Opposite the rear exit of Wat Rajabophit (the temple covered by Benjarong ceramics between Fuang Nakhon Road and Asadang Road), there is a building carefully painted in pale yellow colour and…
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Songkhla City: Thailand’s southern jewel
posted by Jhone El'Mamuwaldi February 12, 2013Heard of Songkhla? If you have, chances are you associate this province with Hat Yai, Southern Thailand’s largest metropolis. But Songkhla is also the name of a middle-sized city, located…
The Ghosts of Windsor at National Stadium
posted by Jhone El'Mamuwaldi February 11, 2013The house of Windsor haunts the National Stadium. It has nothing to do with the British Royal Family. But few will remember that the National Stadium with its beautiful Art…
Bangkok Gets a Taste of Vienna’s Kaffeehaus
posted by Jhone El'Mamuwaldi January 16, 2013Wooden panels, heavy bronze chandeliers, Art Nouveau frescoes and exquisite coffee and cakes. This would be the typical experience of a Wiener Kaffeehaus to any visitor coming to the Austrian…
Old Supreme Court, a highly historical building soon to vanish?
posted by Jhone El'Mamuwaldi January 16, 2013It probably goes unremarked by most tourists visiting the Grand Palace. West of the Royal Palace compound stands a rather austere linear building. It is the old Supreme Court and…
Shopping Mall Siam Center to Experience a “Legendary Rebirth”
posted by Jhone El'Mamuwaldi January 7, 2013It’s official: Siam Center, the shopping mall sandwiched between Siam Paragon and Siam Discovery, is due to reopen to the public on January 11. According to the media bumpf, THB…
Street Art Gallery on Rachadamnoen Avenue
posted by Jhone El'Mamuwaldi December 17, 2012The renovation of some 1930s-style structure along Ratchadamnoen Avenue (dubbed at some point as Bangkok’s “Champs-Elysées”) in Rattanakhosin Island has been an opportunity to turn the palisades along the revamped…
Sweet Art From Seksun Toummai
posted by Jhone El'Mamuwaldi December 17, 2012His pieces of art are to be seen at the current exhibition of the 36th Thai Art Exhibition of the Thai Art Department at Queen Sirikit Art Gallery. Seksun Toummai,…