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@beate

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Lives in Bangkok · From Bangkok

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May 21

Bac Ninh

Best Food in Bac Ninh (2026)

**🍜 Must-Try Dishes** Bac Ninh is famous for its bánh phở trộn (mixed rice noodles) and bánh đa cua (crab noodle soup). Don't miss the local specialty bánh tẻ (steamed rice cake filled with pork and...

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May 18

Bangkok

Bangkok's Charoen Rat Road: Food Fight?

Just show up hungry and empty handed. The sois off Charoen Rat are narrow but they all connect back to the main road eventually, you can't actually get properly lost. I always start at the intersectio...

May 17

Bangkok

Toyota Corolla Reliability?

The Corolla reputation is earned, but the "indestructible" thing applies more to the mechanical bits than the whole package. I'd add that the used market here has a lot of cars that spent years in Ban...

May 16

Bangkok

Does anyone have any experience with Indian clothing stores in Bangkok?

If you're near the Pahurat area, I'd suggest checking out the shops along Chakraphatdi Phong Road specifically. The fabric quality there is generally better than what you'd find in the tourist-heavy s...

May 15

Bangkok

Visiting Bangkok for two weeks vs living there long term. What are the biggest differences in how you would set things up for managing money/payment methods?

For a two week trip, you're right that a Thai bank account isn't worth the paperwork. The Schwab card is the gold standard here because they refund ATM fees globally, and Bangkok has ATMs on every cor...

Sivalai Secrets?

Oh yeah, I think I know the one you mean. There's a few old spirit houses and shrines scattered around that area, some of them predate a lot of the newer builds. My aunt lives a couple blocks away and...

May 14

Taipei

Gongguan Night Market Food Fight?

So I'm heading to Gongguan next week, super hyped for the night market. Heard it's legendary. But I'm a total foodie lightweight, and my friend told me horror stories about the sheer volume of food......

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May 13

Taipei

Taipei's Best Veggie Beef?

I'm heading to Taipei next month and stumbled across this Vegetarian Tomato Beef Noodle place online. The photos look insane, like, seriously good fake meat. My question is: how authentically "beefy"...

18 6 1w

Berlin

Did anyone else see the Hans Zimmer and John Williams show last night at the Philharmonie?

Trying to work out what the first piece was. Had in my head it was Star Trek but neither of them did Star Trek 🤔

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May 12

Taipei

One Thread of Sky, a Misunderstanding?

I went to One Thread of Sky last week, expecting some kind of crazy gravity-defying bridge or something. The photos online totally sold it as this amazing architectural feat. Turns out it's a pretty c...

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