Loy Krathong at the Bliston
Nov29

Loy Krathong at the Bliston

Posted By on 29, Nov, 2012

Yesterday the Thai people officially officially celebrated Loy Krathong. This beautiful festival is celebrated on the full moon on the twelfth lunar month of the Thai calendar. We were fortunate to celebrate this at our hotel last Friday. The Bliston put on a Loy Krathong themed pool party for all of their guests. It ended up being one of the highlights of our trip. Loy Krathong is an ancient festival with origins deep in Thai...

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Fitness Bangkok Style
Nov19

Fitness Bangkok Style

Posted By on 19, Nov, 2012

Even though I’m on holiday I do need to look after the figure. After all no one likes a fat punk … especially me since I’ve worked so hard to slim down this year. So my first morning in BKK I had a session at the hotel gym. The Bliston’s gym is quite ok. It has 3 treadmills and 3 bikes plus a limited range of weight machines and dumbells. I hopped on the treadmill and cranked her up to my usual pace (11k ph)...

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