Golden Mount temple-Wat Saket Monday, August 20, 2012 Golden Mount is a small Buddha temple in Bangkok, close to Grand Palace. Visiting this place was not in our plan. We had half day to spare ...
Kuang-im Chinese Chappel temple near River Kwai Sunday, August 19, 2012 River Kwai is a historical river in Thailand. The Bridge across River Kwai is a popular movie. More about River kwai in a separate post. Ad...
Review of Pattaya Garden hotel, Pattaya Sunday, August 19, 2012 We stayed at Pattaya Garden hotel for 2 days. Here’s a quick review of the same. The good things: They gave us early check-in without...
Thailand Visa-on-arrival for Indians: FAQs Sunday, August 19, 2012 This post narrates information related to Visa on Arrival process Thailand has for Indians (and a set of other countries as well), based on...
Para-sailing Off Pattaya beach Saturday, August 18, 2012 I hadn't tried para-sailing so far. This adventure was ticked off during the recent visit to Thailand. A para-sailing ride which last...
Centara Grand mirage beach resort, Pattaya Saturday, August 18, 2012 As I was going for a small walk towards the beach from our hotel in Pattaya, I spotted this big building- in fact two buildings connected...
Laos, Vientiane 6D/5N itinerary Saturday, August 18, 2012 I didn’t know much about Laos till last month. Last month Laos Airlines ran a contest in association with Changi Airport Singapore , wherei...
Tender Coconut in Thailand Friday, August 17, 2012 In India we’re used to roadside vendors selling tender coconut. In Thailand, we experienced a slightly sophisticated way of marketing tende...
Spiderman can't work in Thailand too Friday, August 17, 2012 I'd written earlier why Spiderman can't work in India , and in Chile as well . Now I realized that he can't work in Thailand ...
Back from Thailand Thursday, August 16, 2012 I am back from a 5 day personal leisure trip to Thailand. Planned this 6 months ago when I spotted a cheap fare on Air Asia. Took a makemyt...
Why no 360 degree view of base variants? Wednesday, August 08, 2012 Automakers do setup a website for their cars and almost all manufacturers give a provision to view 360 degree view of the car. 360 degre...
Consumerism Saturday, August 04, 2012 When I bought a mineral water bottle for about 1.5 USD in a supermarket, I was expecting to pay against a small receipt and move on. Howev...
Aayarkoda Seva at Guddattu Vinayaka Temple Saturday, August 04, 2012 Guddattu Shri Vinayaka Temple is an ancient temple off NH17 (now NH66) in Udupi district, Karnataka. Its history reportedly dates back to ...
A travel app that doesn't exist Wednesday, August 01, 2012 If you're investing in shares, you might have seen portals which tell you 52 week high and low values of that share. Comparing current ...
The fast and efficient Opera Mini mobile browser Monday, July 30, 2012 Have you ever cared what browser you’re using on your phone? Most of us would usually stick to whatever default browser the phone came wi...