FINDING THAT WORK-PLAY BALANCE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND
Bangkok is to Malaysians what Paris is to Brits: that neighbouring city whose proximity (both Bangkok and Paris are only an hour’s time difference plus a hop, skip, 'n' Eurostar away from Kuala Lumpur and London) makes it oh-so-accessible. Yet both their cultural, gastronomical, and linguistic differences are so vast that the novelty never totally fades, no matter how many foie gras cronuts avec foam du mollusc** nor crispy fried grasshoppers pass your world-weary lips. It’s no secret that I’m a bit of a veteran to the Bangkok scene (hence my inbox blowing up with questions such as: “What’s that insane sky bar you went to?” Seriously guys, just read the blog) and that I’m on a never-ending quest to prove to non-bloggers that travel IS work, so it made sense for the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau to dispatch me to The Land Of Smiles that I may in my own inimitable way demonstrate how Bangkok is the city to mix business with pleasure. They say variety is the spice of life, I say: throw in a deep-tissue massage + one Siam Mary + 4 or 5 plates of pad thai (charge it to my room, garçon) and you’ve got yourself a business trip you wish was more than just touch & go...
*or business doing pleasure, if you live life on the ‘Gram. Those flatlays don’t compose themselves...
**is that a thing? Can we make it a thing?
#SPICEUPYOURBUSINESSAGENDA2016
Produced for and in collaboration with Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau and their partners
Thai Airways, Swissottel Nai Lert Park, Impact Muang Thong Thani, Siam Paragon, Asiatique, Flow House, and Haarn Heritage Spa
Photo credits: 3-11, 28, & 30; press images, 29 by Hotel Muse Bangkok
October 08, 2016
SPEAKEASY, BUT CARRY NO SELFIE STICK - THE REVIVAL OF KUALA LUMPUR'S CHINATOWN THANKS TO 3 NEW HIDDEN WATERING HOLES
October 06, 2016
Of Tires and Fires: A Day at the FORMULA 1 MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX 2016
Sunday October 2nd 2016 • Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur
"Tengok lesen, dik*..."
*"let's see your license, son..." Speeding, are we? Naughty naughty!
It's neither the polo nor Royal Ascot but sometimes I entertain out-of-towners in Kuala Lumpur by taking them to the Malaysian Grand Prix. For the last three weeks I was in town to get my fix of all things home (the moment I land in London - tomorrow morning, actually - I'm being grounded for up to six months) and so were a couple of friends from New Zealand who also happened to be motorheads. As befitting of Malaysian hospitality, I invited them to watch the Kuala Lumpur leg of Formula 1 from the grandstands of Sepang International Circuit.
I've always maintained that the GP would be so much more entertaining if the drivers' helmets were filled with live bees, but Formula 1 won't have any of that. Instead, I usually contend myself by complaining about the eardrum-stabbing abuse of the cars as they slice by, but even that pleasure has been taken from me ever since quieter electronic engines have been introduced.
October 03, 2016
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