The oldest movie theater in Bangkok – Prince’s – once called Bang Rak Cinema (built in 1908) was getting demolished earlier this year. I walked by the hidden trok (side street), looking for a restaurant, and walked straight into the demolishing. They let me enter, and I got a few shots. While I was there they found old movie posters…
First of all. I’m all for development and enhancement of cities and neighborhoods. But in my world, Bangkok is moving in the wrong direction on a few levels. Old classic housing areas and projects are taken down for new skyscrapers and shopping malls (seriously, many of the malls we have are empty). A few years back the authorities started to…
This week it’s the HeForShe Arts Week Bangkok at Bangkok Art and Culture Center. There are a lot of interesting activities during the week. The event aims to raise public awareness – thought arts and culture – to promote gender equality. One of the activities is the photo exhibition Swedish Dads by Swedish photographer Johan Bävman. Great pics. At the…
Finally the book “Bangkok – 10 vandringar och utflykter” was released. It is all in Swedish, but hopefully there will be an English version as well. The book is about 10 walks and day trips in Bangkok. It is an excellent book to complement any regular tourist book. Seasoned journalist and author Bertil Lintner has been living in Thailand since…
Early in the summer the below book on Burma was released. It is all in Swedish an written of seasoned journalists Bertil Lintner and Sven-Olof Einarsson. I have a dozen pictures in the book including five on the front cover. Perfect for whom wants to dig deeper in to the history, culture and so forth. High recommended. Mr Lintner and…
Today the Vegetarian Festival in Bangkok 2014 starts and it runs all the way to the 3rd October. Chinatown is the gathering point for the festivities. During Tesagan Gin Je Festival (Vegetarian Festival) yellow and red flags that signal a shop or stall is selling food in line with the festival regulations can be seen above and along Yarrowat Road….
After a great meeting on a new project I passed MBK on the way to apartment just when MBK Night was to start. I decided to stop to take some pics. I think it’s a nice little arrangement they do there. Some pics from tonight:
Earlier tonight marked the start of the 4th season of the MBK Fight Night in Muay Thai. The event is hold outside the shopping center MBK in central Bangkok. The organizer put up a temporary ring on Wednesday nights and the set up six fight between local and international talent. Each week hundreds of spectators stop to have a look…
Last night Oskar Bistro in Sukhumvit soi 11 celebrated its third anniversary. I was invited by a friend, and we were 8-9 people gathered in the bar corner. There were free tapas, and free flow of drinks for three hours over two floors. Several dj’s made sure the music created the right atmosphere. There was an airline theme for the…
Bangkok’s biggest amulet market is near Wat Mahathat, between Maharat Road and the river. The market is open every day, Sundays are the busiest, with hundreds of the faithful coming here to find a Buddha that will bring good fortune or ward off evil. Thai amulets appear everywhere and in myriad forms, tied around necks or waists, on dashboards, etc….
Today it got really violent in Bangkok. There are many videos and stories out there about it. Here is one of them. At this point it is clear that four people died and at least 64 got injured. Scary. Will this ever end? It was really bloody at the battle scene today. A half a dozens of cars turned over….
Last night I went to the newly opened Mikkeller Beer Bar in Bangkok. The Danish craft beer brewery launched their first Asian bar just a week ago. They also have two in Denmark and one in San Fransisco, and in March they will open in Stockholm, Sweden. They offer 30 beers on tap, some will always be there, some will…
Wednesday in Bangkok. Started off with a two hour session at the fitness club. Always good to run a bit to clear the head. After that I went for some grocery shopping, and took a long power nap. For dinner I went to Baan Khun Mae at Siam Square. A place that never fails, with stable service and good quality…
The Bangkok shutdown is coming closer. Will it really happen? Can it be avoided? If it continues, will it be peaceful? Will there be a military coup? It is all up in the air and difficult to know. I try to follow as much as I can, from a distance. Interesting news over the last couple of days is that…
Today Sweden’s biggest newspaper Aftonbladet has an update on a rape case that I have been working on together with Swedish journalist Jan Källman a few times. Today is a text update on her situation, and my pictures from earlier articles are used. She was raped by a Thai guy that now has fled the scene. She will be back…