Mystery Photo Last week’s photo was taken at the Asoke intersection. Dozens of you got it right! This week’s photo may look obscure but this is a place I bet most readers have walked past plenty of times. This photo is in the usual zone.   Stick’s Inbox – The Best Emails From […] The post Stickman Weekly, September 29 first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

    Mystery Photo Last week’s photo was taken from the walkway connected to the Asoke BTS station, looking towards buildings at the start of Sukhumvit soi 12. Despite its central location roughly halfway between Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy – and being very much in the zone – only 9 readers got it right. […] The post Stickman Weekly, September 22, 2024 first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

With a roof that keeps out the monsoon season rain, modern neon everywhere you look and a commitment to being the cleanest and safest nightlife destination, Nana Plaza is Bangkok’s premier bar area. But it has not always been the comfortable place it is today. The plaza was the most popular bar area when I […] The post Nana Plaza, Through The Years first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

Bangkok feels more touristy than ever. Everywhere I went there were hordes of tourists – more than I ever remember seeing any time in the past. People from all over the world are eager to visit Thailand. The tourism industry has been an incredible success story for Thailand. In the space of a couple of […] The post Thailand Tourism Today, Tomorrow first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

Many of the people I caught up with in Bangkok asked me the same question. By the second half of the trip, I was waiting for whichever friend I was catching up with to put the question to me. They wanted to know not if – but when – I would moving back to Thailand. […] The post The Eternal Conundrum first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

From Nana to Asoke is very much the zone for Stickman readers. So much of what features in this column takes place along that short 1.2 km strip of Sukhumvit Road. This past Friday morning, not long after the sun had come up, I went for a wander from Asoke to Nana and back to […] The post Sukhumvit, One Morning first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

  This week I returned to Pattaya for the first visit since the middle of last year, my first visit alone in as long as I can remember. What follows are observations from Pattaya and a few thoughts on where things are going in what was known as South-East Asia’s city of sin. It’s 26 […] The post Pattaya, This Week first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

    Mystery Photo Last week’s photo was taken from the Ploenchit BTS station platform looking south towards the Athenee Hotel. This week’s photo is in a neighbourhood most Thais would probably consider central Bangkok, but it’s not quite in the heart of the city and what I often refer to as “downtown”. Still, it’s […] The post Stickman Weekly, August 4, 2024 first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

    Mystery Photo Last week’s photo was taken on Sukhumvit Soi 8, opposite the first sub-soi on the right. Many of you got it right, as I expected. This week’s photo is very much in downtown Bangkok.     Stick’s Inbox – The Best Emails From The Past Week Pattaya low seasons a thing […] The post Stickman Weekly, July 28, 2024 first appeared on Stickman Bangkok ..read more

    Mystery Photo Where is it? Last week’s photo was taken of the Bangkok Bank branch in Tokyo, Japan. The person who sent the photo to me pulled a fast one, telling me it was the Bangkok Bank branch in London, England which I had no reason to disbelieve. It took a few of you saying it was in fact the Bangkok Bank branch in Tokyo that prompted me to do some online sleuthing to be sure just where it was. So I was tricked too! We’re back in downtown Bangkok this week.     Stick’s Inbox – The Best Emails From The Past Week Sexy Night. Having been a regular at Sexy Night in ..read more