For nearly 100 years, vendors at Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, located about 65 miles southwest of Bangkok, paddled placid waterways in a spectacle that remained unchanged until the market was discovered by the outside world in the mid-1960’s. Overnight, tour operators capitalized on the new attraction, providing easy access with bus tours that delivered hundreds of foreign visitors to the floating market each morning. Today the pageantry is performed solely for tourists, yet snatches of authenticity surface from beneath the tourist veneer when women in wide-brimmed straw hats stop in mid-stream to gossip or call out to friends on the shore, waving and smiling effusively. To read more about my round-the-world travels, visit my blog, holeinthedonut.com.

Loudness first live in Bangkok, Thailand on 27 July 2011 at Hollywood Awards. The members are Minoru Niihara (Vocal), Akira Takasaki (Guitar), Masayoshi Yamashita (Bass) and Masayuki Suzuki (Drums). They had a press conference a day before the show at Rock Pub where the fans could see and talk to them very closely. They left Thailand on 28 July 2011 and flew back to Japan directly as Thailand was the last place they would visit during the tour. Here is the set list for Bangkok: SE 1. Fire of the Spirit 2. Hit the Rails 3. Crazy Night 4. Heavy Chains 5. In the Mirror 6. So Lonely 7. Exploder – GT Solo – Shadows of War 8. Get Away 9. Black Star Oblivion 10. SE (Requiem) the King of Pain 11. Crazy Doctor ENCORE 1. Let It Go 2. Like Hell ENCORE2 1. SDI *Note – at the end of song, Minoru says “Kob Khun Krub” meaning “Thank You” in Thai language.

It’s business as usual in Bangkok and we’re taking care of new plastic surgery clients every day! Come with us for a quick tour around town on May 24th with two members of the Destination Beauty staff as they visit shopping malls, parks, Yanhee Hospital and Khao San Road. As you’ll see, the smiles have returned along with the tourists – and the shopping and “sanook” are just like any other day in Bangkok! When you’re done watching, visit us at DestinationBeauty.com and find out how you can save up to 70% compared to home! FREE surgical consultation, FREE help and advice, FREE booking – we can’t wait to help you have the body of your dreams!

Absolute Explorer is a bicycle tour safari in Bangkok, Thailand for the casual cycling traveler. On the tour you meet local people and experience a local train, rice paddies, shrimp farms, and school children at a leisurely pace. – created at animoto.com