Hat's off to you, Pat. 22 years in Phra Khanong on Pridi 16 and you have taught me some things I never learned about. I had been told by other old timers about the many cinemas but I did not know so many still existed. I do remember the one where the condo now stands. Before everybody had a cell phone in the early 2000s, girls would sit there with phones people could rent to make calls. Also there, one of Phra Khanong's last video rental shops. Your friend need go no further than the uber-hip "The Beat" Hotel on Pridi 3 for some ghostly possibilities. Before it was gutted and transformed into "The Beat", it was the "69" Hotel, a dreary, filthy, sleazy, rat infested flop house populated by the saddest collection of addicts and society's castaways as one could imagine. Police pulling a body out of there was common enough that it wasn't even particularly noteworthy. Pridi 3 was pretty tough in those days, a dilapidated lumber yard where "W" district now sits. not a place to wander at night. What was wonderful at night was the almost endless line of food vendors stretching down '71 from 10PM onwards till dawn. Even members of the Royal Family had been known to pull-up for a special bowl of noodles or a custom made "Ma Muang Poo" The saddest, most unforgettable sight for me in Phra Khanong was January 1, 2009. My girlfriend and I were in a taxi on Sukhumvit returning from a New Years party. We passed Soi Ekkamai and all of a sudden began seeing ZOMBIES...that is, people looking like walking dead: burned clothing, faces and bodies black with soot, staggering, screaming and crying, a vision of hell and you could see more of the same further ahead, all the way to Phra Khanong. These were the lucky ones who had escaped the horrendous SANTIKA Nightclub fire in Ekkamai that killed at least 66 known victims, just as the New Year was rung in. Again, a pyrotechnics show gone to hell, exactly like the 2003 Station Club fire in Warwick, Rhode Island in which more than 100 died. AFAIK; nobody was ever held accountable.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

The site of W District once had a theatre, called the Chao Phraya, I believe Soi 3 is actually called that, I remember the food vendors along there, I lived along Petchaburi Road and at Nasa Vegas in 2002/2003 and the area was a bit drab and grey I always remember think I was glad I never lived anywhere around there although I did look at a room in Winning Tower back in 2003 and decided against it, preferring a place along Petchaburi Rd next to Foodland at the end of Ekkamai Road. I used to go to Santika quite a bit in 2006-08 and if I wasn't in London that Xmas that could have been one of our new year choices, that was shocking. I covered the fire in my Ekkamai video, and while looking for footage and pics saw the uncensored ones with all the bodies, horrific. The place was only registered as a restaurant. The owner was jailed for 3yrs in 2015. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santika_Club_fire

An old girlfriend of mine lives in Phra Khanong. The last time I saw her was in 1989, but we've recently re-established contact. She's a grandmother now - scary!

@auang

2 жыл бұрын

we are all Grandsomething now, yes it is scary

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

1989 was 33yrs ago, scary!

@markfulwell4256

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat Don't remind me! I should have made an honest woman of her when I had the chance. Hey, ho.

So much fun to see my neighborhood of 25 years. I even saw my barber and recognised several of the cats.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

And there are so many cats! especially around the barbers shops and canal area.

Yep great area 👍

Pat makes everyone look like a star

"This is KZread and someone got to do it." Amen 😎

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

It's a tough job, sometimes....

Wow I watched his ads growing up in LA area. :D

This video is a nice trip down memory lane. Used to go to Phrakhanong weekly to teach a returnee whose parents owned a gold shop at the soi 71 intersection. They prepared a meal after every lesson, so some of the best Thai food I had was there.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear that!

I keep learning more and more about Bangkok from your videos. No one on KZread does it better

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff, always like this area.

Another interesting video about something that I had no idea that I was interested in

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Cats can be interesting without you realising!.....

Great historical coverage of the five Cinemas in Phra Khanong

Bruce's Channel: EAT. DRINK, TRAVEL: kzread.info/dron/zjp1w5FTEHSWUNYLjDGx5A.html Phil Jablon's old cinema & theatres website: seatheater.blogspot.com/ Pridi Banomyong Wikipedia Page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pridi_Banomyong J Bar & Cafe: www.jbarcafe.com/

I'd love to do a ghost tour of Bangkok, must be some great grizzly stories 👻

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Myself and Bruce will be doing a video shortly.

@joemann2178

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat Look forward to that 😃

Hi Pat ..in th.all change pretty quick...people live very much in the present...then and now...that sentimental look into the past ...that can lead to sorrow ( which it did in the past to me ) is pretty foreign to thais ( at least those I know )..so I learned, adopted and I guess changed to live fully in the now ..still remember and don't forget...but be in the present...because thats the place where all the action happens...just to...change once again...

สวัสดีครับ..สมัยนั้นผมยังอายุเพิ่ง14ปี เข้าไปเรียนที่กรุงเทพฯ จากบุรีรัมย์อาศัยอยู่ที่แฟลตซอยสุขุมวิท93 บางจาก จำได้ว่าสมัยนู้นพระโขนงคึกคักมากกก โดยเฉพาะวันหยุดสุดสัปดาห์จะเป็นที่รวมพลของเหล่าคนจากต่างจังหวัดโดยเฉพาะคนทางภาคอีสาน ของขายเพียบ ไม่มีตึกสูงเหมือนสมัยปัจจุบันมีแต่อาคารพาณิชย์ห้องแถวเก่าเรียงรายเหมือนในวีดีโอเลย ตอนนี้ผมอายุ46ปีแล้ว

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

ขอโทษที่ตอบช้า ฉันอายุเท่าคุณ ฉันสนใจประวัติศาสตร์ของกรุงเทพฯ ในทุกเขตและเพราะมันเปลี่ยนแปลงเร็วมาก หลายคนอยากรู้ว่าเกิดอะไรขึ้นในอดีต! ขอบคุณสำหรับเรื่องราวที่น่าสนใจ ฉันเห็นวิดีโอเก่าของการรถไฟปากน้ำวิ่งผ่านบางจากเมื่อ 100 ปีที่แล้ว และตอนนี้มีคลองบนถนนสุขุมวิทแล้ว!

@ninejack1

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat กรุงเทพมหานครเปลี่ยนแปลงไปมากครับหลังวิกฤตเศรษฐกิจปี2540 แต่พอประเทศไทยเริ่มฟื้นตัวการขยายตัวของกรุงเทพมหานครก็เจริญขึ้นมากตามแนวรถไฟฟ้า สมัยก่อนบางจากไม่มีตึกสูงเลย มีเพียงอาคารสำนักงานใหญ่สหยูเนี่ยนคือตึกที่สูงที่สุดในย่านนั้น พระโขนงมีห้างสรรพสินค้าเอดิสันที่ผมไปซื้อของบ่อย แต่ปัจจุบันผมไม่ทราบว่าเปลี่ยนเป็นอะไร ส่วนสุขุมวิทโรงแรมแลนด์มาร์คคือตึกที่สูงที่สุดในสมัยนั้น โรบินสันสุขุมวิทก็เพิ่งก่อสร้างเป็นห้างที่ทันสมัยและใหญ่สุดในย่านนั้นหลังจากสร้างเสร็จ และสวนเบญจสิริคือสำนักงานใหญ่ของ กรมอุตุนิยมวิทยาเดิม รถก็ติดหนักมาก จำได้ว่านั่งรถเมล์กลับจากโรงเรียนย่านเอกมัยตอนเช้าและเย็นระยะทางไม่กี่กิโลเมตรใช้เวลาเกือบสองชั่วโมงครับ ต้องลงรถเมล์ระหว่างทาง เดินเอาเร็วกว่ามาก จมูกดำปี๋เพราะมลพิษในอากาศก็มากเพราะสมัยก่อนน้ำมันมีสารตะกั่วมาก ผมเห็นการเปลี่ยนแปลงไปเยอะมากของกรุงเทพมหานครจากอดีตถึงปัจจุบัน ...

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

@@ninejack1 มลภาวะในลอนดอนนั้นแย่มากในช่วงทศวรรษ 90 จมูกจะเป็นสีดำ และเสื้อผ้าของฉันก็สกปรกอย่างรวดเร็ว

Good one and no looking behind either

I ❤ Bangkok

Another fascinating insight into Bangkok of the past by Pat, particularly the old Phra Khanong cinemas of that era. Not too far away from Khlong Toey harbour where my ship used to dock. Must give it a walk around on my next visit to Krungthep👍

@petergriebel7321

2 жыл бұрын

Is there anything else than a containership harbour there?

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

If only I could post pics here, I took some great photos of the view of Khlong Toey from the 40th floor of a condo nearby.

@Seafarer1947

2 жыл бұрын

The container ship part is the new port of Bangkok and the old port for general cargo is just a bit further on, on the same side and is still in business. Passenger ships, Navy ships and Greenpeace vessels still use this part where the Godowns (sheds) are situated. Some vessels are often tied up in the river to the dolphin bouy’s

Hope Land was the first hotel I stayed at the first time I came to Thailand back in 2017. I never knew about this history. Crazy.

Amazing walk down memory lane... Bangkok in 1979 just being there was an exciting feeling. 1980 :s 1990's those feelings changed, Bangkok is slowly becoming Singapore but for excitement and exotic culture Bangkok is still unique.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Paul, Singapore in looks only but as you say, still unique.

If it wasn't for your 'nerdy' insights, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a subscriber. These nuggets of information from days gone by, coupled with your cinematic style makes your channel one of my favourites. Keep on keeping on Pat.

@Theinsidetrader

2 жыл бұрын

Same 👍

Entertaining and Informative; the cats are good too.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick, extra cats to make up for the deficit in the last two vids.

that guys attention to details is great

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I try to cover everything because you only get one chance! Thanks.

I live next to the market overlooking the cinema. I've often thought it must have been a thriving retail area before the big stores came along. There are a lot of foreigners around here now and I think that the market could be an attraction if it was renovated. I only know the area since 2008, so never saw the old cinemas. But I remember there were few western people and it felt distinctly rougher than now.

Thanks for this. I believe Phra Khanong 100 years ago used to be some agglomeration of wooden houses on both sides of the khlong and a commercial area selling goods brought from up river. It follows the On Nut Road up quite well.

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

I have some old pics, and that is exactly what they show! Thanks Lars.

I love it! I visit this area daily for my workout and street food. Great area of a great city.

I like the nightly / rainy ambient atmosphere of your videos. It's got a noir movie atmosphere that reminds me the graham greene spy novels. Thanks to this video I also discovered the work of Philip Jablon. Great work.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Claude, I do shoot certain things to try and appear a bit noir, it gives another edge to certain shots when lighting is limited. Phil Jablon has done some great research for his site, it's always a good read.

Next video at udomsuk with me right bro? haha...You've gone that way down the bts line. Top stuff as always mate.

@tonythaiger93

2 жыл бұрын

Digital Park + Udomsuk mix.

@RyanLeeTVThailand

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonythaiger93 bit of udomsuk walk, the market...we got it all 😆

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

I've been looking at Sukhumvit after On Nut to Bang Na, with you in mind of course mate.

@RyanLeeTVThailand

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat haha woo. Back next week bro.

Two words, entertaining and Informative. cool

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Issey.

10 shots of cats in this video, you really do have a soft spot for cats

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Only 10? You saw the one in the bag on the bike too? It was to make up for the lack of cats in the 2 videos before.

Jeez! That's changed a lot since I lived there on Soi 48 in 2002. There was FA there back then apart from Thai markets.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that area and its land has been seriously built on over the last decade

That's were another spectacular sites in Bangkok I love it. Thanks for sharing with me.

Prakanong started to hurt when Tesco Lotus (now Lotus's) and Carrefour (now Big C) opened at Onnut. The Welco, Asian, Thai Daimaru and another department store, the name of which I forget, closed down.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

They got only a Makro on soi 71 now...

Another great video.Give thanks 🌴👍

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much and glad you enjoyed it!

"Potential snobbery of Thonglor" As a former Thonglor resident, I can attest to my obnoxious snobiety. Great content as always Pat!

@foodtaliban

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

I said potential, meaning that not everyone I met in those areas was a snob!

Another great video! Back in 1993, I used to train with Master Toddy in his backyard in that area, after he returned back to Thailand from pioneering Muay Thai in Manchester, England. There used to be a Boxing gym under that flyover; and Master Toddy had all sorts of stories from his days of street fighting in that area, when he was a teenager. It sure has changed a lot since then, but it brings back memories watching your video clip. Keep up the great work!

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Tony. Would have loved a few stories from those days before I shot the video! I can just imagine a cramped little gym under there!

@brothertonykjv

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat I forget the name of that gym; but it is the gym that the WBC and IBF Junior Flyweight Champion, Saman Sorjaturog first started Boxing from before he moved over to the Chitalada Gym on Sukhumvit Soi 36.

Love it. Spent 4 months there back in 2016 and will return there for the first time since in a few weeks. Really cool to see how it's developed, even in that short time

"I would like to wake up screaming". No way not to watch the episode after that opening! Jedi mind trick!

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Bruce is a great guy with a killer sense of humour and adventure. He's dead serious about that!

Ive walked through that overpass community on the way to On Nut . There was a little piglet with a collar roaming around freely ! Brave little piggy 😃

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like one of many oddities you'll see down there, soi 48/1

Enjoyed the history! The rest... (?)

Hi pat. I’m so glad to take the time to make videos that are well planed out. You gave your guest a mic, nice. I like to shots of cats. I would be happy if you shot other animals as well. I live in Arizona now but i plan to retire in Bangkok in a few years. I would enjoy meeting you sometime in the future. Gary.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary, apart from cats and a few dogs there's not else readily available to shoot, the odd bird or turtle or lizard. Let me know when you get to Bangkok, I'm sure I'll still be around!

Pat I have got a couple of stories you can find for your channel. 1. When the jetty collapsed on the river killing many people waiting for the boat . 2. When a tanker truck crashed into a car a tank load of fuel exploded on the streets of BKK 3. A story about the old "Rose Hotel" in Patong area.

I've walked around the area many times but never knew the history, thanks for adding some context. I randomly came to meet Bruce at a party a few months back, cool guy.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Good to hear you met Bruce already!

@StraightOuttaBangkok

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat My first reaction to the intro was "holy shit, that's the guy from the party". Didn't realise his background. Those Japanese 2nd hand shops in Phra Kanong are awesome. The one at Summer Hill, whole set of golf clubs for around 2000B.

I love your description : His history is very complex:) I guess it more as a minefiled these days;)

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Have to watch what to say, but also need to say why the road is named as such!

London,Asia,Holiday,Chao Praya, Prakanong Rama Prakanong Theater were six cinemas in that area.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

I thought so, because there's one other old frontage but I was told it was a market but looked like theatre style, towards the bridge over canal, same side as London theatre. Thanks for telling me and I really wish we could have known last week!

As always very enjoyable.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mozzbie.

👍😀

I did Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu for 11 years and naming my favorite Shaw Brothers movie is very very easy, Martial club.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

It's all about being prepared!

@danmills2932

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat truth

Thanks. The movie theater background on Phra Khanong, I wasn't aware of and it was interesting to see. It will all be a nice reference to look back on for those wanting to appreciate what Bangkok was like in by gone days.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! I was actually wrong, there were 6 theatres, the one I suspected was a cinema I was told was the frontage to a market but a commenter pointed this out. Holiday Theatre it was called, just further along from the London.

This channel deserves way more subscribers!

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it's growing steadily and nicely. Everyone wants faster growth but the kind of videos I do, take a bit longer to catch on. Quality over quantity as they say.

Answer: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Good choice indeed!

Tremendous vid Pat...love it!

I lived in Le Luk Condo for 1 year and Wyne Condo for 2 years. They tried to develop the W District into an art colony; there used to be an art gallery there. I remember the alien statue with the baby, the UFO building and the glass pyramid on top of the Jasmine Hotel. I didn't know about the theaters and Elvis at the Hopeland. Thanks. I enjoyed that neighborhood. Some good restaurants there.

The poster on the right appears to be a 1992 movie. It says เจาะเวลาหาโก๊ะ ("Back in time to find Goh" - or something like that).

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I didn't actually do much research on that one, as I didn't have time. It looked like they'd stripped off a panel on the wall and all the posters were still up.

Great channel bud . Good to educate us westerners

Topline-Diamond, ones of the famous Look-Tung and Mor-lam Music companies are located in Soi Sukhumvit 48, near Phra Khanong area.

Loved it, will watch this in 10 years and reminisce. There was also lots of shopping around where j bar is today, most those side streets were shopping. Phra Khanong is so close to on nut yet has a different feel and unique points that make living great like w District and a big fresh market.

Nice one Pat great viewing again.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

A year late to the comments but the side streets of Suk 71 Phra Khanong are pretty cool. One side is trendy Ekamai and the other side is peaceful tree lined roads with big houses and some coffee shops.

@BangkokPat

9 ай бұрын

Lovely areas, I agree, many people I know live off Soi 71 but don't want too many people to know in case it gets too overcrowded!

@Kayjay353

9 ай бұрын

@@BangkokPat I’ll keep that in mind for the next Phra Khanong vid 😂

My home for the past five years! I live inside W District and shop the Phra Khanong market several times a week. You missed Soi 2 with a great street food scene. I love it here. I like to describe it as being on the edge of the downtown. You get the condos and international food right next to the urban Thai experience of street food and the fresh market. I don’t really spend much time across the street around the J Cafe but it is interesting to walk around and is definitely a quieter part of the neighborhood. The khlong end of the area is quite interesting to walk around also. Thanks for the cinema history. Didn’t know that.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martin, you describe it well. That it's without a cinema now is quite odd!

Nice one pat , enjoyed that

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom!

I have the barber shops marked. Will most certainly visit them. On my next vacation.

Another good video Pat.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charlie.

Another interesting historical tour. Thanks Pat.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video! its really interesting how over the past year or two the amount of clients we have who now seek properties in Prakanong rather than On nut..both areas have great charm but I agree that Prakanong has always been a gem of a place and now its added much more to its arsenal.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, I think it has the edge over On Nut in terms of a bit less spread out and easier to get about. There are side sois with places to get away from the noise and chill which I thought was lacking in On Nut.

Good job Pat 😉 Thanks 👍

We visit this area a lot and I had no idea of it’s rich history. Thank you for the upload. Your editing is wonderful and you are a natural storyteller. We’ve been with you since you started and great to see the high level of interest in your channel :-)

Thanks Pat for another fantastic video mate 👍👍

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Bill glad you liked that mate.

Another enjoyable video Pat .. keep Going ! 👊

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jon!

Nice Video Pat!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Renato

At 3:03 the dog in the background starts talking a dump in the middle of the soi.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

You have a huge screen TV Rick. I didn't notice!

I love your geeky history lessons 🙂 Keep them coming!

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, nothing like geeking out over obscure stuff!

@karenk3593

Жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat So much better than the usual girlfriend drama stuff 🙂

Bkk Pat your videos are outstanding, you capture Bkk like no other and you make me miss it so much. Next time I visit I'd really like to buy you a beer. Good on ya mate, keep up the good work

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Thanks again Pat. Inspirational editing and educational above all 😎

@BangkokPat

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, glad you enjoyed that!

The only truly informative and respectful channel about Thailand, past and present 🙏 thank you sir, I've stayed here in January 2020 a little before the storm... I miss Thailand and Thai people 🙏

Bruce is full of it

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

He's down to earth, that's for sure.

@EatDrinkAndTravel

2 жыл бұрын

Everything I said is 100% true. I hope you enjoyed the video.

Great video once again mate looks like I'm the first to start watching it. First 30 seconds and I'm hooked already

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that Peter! Thanks mate.

Thanks again Pat!One stop up from Ekkamai[Satantee tatbai-Phra Khanong-Mind the gap!]on the Sky Train. Gotta check it out.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers David, worth a trip mate.

Thanks Pat , great job on the local history - very interesting and professionally produced .

Khun Pat's channel has some Thai language translation programs. Because some Thai people, if they don't have Thai language, they don't watch at all. It will increase the follower base as well. 😊😉👍

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Ok thanks for the info, I will look towards adding Thai subs as an option on this video. I thought YT had the CC auto translate.

interesting as always pat. like no other chanel information. thx

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alain.

You are the man, Pat. Thanks so much for all your hard work, bringing such important insights about our amazing Bangkok to light.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael.

Nice that you interviewed Bruce and helped promote his KZread channel. He's definitely posted a lot of videos, but the attention to detail, nuanced insights and detailed research that goes into your videos are absent in his, at least at this time. I did click on your link and viewed several of Bruce's more recent videos of Thailand and his recent trip to Cambodia.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Bruce and I have a few things in common and he's a nice guy to work with. We're doing a video on Haunted places in Bangkok as we share a love of horror films!

@brucef310

2 жыл бұрын

I'll be brutally honest with you. I am not trying to compete with Pat and his channel so far superior than mine. I make my videos for fun about what I do around here in town but I agree with you his videos are far better. Thanks for at least watching some of them.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone has different ways of making videos, some are a complicated process and others more basic. It's the content and intent of what is being put across that's also very important.

@DaSharedVideos

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat - Yes. Seems "Self Evident". If consumers vote with their pocketbooks, then perhaps KZread viewers click and vote with their finger tips. 55555 Just got my Thailand Pass QR code. Should be arriving in BKK via Incheon on Monday night. Staying on Sukhumvit Soi 19 alley at the Key. Want to see if that Mexican Restaurant next to Hanako ever came back after the fire they had in December.

@DaSharedVideos

2 жыл бұрын

@@brucef310 - Your videos may appeal more to those who are new to SE Asia and Bangkok. Whereas Pat's are quite interesting to me because they cover a lot of things from around the time I started visiting Bangkok circa 1996/97 when Thai Airways was my first airline account. I still remember walking along Sukhumvit Road before it got shaded by the Skytrain. Sill remember Soi Zero (Buckskin Joe's Alley). I did like your recent video showing Central Market in Phnom Penh. I'm considering a side trip there in June. I usually eat street foods in PNH that my Khmer friends are too squeamish to try.

Super Pat. 👍

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Hedgehog!

Not geeky one bit. Much appreciate what you do.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven. There's geeks and there's proper annoying geeks. I'm the former, sometimes!

Bbk all the way!! Love your work have a coffee ☕️

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, glad you liked it!

Ghosts:I think that they could possibly exist but their definitely not spirits of dead people and only certain people can see them at certain times when conditions are right. There are many things we don’t know yet.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

We'll be testing that theory when we (me and Bruce) do our horror themed video soon.

Always enjoy watching your content Pat. I’d love you to show on a map exactly where you’re talking about. Not sure if it’s practical to use a known map on KZread though.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

That's what's missing. A map. I will pin a map tomorrow.

Another interesting and informative video Pat as only you do them. I love the way you research your subjects and places. It’s fantastic looking at the old cinemas and what is there now. I’m just querying the Elvis appearance as I’m fairly sure that he never played in Bangkok. Anyway, thanks for great videos.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary, it was one of those shows with a well-to-do audience I believe, where you didn't buy tickets. Invite only kind of thing. The guy who told me, his grandparents are well known landowners in the area.

@robertjoe2950

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat Great video. Keep up the good work. But the Elvis story is false. It’s been talked about several times in different Elvis documentaries that he never played outside of the US.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertjoe2950 I was a bit shook up when I heard it

not geeky at all Pat.. great boots to the ground research. ghosts of past... now make a time machine

96 died in that hotel fire in Jomtien many years ago. Is that haunted enough ? I've stayed in that hotel for a couple weeks back in 2019. Didn't see any ghost, but it sure was noisy ! Very nice pool, great breakfast, great location... they even have a bowling alley.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

What was the name of the hotel? Bruce might be interested in that!

@bradleys4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat It was actually 91 deaths. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Jomtien_Resort_Hotel_fire

@bradleys4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6CaramhhdnMmLw.html

@bradleys4783

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat Might be a good idea for a vid Pat.... Hotel and condo fires safety, history of Bangkok fires, Ghosts, etc. Perfect stuff for your channel.

I really like Phra Khanong and was very possibly staying in a hotel around the corner from J Bar (which I walked past regularly) whilst you were filming this. However, apart from seeing one of the theatre frontages you mentioned (and not really appreciating it) I had zero knowledge of the history of the area. Thank You for your researching and passing on the info.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew, there are a few more hotels around there than I recall when I first went 20yrs ago, Hopeland and Ibis are usually a good bet. Those theatre frontages needed a bit of investigating, so I knew I'd be back at some point!

The Federal and the Honey hotel, not too far away from Phra Khanong ---where the management had to buy British made Willow 'Cricket bats' to help staff change the bed sheets!

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Those are in Asok, which a couple of stations up the line. Why those particular cricket bats? To threaten the lazy english guests to get out of bed?!!

@senianns9522

2 жыл бұрын

Howzat!

Nice one, Pat. I love the diversity of Phra Khanong, it feels grounded somehow. I’m in town next week for a bit, if you fancy a beer sometime.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Luke, I have a very busy few weeks coming up and have to be on maximum alert. Drop me a message when you're about.

@lukerabin5079

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat no worries. Happy to help as an off sider with any production or post…30+ years of film & TV experience is useful sometimes.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

@@lukerabin5079 Sounds like I'll be bending your ear then!

Enjoyed the vblog did you go to the Catz Cafe ? I often walk through Phra Khanong on the way home to Bangchak.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

I only had a few days to get around, I wish I'd been a bit more thorough but I met enough cats anyway!

12:00 there was a party going on in the back :p

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@BangkokPat

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

On nut area seems to be more affordable with the western delites

I wonder what the city would look like if they razed all the old never selling buildings. I mean no one has made use of that theatre in what? 30 years? Those cleaned and painted 60s places looked as I've always known they might, VERY good and blend in fine with the new.

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

The landowner wants 4 billion baht for that whole corner plot of land. Trouble is, it's built on mud.

@Tom-Yum-Gai

2 жыл бұрын

@@BangkokPat ain't that the same as most of the city? when my little city started knocking down abandoned never selling buildings, funny thing happened...the properties started to sell. It's sad to see such waste.

Really enjoying your channel Pat. I do have trouble reading your footnotes at the bottom of the screen which appear as though cut in half

@BangkokPat

2 жыл бұрын

Thank Peter. Some laptops from HDMI to tv will do that but that's the first complaint.