One Week in Bangkok Bangkok is a city that grows on you. I really disliked it at first...or, rather, just thought "here is another Asian mega city"...with an extra dose of prostitution & sex tourism thrown in for good measure. The main tourist area is Khao San Road which is just wall to wall stalls of t-shirts (same same but different), fishermen pants, knock off DVDs and the like. I decided not to stay there but did visit - once I got my fill o...

Cooking tour in Chiang Mai With my birthday coming up I decided to commemorate my 33rd year on the planet with my favourite activity (no...not trekking). Northern Thailand is fairly well known for its plethora of cooking classes so I made a beeline there on arriving in Thailand, not even stopping overnight in Bangkok. Chiang Mai was such a contrast from Mumbai, India. I was expecting some of the chaos - traffic, horns, rubbish, stray dogs, the like - but...