A while ago we were driving over a long bridge in Bangkok. As we neared the middle, a row of digital emoji faces appeared. Most had a grumpy face on, which indicated the car driving in its lane was going too fast. Realising that if I went below 60kph I’d get a smiley, I slowed…
Before kick-off, an elderly man carefully sits in the stands replacing the skins to his drum. A couple of rows behind him, a seven-year-old boy in a white vest grabs his drumsticks and practises a roll on his kit. In the front row, a woman with cropped orange hair pieces a giant flag pole together,…
Let’s play a quick game of word association. When we say ‘Bangkok’, what springs to mind? We’ll guess you’re thinking luxury malls, traffic jams and maybe some dubious nightlife. We’ll assume you’re not thinking lotus ponds, grassy cycle paths and ethnic groups. And yet, the latter is exactly what you get at Ko Kret. This…