Bangkok Travel Blog

Returning Saturday from Brazil where she was recording, Thai jazz singer Natasha Patamapongs will have a speedy jet-lag recovery before performing with her group Mellow Motif at Saxophone Pub on Sunday (April 10, 2011). The performance runs from 9pm to midnight. There is no cover charge but you might...

DJ Octo is a well known name in the club scene in Bangkok. He took some time to venture into the daylight hours to chat with NileGuide about how he came to the turntables, to Bangkok, and… to monkhood? Find out what one of Bangkok’s finest DJs recommends for the best of Bangkok nightlife. How did...

I know, I know: We all loved Suan Lum Night Bazaar. And to see the now empty lot of the popular night market that closed last year maybe breaks a few hearts. May I suggest you start seeing other markets? Is it too soon? Well, for anyone ready to get back out there on the market scene, Bangkok has a...

One wouldn’t probably guess it, but Bangkok has a fascination with pool, as in billiards. Author Tom Crowley, an American expat with a passion for it as well, has spent the last 12 years watching a budding community of talent, hustlers, and pool culture evolve here in the Big Mango. His latest book,...

When the “winter” weather arrives in Thailand — meaning the end of the rainy season and relatively cooler and breezier temperatures — the open beer gardens start to sprout like weeds in Bangkok. ‘Tis the season. Photo by Kevin Revolinski But Absolut takes it one step further...

Going to the movies is a first-rate experience in Bangkok. The movies are typically up-to-date (or not too far behind), the price is cheap by Western standards, and the cinemas themselves are high quality. The following is a bit of information on what you might expect when you head to the movies in Bangkok. SF...

Is it a tube? Is it a luxury sports car showroom? Alien spacecraft? No, it’s one of Bangkok’s more unusual clubs. Bed Supper Club is a tough one to label. It is a fancy restaurant — but the diners sit on beds. It’s a gallery and also a club with resident and visiting DJs. Thai...

“The most beautiful ladies in all of Thailand…” Well, not exactly. If you are interested in seeing a cabaret show while you are in Bangkok, the Calypso Cabaret at the Asia Hotel is the one to see. The song and dance variety show is entertaining for sure and what leaves most guests a...

One of the quirky, fun aspects of Bangkok nightlife is the portable bar scene. A rinky dink tiki-bar, the kind you and your fraternity/sorority friends nailed together in college in the basement, might appear on the sidewalk right in downtown Bangkok serving mixed drinks with some portable music and...

2010 FIFA World Cup fever is upon us here in Bangkok. June 11 begins the run up to the championship game in South Africa on July 11. In my careful analytical predictions, I have Brazil and Germany in the final match. (Complete random guesswork, I confess. By remaining completely clueless the FIFA gods...