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Category Archives: thailand

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Thinking About Gaggan, Returning to Bangkok

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 3, 2020September 13, 2021 14 Comments

Quarantine during the coronavirus crisis has made most travellers long for the return to favorite places. For me, I’d love to return to Bangkok, Thailand and try Gaggan’s new restaurant. Here is a revisit of my experience at the...

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Park Hyatt Bangkok Has The Best Brunch

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 12, 2019September 14, 2021 13 Comments
sized brunch BKK PH

The two-year-old Park Hyatt Bangkok is a five-star hotel with the coolest Sunday brunch in the Big Mango complete with a walk-through working kitchen. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com....

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Restaurant Review: Lhong Tou Bangkok Thailand

Kyle Stewart Posted onApril 21, 2019September 14, 2021 2 Comments

Though we have been to Bangkok, Thailand more times than we can count, my family continues to search out new places to eat and are rarely disappointed. On this occasion, we found Lhong Tou and enjoyed their dim sum menu. ...

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Review: Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit – Suite

Kyle Stewart Posted onMarch 3, 2019September 15, 2021 4 Comments
Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit

After decades of just a single property in Bangkok, Hyatt has added three in the last two years, the Hyatt Regency Bangkok Sukhumvit the most recent addition. We frequent the Big Mango and have stayed at more than a...

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Rebuttal: Matthew Should Feel Safer in Thailand than Saudi Arabia

Kyle Stewart Posted onJanuary 13, 2019September 15, 2021 36 Comments
Thailand

Matthew wrote a post earlier this week discussing how he would feel more comfortable in Saudi Arabia than he would in Thailand following an incident with a Saudi national refugee transiting Bangkok to seek asylum. I see it differently....

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Why I’m More Fearful Of Flying to Thailand Than Saudi Arabia…

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 8, 2019January 8, 2019 55 Comments
Bangkok Transit Warning

By now you’ve probably heard about the story of Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the Saudi teenager who fled from her family and is seeking refugee status in Australia. While transiting in Bangkok, she was interdicted by a Saudi diplomat, who snatched...

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Boeing 747 Skids Off Runway in Bangkok

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 9, 2018October 9, 2018 11 Comments
Boeing 747 Bangkok Skid

A Thai Airways Boeing 747-400 skidded off a runway in Bangkok after landing in torrential rains. It’s monsoon season in Thailand, creating fierce storms that pummel the earth with concentrated spurts of rain. Thai Airways flight 679 was approaching Suvarnabhumi...

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Man Buys 747, Puts It In Backyard

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 9, 2018 4 Comments

Imagine this. You go to sleep one night and wake up to find a 747-400 parked in a nearby muddy field the next morning. That’s what happened in Chai Nat, a rural part of Thailand about 200km north of Bangkok....

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Review: Hyatt Place Bangkok

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 18, 2017November 18, 2017 4 Comments
Review Hyatt Place Bangkok

In my teaser post on the Hyatt Place Bangkok, I lauded this hotel’s comfort and amenities. Here’s a full review of the hotel. Located on Sukhumvit 24, the Hyatt Place is the newest property in Hyatt’s Bangkok portfolio. A mid-tier...

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This Billboard is an Inside Joke for United Flyers

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 23, 2017October 23, 2017 7 Comments
United Airlines Thailand

This post is a little geeky, but I could not resist. I spent a couple days in Bangkok  last week and everywhere I saw this ad– It’s apparently James Jirayu, who is a Justin Beiber-like figure in Thailand, as the...

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How I Nearly Ruined My Qatar QSuite Trip

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 21, 2017October 21, 2017 33 Comments
Vietnam Visa Vietjet

As if the yellow fever snafu was not enough, I had a visa issue as well in Bangkok and had to pay dearly for a solution. Yesterday, I had to get from Bangkok (where my cheap Ethiopian Airlines Business...

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Yellow Fever Vaccination Bites Me Again

Matthew Klint Posted onOctober 21, 2017 16 Comments
Yellow Fever Vaccination Thailand

What is it with me and yellow fever vaccinations? First Nigeria, then Zambia, then Zanzibar. And now Thailand…I just can’t seem to learn my lesson. I believe I made this recommendation three years ago and never followed it, but...

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Caution: Bring Plenty of Cash to Thailand or Face Detention & Deportation

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 20, 2017July 22, 2017 80 Comments
Thailand Tourist Cash Requirement

A rather alarming story for someone like me who enjoys going to Thailand but hates carrying cash: some western tourists are being refused entry or even detained for not bringing sufficient hard currency along. Thai Law requires tourists to arrive...

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Must Do In Bangkok: Central Embassy Food Court

Kyle Stewart Posted onJune 25, 2017September 16, 2021 10 Comments
She drove us to the food court.

As part of a series of quick writes/reads about things to do in a given location, this post focuses on an absolute Must-Do in Bangkok, the Central Embassy Food Court. If you’re already familiar with the Thai Capital, you’ll know why...

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Is it Safe to Travel to Thailand?

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 25, 2014 6 Comments

A coup d’état has taken place in Thailand with a military junta now running the show. As horrible as that sounds, is it safe to travel to Thailand during this time? In a word, yes. King Bhumibol Aduljadej has been...

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Photos: Remembering United’s Bangkok City Ticket Office

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 20, 2014December 6, 2016 10 Comments

I was sorting through some old pictures today and stumbled upon a series of photos of United Airlines’ former Bangkok city ticket office. United pulled out of Bangkok in March after decades of service to Thailand and left behind,...

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Robbed and Battered in Bangkok

Matthew Klint Posted onDecember 30, 2010December 6, 2016 7 Comments

It has been a taxing day. My wallet was stolen and if I have to deal with one more tout I am going to rip someone’s head off. And to top it off, I was assaulted by a local today for...

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