{"id":12023,"date":"2019-08-28T10:37:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T09:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/?p=12023"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T08:28:33","slug":"winter-17-18-a-day-in-bangkok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/winter-17-18-a-day-in-bangkok\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 17\/18 – A Day in Bangkok"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today is my day off. Have to meet Melanie later, so I walked a bit to see how the neighborhood changed. I like to do that every yea,r but mostly I do not like what I see. Places that I went for food or a beer with friends are gone. Houses that made the street look good were replaced, and lots of family houses were converted into dormitories. What is the fucking deal with those dormitories anyhow? There are so many of them that charge even more than I pay for a room with a shower and a toilet. Sometimes, even the 5 months from the beginning of the trip to the end bring so much change. But I am happy when I see familiar places, and they are still the same. But mostly the old, nice, and familiar places go quickly, and the new moves in and changes everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Flowers<\/picture>
View from my room – Good Morning Bangkok<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Demolished<\/picture>
There was a nice looking restaurant and another biz next door. A year later it still looked like this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Demolished<\/picture>
Now it looks like that for over two years. Why not collect rent and kill the buildings when you are ready to build something new. And this place is next to my favourite bar :-(<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Wood<\/picture>
This was empty for so long. Now it is a hostel with caf\u00e9 or bar. But many times I passed it was closed. Strange<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Small<\/picture>
The place for a quick bite – Breakfast\/Lunch combination<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Thai<\/picture>
Soja Sprouts with Tofu and rice – 35 Bath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Thai<\/picture>
Some green with Rice – 35 Bath<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After my Breakfast and Lunch combo meal it was time to walk over the bridge and down the Klong to meet Melanie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"House<\/picture>
A new dormitory place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Bangkok<\/picture>
Sleepy in the morning – but at last 10 hostels till the temple – for now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Small<\/picture>
Further down the alley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Soi<\/picture>
Soi Samsen 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Democracy<\/picture>
Democracy Monument<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Deves<\/picture>
Deves Insurance Public Company Limited<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"King<\/picture>
King Prajadhipok Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"The<\/picture>
The temple of the Golden Mount or Wat Saket<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Thai<\/picture>
Thai Dessert – hmmm – thanks – I pass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Giant<\/picture>
The Giant Swing or \u0e40\u0e2a\u0e32\u0e0a\u0e34\u0e07\u0e0a\u0e49\u0e32 was built in 1784. It was used in Brahmin swing ceremonies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Melanie<\/picture>
Melanie and Me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Old<\/picture>
Old shops – lets see how long these buildings will stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Old<\/picture>
Old Department Store<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Wood<\/picture>
I feel Dutchland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The smallest Indian Temple in Bangkok<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Small<\/picture>
Small temple it is. It is in the house in the back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Indian<\/picture>
I found it one time by accident and now if I want to find it I never find it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Indian<\/picture>
It is in the middle of a maze of super small roads and tiny wood houses. Today I found it again.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Chinese<\/picture>
This must be the Chinese part of it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Indian<\/picture>
Another Indian part of it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Down at the River<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"At<\/picture>
Looking up the river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Clouds<\/picture>
Clouds over Rama VIII Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fish<\/picture>
Fish in the Chao Phraya River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Fish<\/picture>
Bread is what they love<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Happy<\/picture>
And feeding fish is what she loves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With all that walking, it got quite late, and we got quite hungry as well. Her boyfriend came over with the driver, and we had dinner together at the Green House Restaurant. As usual, it was really good. After dinner, they drove home, and I walked back zigzagging to my hotel. Another day has gone. Tomorrow I have to get all the last-minute things and start packing the bag for the flight home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few pictures from a typical tourist day in Bangkok<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":12029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kb_optimizer_status":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,142,44,4],"tags":[86,349,371,350],"class_list":["post-12023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bangkok","category-asia-travel","category-food","category-thailand","tag-asia","tag-bangkok","tag-food","tag-thailand"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pp.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Marc Hastenteufel","author_link":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/author\/marc\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pp.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12023"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14186,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12023\/revisions\/14186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hastenteufel.name\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}