Hotels

BANGKOK HOTEL REVIEW: BAAN 2459

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I arrived, together with my photographer and friend Sofia, to a hot, hot Bangkok. Took the city line train from the airport to Masakkan and then the metro to Hua Lamphong. After a short walk we arrived to an oasis: Baan 2459. This hotel is truly an oasis within a messy but wonderful city. We were greeted with a welcome drink and soon were invited to our room.

The hotel

Part of what I love from Baan 2459 is that it’s full of history. Built in 1916, Baan 2459 was to be the home of the respected muslim Vadanyakul family for many decades. Within their history, there is a Romeo & Juliet love story as one of the men of that family married a woman from a conflicting muslim clan, against all odds. The Vadanyakul family had to relocate in WWI and Baan 2459 was then rented to a Chinese printing press, which was then shut down. I can’t even begin to imagine everything that happened in these rooms in the past! The hotel is now fully refurbished with a simple but elegant, unique and vintage decoration style.

The hotel is enclosed within gates. Inside it’s full of greenery and so well taken care of you forget for a second you are actually in Bangkok as everything is absolutely polished. Every detail has been thought of.

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England

EPPING FOREST HIKES: OAK TRAIL

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EPPING FOREST HIKES

We decided to spend the May bank holiday weekend this year in London, and we soon started craving some nature. We had been in Epping Forest before but with no previous research, so this time we spend some time Googling the best walks out there. I found the Oak Trail walk in Epping Forest which is a decent length, so great if you want to get some exercise in. These are the details of the hike:

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Japan

21 FOODS YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST NOT MISS WHEN IN JAPAN

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Kaiseki at a ryokan in Hakone
1. Ramen

Ramen is a noodle soup dish that was originally imported from China and has become one of the most popular dishes in Japan in recent decades. Ramen is super cheap and everywhere, which makes it ideal for those in a budget. You’ll find ramen restaurants (ramen-ya) in virtually every corner of the country and they offer countless regional variations of this noodle dish. In ramen-ya’s you typically order and pay from a vending machine. The most popular types are:

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London, London Cafes

LONDON CAFES: PALM VAULTS

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On a certain Sunday I decided to pop over to the Palm Vaults in Hackney. I’ve always wanted to go as it’s a vegan cafe and well, I’m a vegan. But I have to be very honest, it was the rainbow lattes and pink glitter coffees I saw on a Facebook video in my feed that gave me the last push.

So there I was after over an hour commute from Tooting on Mare Street in Hackney. Didn’t look like much from outside. It was a cold Sunday in December so the windows from the cafe where all steamy hence I couldn’t really see inside.

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