In Bangkok: Girls Good Luck At Siam Paragon

A view outside Starbucks Sukhumvit together with other seekers

  

hat a deserving cup of Americano while Sukhumvit was invigorating outside through a glass panel view of Starbucks.

The best place I guess to hatch a game plan for a lone wanderer caught up in trappings of transition. A higher sense and purpose must have summoned me to return to Thailand as if Buddha’s calling from temples elsewhere.

In Bangkok: A Send-Off In Mochit

A relaxed sit while waiting for a pickup. 

ven just ordering a vanilla sundae, hanging out in any McDo in Bangkok can prolong to hours.

Why not, when it's free to charge your phone in a built-in station plus free Wi-fi courtesy of the password on the receipt?

In Udon Thani: Bargain Curiosities in Downtown Stretch

Test your shopping quotient in Central Plaza

entral Udon Thani like any other city province has that subdued less intimidating feels with one common thing - shopping centers.  

Central Plaza is one piece of evidence.  Towering and inviting on the opposite side to where we were about to advance, we joined the rest of the city end-users in becoming bargain hunters. 

Nana to Nong Khai: Vientiane On The Flipside

The view of the Nana district at the back of the Maxim Hotel

oodbye Maxim.

It's check-out time from this seedy hotel located in the innermost alleys passing the girly bars section of Nana but from the balcony window came the majestic view of Sukhumvit’s march to infrastructure enlightenment.

In Bangkok: Fortress Enchantment In Wat Soi Thong

Thai taxi drivers banner their ID’s for passenger’s info

he next morning after checking in a new hotel in Nana, the cab we chose took us to the swirls and loops of the skyway. 

These skyways are designed as fast-track routes going to the district of Bang Sue where we are commissioned to find the school.

In Bangkok: The Theory of English Crisis In Ramkhanghaeng

Waiting for the right bus number for a Bangkok commute

kip BTS ride for it's about time to give a try the number-coded Bangkok’s public buses.

For first-timers, commuting in Bangkok may sound awkward and nerve-wracking for fear of being misled or yet lost. The language barrier is the obvious obstacle with the majority of Thais not adapting to English as a second public language.

In Bangkok: No More Lonely Nights In Khaosan

The signature of Siam Paragon's waterfall photo wall

iam Paragon, the hallmark of a mall in the heart of Bangkok, validated its iconic status in our stop and shop. 

With its multitude of world-class brands, gourmet format supermarket, a stylized food court with a choice of international cuisines, and the cascading fountain but then again it’s the convergence of multicultural shoppers that made it one of Asia's awesome shopping hotspots.

In Bangkok: A Checkpoint To Sukhumvit

Once in Suvarnabhumi, get a ticket for a queued taxi ride

uvarnabhumi is such a tongue-twisting name yet a humungous airport as we arrived a little late past midnight.

Together with multi-cultural passengers, we hurdled the stretch of walkalators, passageways, and immigration queues; ending up in the taxi bay with the color-coded cabs and their unfamiliar writing.