July 28th, 2014 — 8:21am
Here’s a few more shots from Saturday’s walk to Bangkok’s Chinatown. The network of alleys make it a endlessly fascinating place to explore. I usually start at a random point on Charoen Krung Road and wander along in the general direction of Yaowarat, ducking down any side street that takes my fancy. Seafood is
July 27th, 2014 — 10:07am
I was up with the sparrow’s fart on Saturday and took a three hour wander around Bangkok backstreets, eventually finding myself in deepest Chinatown. It’s always a good place to go poking around dimly lit alleys looking for scenes from daily life. I had a nice chat with this lovely lass as she boiled and
July 25th, 2014 — 8:51am
A perfect day for me starts by getting up at the crack of dawn and heading off to an unfamiliar part of Bangkok where I’ll wander the streets and alleyways, camera in hand in search of food shots. And so it was on Wednesday morning. Rendezvous 6 a.m. on Lan Luang Road, the neighbourhood of
July 22nd, 2014 — 3:37am
The Thai beach resort town of Cha Am attracts weekenders for the sun, sand and sea, but during my recent visit I headed straight for the morning market. As you would expect, the produce is predominately fishy. It’s a great little market and well worth the early rise. Plan to get there for
July 21st, 2014 — 9:51am
Laos marches, albeit at a sedate pace, on noodle soup. Pho, which was brought to the country by the Vietnamese, and khao biak sen, a more starchy noodle soup dish (and my favourite), are eaten enthusiastically for breakfast, lunch or dinner. In any given town there are numerous pho shops and you would therefore think it
