I heard that (horrors!) Kanda Yabu Soba  was ravaged and completely destroyed by a big fire. I was there last Feb and was looking forward to going back again this may, with the rest […]