Bangkok at Night

A couple of us guys were to go to China Town tonight. I was told I needed to go at night to get the best options for sights and food. And so I was prepared to test out my camera and ate a small lunch. Rain moved in around 4PM and we decided to call it off. The rain stopped, but we had already moved the trip to Sunday night. Meanwhile I set out to test my camera at night close to my apartment on Sukhumvit Road.

Friday night in Bangkok is actually not that busy - well, it is with people trying to leave the city. So the sidewalks are not usually that crowded. Pic on the right, Sukhumvit Road and Soi 24, my major intersection.

Looking on the other side of the intersection, on the sidewalk, there is a girl on a motorcycle. Not just the women, men also drive their motorcycles on the sidewalk. There seems to be no driving laws in Bangkok.

The first public drunk I've met in Bangkok. He was standing between me and the lady motorcycle driver. He said he was sorry, hid his bottle in his left hand and posed for a picture

A view of the traffic leaving the city from Prom Phom BTS (Skytrain) station, looking down from the flyover getting ready to head down the three sets of stairs.

This little guy is at this location on the stairs every day, begging. He recently started bowing all the way to the ground.

His mother and sister, who is also in training, are at the base of the stairs of the BTS (Skytrain)

You may recognize some of these pics from the earlier"My walk to the office" post. This is what it looks like on a Friday night. The city folk leave, so actually the weekends are not too crowded. Still more crowded than my home in the US.

Taking a look back down the path.

Food vendors still working.

So is the lady that runs the local "Blockbuster" store. Not really, these are black-market copies. TV shows are copied on DVD players. Movies are most often filmed by camera in the theater. the quality is not perfect, but for less than a bag of popcorn ($2.80) you can purchase newly released movies. Once they are on DVD, then of course you can purchase better copies - for the same price.