Stickman's Guide To Bangkok Photo Gallery 2004

Stickman's guide to Bangkok
Picture Gallery 2004
All of the material on this site, including all of the text and the photos, is original.
It is all copyright Stickman.

I love photography and I often wander around Bangkok with a camera, just firing off shots of whatever looks interesting. This is a selection of a few photos I have taken and they were not chosen for any particular reason other than that I like them, and I feel that they give a taste of Thailand.
These photos were all taken with a Sony 707 digital camera, a camera that I have since sold. It was a good workhorse, but you didn't have the same sort of control over depth of field and what not that you have with a full SLR camera, hence some of these shots lack much in the way o creativity or imagination.
Stick

The sun was belting down and it was over 40 degrees Celsius as I took this shot of boats on the river in Ayuthya.

Ya Mo, in the city centre of Korat.

A samlor rider in central Korat. The locals might use them a lot but I prefer tuktuks. Samlors are slow. Did you know what samlor means three wheels? sam = three lor = wheel

A street vendor selling some weird Isaan style sausages in the centre of Korat. I love taking photographs in this area because there is always something happening.

Riding on The Chao Praya Express Boat in Bangkok, one of my favourite things to do to relax in the capital.

Down on the Chao Praya River near the big suspension bridge. This photograph was seriously underexposed to get the sunset-like colours.

The Chao Praya River, near Wat Arun.

Bang Pa In, a royal summer palace and a must see day trip from Bangkok. You can easily cover Ayuthya and Bang Pa In in the same day.

Lumpini Park, a nice place to relax in the centre of the city.

Chinatown, dirty, noisy, crowded....totally unremarkable.

Sukhothai, even better than Ayuthya, but much harder to get to, at least if you are travelling from the capital.

A village in rural Korat, so quiet, so pleasant, but ultimately, I bet so boring...

A fruit market in Tak province at dusk.

Apparently there are 40,000 odd temples in Thailand. This one is in Mae Sod.

Somewhere in Nakon Sawan on a back road...looking for a sign that said "Bangkok" because we were lost!

A temple in Ayuthya of course.

Samut Prakhan and the Ancient city, one of Bangkok's few must see attractions.

Children collecting something or other from a small lake in Korat.

Elephant riding in Ayuthya. Fun, but a bit of a tourist trap and very expensive there with most of the people on the elephants Japanese.

A typical street vendor style restaurant. You don't have to spend a lot in Thailand to get a good meal.

A Burmese woman working at a market in Tak province.

Soi Pattayaland 2 ablaze at night, perhaps the most photographed spot in Sin City.

This guy had a loud speaker system and was selling stuff from his boat. Just make a signal to him and he would tak the boat over to the bank of the river and sell you whatever it was he was selling.

Yep, it does get cold in the cold season but this scrawny devil's owner had been kind to him.

Sukhumvit soi 22, wandering back down to the main road after breakfast at Bourbon Street.

Construction of the new Siam Paragon next to Siam Square. This scene looks different every day.

This beggar claims to armless, but his arms are actually tucked inside his shirt!

Don't you just love the way they paint buses in Thailand?! The psychedelically coloured buses usually belong to companies and are not actually public transport for anyone to hop on.

Suburbia, Korat.

Pattaya Bay from the hill. Can you see your teeruk in the pic?

Now just who could this be...?

Just as the buses are colourful, so too are the boats.

Walking Street in Pattaya is popular at night.

A rare quiet moment on Sukhumvit Road as two tuktuks race towards the Asoke intersection.

An elephant takes a bath - but just what are all of those chains hanging around him? When I took this photo, the mahout tried to demand money from me and I had to bolt down the road!

Patpong gets ready for the night ahead.

The Ancient City, again.

Khao Sarn Road is best visited at night...it just isn't the same by day.

Wat Arun sunset, spectacular in the cool season.

Where would we be without the skytrain?

All feedback is welcome! Please send feel free to email me at : stickmanbangkok@gmail.com.

		The sun was belting down and it was over 40 degrees Celsius as I took this shot of boats on the river in Ayuthya.
		Ya Mo, in the city centre of Korat.
		*A samlor* rider in central Korat. The locals might use them a lot but I prefer tuktuks. Samlors are slow. Did you know what samlor means three wheels? sam = three lor = wheel**
		A street vendor selling some weird Isaan style sausages in the centre of Korat. I love taking photographs in this area because there is always something happening.
		Riding on The Chao Praya Express Boat in Bangkok, one of my favourite things to do to relax in the capital.
		Down on the Chao Praya River near the big suspension bridge. This photograph was seriously underexposed to get the sunset-like colours.
		The Chao Praya River, near Wat Arun.
		Bang Pa In, a royal summer palace and a must see day trip from Bangkok. You can easily cover Ayuthya and Bang Pa In in the same day.
		Lumpini Park, a nice place to relax in the centre of the city.
		Chinatown, dirty, noisy, crowded....totally unremarkable.
		Sukhothai, even better than Ayuthya, but much harder to get to, at least if you are travelling from the capital.
		A village in rural Korat, so quiet, so pleasant, but ultimately, I bet so boring...
		A fruit market in Tak province at dusk.
		Apparently there are 40,000 odd temples in Thailand. This one is in Mae Sod.
		Somewhere in Nakon Sawan on a back road...looking for a sign that said "Bangkok" because we were lost!
		A temple in Ayuthya of course.
		Samut Prakhan and the Ancient city, one of Bangkok's few must see attractions.
		Children collecting something or other from a small lake in Korat.
		Elephant riding in Ayuthya. Fun, but a bit of a tourist trap and very expensive there with most of the people on the elephants Japanese.
		A typical street vendor style restaurant. You don't have to spend a lot in Thailand to get a good meal.
		A Burmese woman working at a market in Tak province.
		Soi Pattayaland 2 ablaze at night, perhaps the most photographed spot in Sin City.
		This guy had a loud speaker system and was selling stuff from his boat. Just make a signal to him and he would tak the boat over to the bank of the river and sell you whatever it was he was selling.
		Yep, it does get cold in the cold season but this scrawny devil's owner had been kind to him.
		Sukhumvit soi 22, wandering back down to the main road after breakfast at Bourbon Street.
		Construction of the new Siam Paragon next to Siam Square. This scene looks different every day.
		This beggar claims to armless, but his arms are actually tucked inside his shirt!
		Don't you just love the way they paint buses in Thailand?! The psychedelically coloured buses usually belong to companies and are not actually public transport for anyone to hop on.
		Suburbia, Korat.
		*Pattaya Bay from the hill. Can you see your teeruk* in the pic?**
		Now just who could this be...?
		Just as the buses are colourful, so too are the boats.
		Walking Street in Pattaya is popular at night.
		A rare quiet moment on Sukhumvit Road as two tuktuks race towards the Asoke intersection.
		An elephant takes a bath - but just what are all of those chains hanging around him? When I took this photo, the mahout tried to demand money from me and I had to bolt down the road!
		Patpong gets ready for the night ahead.
		The Ancient City, again.
		Khao Sarn Road is best visited at night...it just isn't the same by day.
		Wat Arun sunset, spectacular in the cool season.
		Where would we be without the skytrain?