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Photography: Bangkok

Images of real Bangkok life.
Some of these images depict the more sombre as well as the colorful side to life in this chaotic town.  You won’t find some of these in the tourist brochures.

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Khao San Road

After our adventures on a Tuk Tuk we decided that no trip to Bangkok would be complete without a night out on the infamous backpacker ghetto, Khao San Road.
About a 15 minute walk away from our guesthouse through a myriad of stalls selling everything from deep-fried squid to Billabong boardshorts is the top of this [...]

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Paskutinis vakaras Bankoke

Paskutinis vakaras Bankoke … Niekur neinam. Trinames savo viesbutuke. Cia labai grazu ir jauku. Vakar neblogai pasismaginom, tai siandien norisi ramiau elgtis.
Rytoj iskrendam i Vietnama. Turiu pasakyti, kad trys dienos Bankoke daugiau nei gana. Prisiuostem ismetamu duju keliems metams i prieki. Jeigu reiktu apibudinti sita miesta vienu zodziu, tai sakyciau miestas-turgus. Visas gyvenimas vyksta gatvej. [...]

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Bangkok Photos Uploaded

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We Tuk A Tuk Tuk

Ok..apologies for the delay on the English post…Ligita keeps hogging the laptop and by the time she had written her Lit post yesterday we had to go out for many beers..many many beers as it turned out so if this post is a little confusing then lets blame the beers.
So yesterday we set out from [...]

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Paslaptingi talonai

Geras pusdienis Bankoke ir gulim abu negyvi… Reikia daug istvermes turistauti tokiuose miestuose. Saule smogia tiesiai i pakausi be jokio gailescio, nuo masinu ismetamu duju nosis rieciasi i virsu. Likusias jegas atiduodi irdamasis gatvemis per zmoniu minia.
Ryte susiruosem aplankyti zinomiausia Bankoko vieta Grand Palace. Tik issukom is savo viesbutuko ir is kazkur isdygo vietine moteriske. [...]

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Touchdown Bangkok!

We’ve Arrived
Following a seemingly endless journey from Dublin we’ve finally arrived.
Our journey here was so uneventful that until just 250 miles from Bangkok I was sitting on our Qatar Airways 777 wondering what the hell I’d write for my first blog entry.  
It was just perfect…no scary moments, no delays (in fact our first flight [...]

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Ko Samui, Thailand

Island of Surat Thani Province (or Koh Samui), or often, simply Samui as it is referred to by locals, is an island off the east coast of the Kra Isthmus in Thailand, close to the mainland Surat Thani town.

It is Thailand’s third largest island, with an area of 228.7 km2 and a population of over [...]

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Chiang Mai, Thailand

Chiang Mai is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, and is the capital of Chiang Mai Province. It is located some 700 km (435 mi) north of Bangkok, among some of the highest mountains in the country. The city stands on the Ping river, a major tributary of the Chao Phraya [...]

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Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok is the capital, largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. It was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom. It came to the forefront of Siam when it was given the status as the capital city in 1768 after the burning of Ayutthaya. However, [...]

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