Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand. Travel there and you'll see a collision of old world charm and new world glass and steel. Bangkok is anything and everything to anyone at anytime. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.

Lady Selling Curries - Bangkok, Thailand
A curry stand in Bangkok's Chinatown. Not for the spice-averse. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Thai Red Shrimp Curry - Bangkok, Thailand
A sumptuous Bangkok street-food feast for a little over $1. Notice all the Thai basil. Delicious. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Phra Sumen Fort at Night - Bangkok, Thailand
Phra Sumen Fort glows at night on Phra Arthit Road in Bangkok's Banglamphu neighborhood. This is just one of fourteen forts built by Rama I to protect the city. Only two remain today. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Wat Arun Buddhist Temple - Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Arun in Bangkok, Thailand. © UncorneredMarket.com
Money Offerings at Wat Arun - Bangkok, Thailand
Strings of money offerings for sale at Wat Arun in Bangkok as part of the end of the year 9 Sacred Places Festival. © UncorneredMarket.com
Flower Offerings at Hindu Temple - Bangkok, Thailand
Read about our year end rituals in Bangkok.
Savories and Curries - Bangkok, Thailand
Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Dead Skin as Fish Food in Bangkok
Dan submerges his hands and feet as fish food in Bangkok.
Papaya Salads on the Streets of Bangkok, Thailand
Taken on Phra Athit Road in Bangkok, Thailand.
Paan Snacks - Bangkok, Thailand
From an escalator in Bangkok's Chinatown, you can enter the world of Bangkok's Little India, where paan and samosas are on offer and not a Thai curry is to be found. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Crossing the Tracks - Yommarat, Bangkok
Taken as part of In Search of Sanuk's regular Saturday morning program in Yommarat, Bangkok. Read: An Evening with Refugees - When Going Home Is Not an Option © UncorneredMarket.com
Dog Nap - Bangkok, Thailand
Taken in Bangkok, Thailand. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
More Peace Sign Fun - Bangkok, Thailand
Love how no matter where we go around the world young people love to sport the peace sign. Taken in Bangkok, Thailand.
Street Festival Actor - Bangkok, Thailand
This actor readies himself for a street celebration in the Banglamphu market area of Bangkok. Local families gathered in the blocked off area to watch the festivities (and slowly go deaf from the volume of music and banter). Without any Thai skills, we could still roughly follow the storyline involving love, royalty and a few peasants. Some things are universal. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Modern Buildings - Bangkok, Thailand
Take a canal taxi and catch a clash of competing architectural styles. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
River Boat - Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok blends tradition - overwhelming reverence of the King and a strong devotion to Buddhist culture - and the modernity of new Asia with glass and steel and high-tech shopping centers. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Looking Out Over the Red Shirts Protest - Bangkok, Thailand
All the bridges were filled with people watching the Red Shirts rally in the streets below in downtown Bangkok, Thailand.
Ticket Controller - Bangkok, Thailand
A Bangkok ticket controller takes a break in between canal taxi rides. As the boat gets moving, his balancing act consists of hanging off the side, collecting money from the latest passengers who hop on board, and ducking frequently for low bridges...all seemingly without looking. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Poached Quail Eggs - Bangkok, Thailand
Eggs, eggs, everywhere eggs. Quail eggs, too, in Bangkok. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
Letting off the Lantern on Loi Krathong Festival in Bangkok
Friends and families get together to let off lanterns (yee peng) on Loi Krathong Festival at Rama Xii Bridge in Bangkok. Read: Loi Krathong Festival: Troubles Down the River, Lanterns in the Sky © UncorneredMarket.com
Monks - Bangkok, Thailand
Buddhist monks line up to get their photo taken in front of the large, golden stupa at the top of Golden Mount Temple. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Laundry on the Canals - Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok traffic is infamous, intractable, and impassable - we've spent 40 minutes just trying to get across a major intersection. The most pleasant way to navigate Bangkok is by boat - inexpensive canal taxis will take you downtown and river boats to temples and neighborhoods along the Caho Phraya. In addition to getting you where you need, they also provide a glimpse of life on the water. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.
Flower Offerings - Bangkok, Thailand
Flower offerings sprinkled with water for freshness in Bangkok, Thailand. © www.uncorneredmarket.com
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Buddhist Offerings - Bangkok, Thailand
People light candles and incense, pray and make offerings of flowers and fruit at a Buddhist shrine outside the Central World shopping complex in downtown Bangkok. This seemed like an odd place to pray for enlightenment. Read Bangkok's 15-course street meal.