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Underrated Things: Elevators
Most of us use them at least a few times a day, but we hardly ever give a thought to how complex they are. The lowly elevator is the red-headed stepchild of human transport - no respect. It’s easy to say ‘What’s the big deal, the weight goes down and pulls a rope, and you [...]
My Bike Videos on YouTube
In a sudden flash of boredom genius a few months ago, I decided that I’d figure out away to attach my camera to my mountainbike. After viewing a few tutorials here and there, I managed to bang together a serviceable camera mount, something I wrote about here. Well, the first video was pretty rough, but [...]
Chinatown Vegetarian Festival - More Fun Than a Bucket of Snakefish
My crazy neighborhood is no crazier than during the period from September 28-October 7, when the Chinese vegetarian festival takes place. During this time, the sois (alleys) around my apartment are packed with crowds of people dressed in white, food stalls selling all manner of food, Chinese opera singers, parades, firecrackers and even the odd [...]
Biking Around Bangkok
Biking around Bangkok is something I really like doing, which freaks a lot of people out. Most automatically assume that it’s nothing more than a date with death, but I Greg to differ (ha!). If you’re patient, know how traffic works, and keep your wits about you, city riding can be really rewarding, especially [...]
Chatuchak - World’s Biggest Market?
With friends in town, a trip to Chatuchak Weekend Market (or Jatujak, or simply ‘JJ Market’) is usually on the menu. While a visit to this sprawling covered flea market from hell (apparently the world’s biggest) is usually done as a last resort for expats living here (or unless you want some particularly unique things), [...]
Badass Bangkok Biking
Bangkok’s not usually the type of city one thinks about when you hear ‘city biking’, but over the past few years my friends and I have braved the narrow streets, unpredictable traffic and stifling heat to map ourselves out a nice collection of routes. Some of them take us down Bangkok’s main drags, where we [...]
