I have finally settled in to my accommodation in Bangkok. I am now located at Victory Monument which is a short skytrain ride from Chulalongkorn University. The room has a breathtaking view and is located in a rather "Thai" part of town. There are few farang and I have found myself mingling with more and …
Author: Justin Calderón
Justin Calderón is the founder of Mint Position, an SEO-focused content marketing agency that produces and ranks web content using journalistic-quality research. He is also a veteran journalist, and his byline has appeared in the BBC, CNN, Newsweek, Foreign Policy, GlobalPost, the Bangkok Post and more. Justin speaks Mandarin and Spanish.
Pee Sak
My first week at Chulalongkorn can be characterized by the awkward feeling of being foreign and the air burned into my lungs from taking a motorcycle nearly across all of Bangkok every morning. George's dad, Kevin, is an ex-pat and has been living in Thailand for at least seven years. He was nice enough to …
Newark, Detriot, Tokyo, Bangkok. This was my path. I had always wanted to go to Tokyo and in a few hours I would be making my first stop there.14 hours after I left Newark I landed in Narita airport. Ten minutes prior to landing I was informed that a typhoon in China had caused my …
The King and I
My name is Justin Calderon and I am a New Yorker that will be studying at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand this upcoming semester (starting August 15th).Thailand is a place where many farang (white foreigners) come and find themselves completely lost for many years only to find that they have only just begun to scratch …
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