Monthly Archives: May 2010

While I was exploring the BRT bus route today, I came across this beautiful park between MRT Dokmai and MRT Rama IX Bridge. It is dedicated to H.M. The King of Thailand. It is close to the Rama IX Bridge … Continue reading →

While I was creating a google map for the BRT Bus route in Bangkok, I came across an interesting sight between BRT Wat Dokmai and BRT Rama IX Bridge. This is the satellite image of what looked like a capsized … Continue reading →

While I was exploring the BRT route I came across this fascinating museum near Wat Pariwat. I have never heard about it before so thought I would go in and take a look. The museum is opposite BRT Wat Pariwat … Continue reading →

About four years ago the BBC had a story about an image of David Beckham that could be found at a Thai temple in Bangkok. I had forgotten all about it until I spotted one of the names of the … Continue reading →

At Wat Pariwat in Bangkok, you will find this image of the famous English footballer David Beckham. He is one of the images decorating the base of the Buddha image. Football is worshipped in Thailand so they thought it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Today was the first full day of operation for the new BRT bus in Bangkok that runs in a dedicated lane. So, I thought I would head into Bangkok to check it out. Looks like thousands of other people had … Continue reading →

I shot this video on my iPhone today to show how difficult it is for the drivers of the new BRT buses to approach the stations. The first clip is of the bus approaching BRT Ratchaphreuk terminal station. Here the … Continue reading →

This evening I went to Wat Asokaram in Samut Prakan to take pictures at the mini-marathon that had been organized as part of the activities for Wisakha Bucha Day. There were two races. The first to set off were the … Continue reading →

A new set of tourists that are now visiting certain locations in Bangkok are called “Disaster Zone Tourists” as they want to see the places hit hardest by the red shirt protests. One of the more popular locations for them … Continue reading →

During the occupation of Ratchaprasong by the Reds, the shrines in the area remained open, though they didn’t see that many worshippers. I visited all the shrines during the occupation as I kept receiving emails from concerned people who wanted … Continue reading →

One of the hardest hit areas during the red shirt protests were the shopping malls around Ratchaprasong Intersection. Most of them were shut for two months and some were burned and looted on the last day. This is the intersection … Continue reading →