Bangkok Podcast 43: Bangkok Reality Smackdown

When you first come to Bangkok, everything is new and strange.
Nothing makes sense, and even a trip to the corner store can be
an adventure. But after a while, these things fade, and pretty
soon, the things that made your eyes bug out when you first
arrived become old hat and - dare I say - boring. That's why we
wanted to talk to Megan Kobzej, a new transplant to Bangkok with
a very entertaining blog that makes us think back to the halcyon
days of our first arrival; when Bangkok was stil an unexplored
realm and the possibilities were endless. Or, to put it a more
cynical way, before the city made us jaded, bitter, grumpy
expats.


Anyway, Megan tells us what impresses her, what scares her, and
why she's obsessed with chips (or crisps, if you're a Brit). She
also gives us her opinion on Bangkok's nightlife, what it's like
to face a cockraoch in your shower, and what her friends and
family back home think of her life in Asia.


We are also joined briefly by Patricia Weismantel from Spice
Roads, the company that will be leading our bicycle tour of
Prapadaeng on March 13, to explain the ride, and Tony gives Greg
a special gift.