Locations Map & Chapters: www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1DTwFwgBUFfBbrnc-ivJuU1ro9Sg-ffM&usp=sharing 00:00 Brief history overview / Why it was built 01:41 Start / Saranrom Park / Old City Moat / Past & Present 03:00 Sala Chaloem Krung Royal Theatre / Sam Yot MRT Construction replacing old buildings 04:32 Damrong Sathit Bridge / Khlong Ong Ang / Old Thieves market 06:55 S.A.B. Intersection 07:27 Street Market Chinatown / Heart of Chinatown 08:55 Wat Mangkon MRT then & now / Slum building 10:39 Trams on Charoen Krung Road 11:56 Odeon Circle / Chinatown Gate / Odeon Theatre 13:41 Talat Noi area & Why I make these videos 15:04 New Chinese Daily News building / Canal Bridge / Nai Lert Department Store 17:27 Soi 30: Why it's named after Captain John Bush / Warehouse 30 / Aurum Gallery 18:29 Soi 32: Street Art & Why it's called the Creative District 19:28 Soi 43 Old buildings & Bangkokian Museum 22:56 Bangrak Old Post Office building / Then & Now shots of Charoen Krung Road 24:12 First Central Department Store / Soi 36 Old houses / French Embassy / Old Customs House 25:25 OP Place building / Soi 40 / Oriental Hotel / Assumption Cathedral

@chuleepornpikultong5803

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ka

Wow... you are certainly starting the new year with a bang, Pat. This video is so packed with historical information that the City Of Bangkok should seriously consider to get you on their payroll for the contribution you are doing to enlighten the public on the history of Bangkok. May I also add that I think people dont appreciate enough how much effort you are putting into this in terms of research, finding historical facts, photos and video etc. Also the editing of this video was simply excellent as you gave us several before and after views of specific areas. It was also extra interesting to me as these districts(Talad Noi/Bang Rak) are probably among the coolest areas of Bangkok in several aspects.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the kind words, appreciated. How much history is too much? Not sure! I knew there would be a lot but while there I was finding stuff out and as time went on I started to recognises small things from the old pictures so I took the present day shots as best I could, which is a lot of fun, then rushing home to see if you have got it as precise as you thought and at the right angle. Editing was extensive too, lots of small bits to add in so the processing took ages too. A lot of fun though.

@manitobagoat651

Жыл бұрын

100%

@robhodder1687

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, great work

Absolutely brilliant Pat. I could watch these videos all night long. Bangkok is a truly amazing city that most tourists probably fail to fully appreciate. I have wandered a number of the backstreets but am jealous of how fortunate you are to have this on your doorstep. A lot of work goes into stitching all this together. Give yourself a big pat on the back for your hard work. It's really worth it and so appreciated. 👏👏👏

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John for the kind words, there's still so much l am yet to explore too! Bangkok never fails to surprise me so l will never run out of content or ideas!

Great video Pat, I really love your Old City walks, would love to do this walk especially the Bangkokian Museum. Was surprised that you get comments about wanting to film the old buildings, if these were all replaced with modern condo's and shopping centres, Bangkok would probably loose its soul. Hopefully Bangkok can find a way to preserve its past, I would still want to get rid of all those cables though. Can't wait for part 2.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Shaun, you would need a day to get around all these places, plus a lunch break! The blinkered hipster modernists who berate me for celebrating what they see as old and useless are really just a bunch of tossers!

Thanks Pat for bringing the old memory back. I attended the Assumption College and roamed around the Sathorn - Central Post Office section during the '70s Most buildings along the New Road haven't changed for the last 50 years. I always love to go back and cherish these old memory lanes. Unfortunately, our younger generations have much less appreciation of the history.

@rayn3038

Жыл бұрын

See them before they Nuke them….those who claim the Planet can stand 10 billion…are Idiots….Bangkok is amazing…i feel bad I did not get how to enjoy it in the 80s and 90s….how absolutely marvelous it was…but the growth only creates an increasing self-indulgent Rich Class…not Quality or Necessity….beware of mass Depopulation….the Automobile is a Curse from Hell.

Some of your best work Pat. You've started the new by setting a high bar. Well done mate, keep it up. Happy New Year to you!!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike, was yet another one of the most enjoyable videos to shoot!!

Bro you have the best KZread channel in Thailand. Actual great information and not the same crap everyone else’s has.I can actually watch your entire videos without fast forwarding. I even go back and pause at things.

@mvnorsel6354

Жыл бұрын

Can't agree more, a Thai video for the educated.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers and very glad you liked this one. I try to do content without the frills, no clickbait or funny faces required!

Pat your videos are getting better and better by the day ! A great one this one, thank you !

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Francesco! Have a great 2023.

A few typos sorry, will try harder 😂😂😂

Interesting video Pat. Some of the places you show in the video I remember from my last walk there. I like the "before/now" comparison of areas. It's always interesting to see how the areas develop over the years.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank, l couldn't resist all the photos l had and was working out the locations the more time l spent around there.

23:04 that post office is amazing to visit at night , very nice with lightning

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

It sure is impressive with the lights, never been inside yet!

@Watchmaty

Жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat me too 🤣

Thank you so much for covering these areas that still haven't been gutted. These are the kind of places I used to love so much when I was first in Thailand decades ago. I haven't felt the need to return for over 10 years and I probably would be most upset to visit Thailand now. It's for the young people to embrace the change, but change is not always good.

You are the best. Already one week of binge watching and keeping strong. You will become part of Bangkok’s history. 🙏

You really smashed it out of the park with this video Pat, absolutely thoroughly informative and enjoyable. Many thanks for the long hours and hatd work you put into each episode.

Completely blown away by this video Pat. Every aspect is top notch and the facts and information pouring out at the seams makes it even more fantastic. Charoen Krung Road has always been one of my favorites because a lot of my gem vendors reside there and your video has left me feeling the need to walk the street again soon. This is what makes you one of the best.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Rachel, thanks. I still gotta do the second part of this road!

A marvellous video! Did not realise that I had walked almost the full length of Charoen Krung Road, along different stretches on different trips, and in different directions! Thanks for highlighting the splendid Bangkokian Museum, which appears to have developed even further since my visit in 2018. More please!

Love all these old streets....the origin of krung thep mahanokorn

Beautifully put together. Thank you, Pat, for taking me on a nostalgic journey down the memory lane of living in the area as a child in the years past. I remember having to go to the post office to make international calls.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you.

Loved this. So many interesting and fascinating elements + 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛

@mvnorsel6354

Жыл бұрын

Mr Pat always manages to get his ' trademark ' cats in every video.

Pat, a true masterpiece; you just keep getting better! I’m coming to Bangkok the week of February 14 and I’m hoping I can hook up with one of your small group walking tours 🙏

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marty, was an enjoyable few days filming this, very interesting area indeed. Drop me an email about tours, and I'll give you the info: djpat2000@hotmail.com

As a Thai expat now living in Florida, your videos bring back lots of great flashbacks. We used to live near Hua Lamphong. When I was around 12, I used to take bus number 35 along Mahapreutharam Road, left turn onto Si Phraya, and then onto Suriwong Road to go to school. When I got older, I took air-conditioned buses on Rama IV Road to Ekamai, where my Seventh-day Adventist school was located. This entire area, from New Audience, Yaowarat, Charoen Krung, all the way to the YMCA, is deeply entrenched in my memory. Thank you for posting.

"Charting the history of this street over the last few days." Well that's what you compressed it into for our pleasure, but there's no doubt it took a lot longer than that to produce. Great job.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Few days was actually 6. Not full days just a few hours each day. A lot of fun here.

What a fabulous video you made, showing footage of the old and new Bangkok, with interesting historical tidbits behind the scenes. I think you should teach a history class to university students who most likely have no knowledge of their city’s history.

I find the old buildings so fascinating and beautifully built. Too bad some are getting demolish & make room for something else.

To watch this video was to be back on the walking tour!!! Chinatown, street art, Aurum, old architecture, and "regular" neighborhoods!!! Even a little "drum and bass"!!! Great work Pat. All the best & continued success in the new year.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, cheers! I've always been fond of this area, never get bored walking around there. I could have filmed so much more architecture and added more history but 27mins is long enough!!

Wow, it's sinking in how good your stuff is. It's like coming here the first time and being so bedazzled by the variety of locations and old buildings and gobs of Asian/Thai/Siamese history. Can't get enough now! Thanks, Thailand Paul

@BangkokPat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, it's PAT by the way!!!😻😎

I was very happy to watch this video. I was born in Bangkok and I lived on Yaowarat road.for 30 years. I get used to this area very well. This video reminded me when I was a small child and teenager. I am living in Los Angeles now.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it brought back some memories! Changed a lot over time, but stil has a lot of character.

It gets better and better ! A excellent and a very interesting video Pat. One of your best yet. In years to come people will look back with nostalgia after watching this. 10/10

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers thanks, there's more to come this month!

I would give anything to see Bangkok before all the urbanization. I wish I could experience the Venice of the East before the Skytrain and see the network of khlongs in the city. I appreciate your dedication to bring all this history back to life. I can’t wait to see what you do next! Thank you Pat. Love from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! To get a good idea of the city before the urbanisation you have to travel to places like Paknam or Talat Phlu to see the canals and houses just like yesteryear.

I am a Bangkok walker. I will follow your route to promenade upon my third trip to Bangkok in this year. Thanks a lot.

Love the juxtaposition of old photos with how the area looks now.

Just wonderful. It is the sights and legacies of a golden era where the buildings are what was Bangkok during a heritage era

Its a pity tht bkk is not known for all these wonderful historical places compared to its crazy nightlife..and pat's clarity in narration surpassed profesional newscaster or presenter..u should hv ur own tv show😅

Great article Pat, some excellent shots of very valid architecture! Well done!

Love this part of Bangkok. Thanks for the history lesson.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Steve, now one of my favourites too, will be back to do a hotel guide to the Creative District

@steveprestrelski7172

Жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat Cool. I'll be staying at the Royal Orchid in a few weeks.

@steveprestrelski7172

Жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat Not sure if it's in the Creative District per se, but have you ever been to Mustang Blu??

Some cool heritage buildings

You have outdone yourself. Fantastic post, thanks 👍

@jeaniegoh2725

Жыл бұрын

Indeed ... your hard work in researching the history of places ... hope the government may in some way, recognise your contribution ... thank you Pat !

Thoroughly enjoyable! Fantastic work, thank you for sharing this gem of a video.

A great way to start the year a tour around part of Bangkok with history and charm.

All the best for 2023! Keep up the great work, researchers decades from now will thank you and meanwhile your subscribers will!

Thanks for the wonderful video and capturing the scenes for us today and future generations as you mentioned! I will never be able to find these places on my own!

Great video. I loved to walk around and see all those old buildings. It’s a shame you can’t get in to the old customs building anymore. I have a load of pictures I took 6-8 years ago if your interested.

I've been binge watching your videos and have to say : thank you so much khun Pat ! You're doing such a great service for Bangkok and Thailand - your videos are so well (love them archive photos), and you're telling the city's stories much better than Thai productions which tend to be superficial. Even as a native Bangkokian, I sometimes just go down there to just to enjoy myself wandering around. If only the BMA can just clean up the streets, get rid of of all the ugly messy wires, and help repaint the old shophouses.

After recent Ash Wednesday service at Holy Rosary, I purposely got los afoot in Bang Rak and was very pleased within historic gems.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that you got lost!

Great video as always!!! All the best Pat for 2023 !!!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and the same to you!

Pat. I visited all the places in Chinatown, not knowing the history and very curious. Views not just for the kids of some 2050 time-line but also for us unknowing kids of some 1955.😊

Had a great walk through Talat Noi last week (with the exception of the many annoying cycling tours passing by). I wished I would have known of the museum, looks so interesting. Always good to keep something for the next trip to Bangkok. Great video as always.

Wow - so much history packed into the area. Beautiful job of putting it all together with period tunes ❤❤❤

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, adding music can be a long process!

Ah, memories of my walks in Bangkok! I have been to most of these places, the old crappy buildings some people hate are my favourite ones 💕💕 The Bangkokian Museum is a little gem more people should know about. I tried to visit the East Asiatic Company building but the security guard, seeing me approach, yelled at me, "You! Out!" 😅😅

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Probably one of the best parts of the city for exploring if you're new as you'll find something at every turn! The gates to the East Asiatic Company used to be closed at 6pm but it gets flooded when the river gets high so it's got many sandbags now and the gate is locked but you can climb over from the pier!

Been to this area so many times ,including the Bangkokian Museum . Fascinating area and another great vblog.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Definitely lots of character in this area, cheers Jim.

My favourite so far!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mate, after the last few days I'm now a veteran of Charoen Krung!

In my first 3 years in Bangkok I have been living in soi Charoenkrung near the intersection with Suriwongse road. The name of the soi was Soi Karachi, just in front the old post office and near the Oriental Hotel. Best years of my life.

Very insightful and enjoy bbk vloggs with historical flash back's

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Shane! Great area to walk around.

The architecture of that Bang Rak Post and Telegraph office building would look very familiar to students of early 20th century German history. Great video.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers. If you have any students of early 20th century Russia, show them the Bangkok mail centre by Hua Lamphong!

Wow, what an outstanding video once again! Thank you so much for making these historic walking tours of the city.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and glad you liked it ,😍

Thanks for this Pat, I missed so much walking around there on my own. I'm going back this weekend . Excited to visit the first central department store and the creepy zombie place from your other video. I have my mission!

As so many have said, stellar stuff, Pat. I was along there one rainy night on foot getting lost in the city. The only thing missing from your videos are the smells haha. 👍🏻

Thanks BP . Lovingly made and a pleasure to watch .

Loved the journey .. thanks for the efforts

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Thank you. Excellent research and history as usual.

Beauty

Thank you so much Pat for this wonderful clip. Am Thai and I have now truly see Bangkok through yours video. We are native Thai and most time we are just ignorant to our own country and history. I have enjoyed yours videos by far. Thank you 😊

Wonderful VLOG! My wife and I walked the entire road about 7 years ago with a side trip to the train station. Memories🥲🙏🙏🙏

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you've experienced the chaos too!

This was one of the best episodes I've seen so far. A fantastic historical tour with many memories It is clear that it is well made with a lot of time and work behind it. (as always) I remember Bangkok in the 1980s. Long before mobile phones existed. I had to visit the Telegraph to call home. To collect Post, I visited Bangrak Post Office. Really a nostalgic video🙂

Pat, this was so Amazing to see for me with your Comments. I walked and drive so many times on this New Road, and now know more about the History by your Good Historical Story Telling. 🙏

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Its a lot more history then l anticipated. I could have picked another 20 places and given a historical overview but 27mins is enough...

Fascinating video. Like how they made the MRT buildings blend in with the area's architecture. Maybe blends in enough to make some tourists walk straight past the station entrance?

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

I think many do walk past, like l did when they first opened!

@highbrand

Жыл бұрын

I guess it's done and not done its job then.

Very interesting video. I really like your narratives that explain the history of the different areas.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, thank you!

Fantastic Pat. Thank you

Absolutely Fabulous. Love the mix of old & new, with the historical facts. You've done some research - as always.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Serge.

Just subscribed. Really loved this video, not just for my love of history and architecture but for the amount of research you did, also as a you tuber I appreciate the effort and time you spent on this. Top marks Pat. Thank you Jonathan

Pat, your work stands alone! Thank you!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Carl! Glad you're getting around the channel.

Fantastic Pat.. Thank you.

Very informative and interesting. Thanks again. Will be in Bangkok on the third week of February. Would love to meet up for a drink.

Outstanding video, thank you. Will definitely check out some of those areas.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Allow a day to fully explore!

Thanks, amazing.

Really enjoyed the old pictures with video.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it Fred, cheers ,😎

I've walked many times around your video, brings back many memories, plus your ' trademark ' cats. A goodin Mr Pat.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

A lot of friendly cats everywhere l go! Glad you got to feel a bit of nostalgia watching this!

Thank you Pat.

Nice one Pat

Thank you Pat for bringing back memories of my years in thailand, with i was there but am old and will travel on the internet in my declining years

Thanks!

Woow, what a great video again. Love the history of these buildings. I think you do an awesome and important job to preserve that history for future generations. Also, the work you put in to get old historic pictures and movies is priceless. Thank you so much for what you are doing.

Thank you for sharing old history , I used to live in Silom Road for many yeas and spent a lot of childhood times in the area. Your pictures bring back memories and the best content of KZread I 've ever watch fantastic

The best one yet! cheers!

Brilliant!

Enjoyed this tremendously for a second time!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it again Scott! Will you be exploring the area upon your return? Bit hectic for the kids in some parts but Talat Noi is great.

Your videos are an amazing historical document. You should be very proud of your work. 👍👍👍

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Congratulatlions on this Video 💪 so much great content. Super interesting an well edited. A superior league of its own for Thailand you tube vlogs. Bravo!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric, l put 100% into every video.

nice one Pat! love the historical content!

Excellent.

Great vid mate.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Excellent video Pat

G'day Pat, After 2 years of planning, watching your content and that of others from home, I've moved to Thailand. I took this walk today. It was brilliant. I had a fantastic time. I would never have known about it without your video. Thanks mate!!!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Great to hear that Mike! It would take a few hours to take in all the places l mentioned but it shows many sides of Bangkok in just a few km!

@mikedodd4546

Жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat took most of the day! "Hello Stalin" post office was a classic! Loved the bridges, old buildings, klongs. If you need an engine manifold or a Maserati bicycle, I'm your guy!!?

Definitely should visit this area next time I'm in Bangkok. Ah.. Chinese New Year is a couple weeks away. Looks like they're getting prepared.. 25:00 - those old houses look just like the ones you find in certain areas of Kuala Lumpur. The ones that survive were mainly Government quarters at one time, one was used by the Malaysian Historical Society until about 15 years ago (when they got their new building). Like a lot of old buildings the lived in parts were one floor up, on pillars. Later they'd build new rooms underneath. Similar to what you'd find in rural areas of the same time period, except the houses there weren't as large.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Great mix of architecture along that road from all eras, not sure which is worst!

Always interesting pat. Cheers.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and have a great new year!

Thank you so much, you are awesome. I learned a lot about the history of Bangkok from your video. Thanks once again. You brought a great journey to the past from the present path

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the kind words.

Nice work with the past & present images… thanks again for the inspiration… time for a walk about 🙏🏼

Really enjoyed the vlog. Lots of historic facts.

This is just incredible, how interesting and a complete joy to watch

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, one of my most favourite video shoots!

@KF-cx8bm

Жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat Yes, I just found your channel today, got all of your previous videos to watch from the start so im delighted

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

@@KF-cx8bm Thank you and happy viewing, there are many videos in 3yrs but every video I love doing, always an adventure going around to different parts of the city!

I Love Your Work Pat, Thx

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it, cheers Bob.