Text by Mary Beth LaRue
Use Traveler's picks of Bangkok's best blogs, podcasts, magazines, movies, and more to explore Thailand's beautiful capital—a city with an ever-evolving art, music, and film scene and delectable dishes.
Blogs
Foodie Austin Bush's "RealThai" blog is a glimpse inside the world of Thai cuisine, though Bush's meals are likely to inspire jealousy in his readers. His blog is filled with colorful photographs and mouthwatering recipes—from green curry to sticky rice—and he leaves no restaurant rock unturned, scoping out the best Bangkok has to offer with a well-trained, critical eye.
In 2001, Lyle Walter and her family uprooted from Washington, D.C., and planted themselves in the bustling world of Bangkok. In "Bangkok Expat Mama," Walter blogs about "the stimulating, multicultural world of expat life in Asia." As a freelance writer, Walter is inspired by the city's endless fodder for story ideas and never shortchanges her reader.
"Metroblogging Bangkok" is one of over 50 city blogs in the Metroblogging network covering a hodgepodge of subjects from local news to concerts to restaurants.
