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 central to the Chinatown dining experience and there’s great produce on display.

Daybreak is a good time to start your stroll, with most markets and street vendors already at work.

In Europe, roast chestnuts are a snack associated cold winter days but in steamy Bangkok they are also popular and are imported from China.

There are plenty of mobile vendors walking the streets with baskets of delights such as green mango.

 Saturday’s breakfast was khao man gai, a dish I’ve not had for a long time, despite it being a Bangkok street food staple. I couldn’t resist the aroma coming from this street stall.

The Hainanese dish is popular across Southeast Asia. In Thailand, the flavourful rice is steamed with chicken fat and served with succulent boiled chicken, blood cake, an accompanying spicy soy bean paste sauce, soup and cucumber.

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 bagged up rice noodles in her atmospheric kitchen.

More from my wanderings later in the week.

It’s been several years since I had the oppurtunity to photograph a Ngiew or Chinese opera so when they were in town for the vegetarian festival I paid a visit.

As welcoming as ever, they invited me backstage to take a few snaps of them getting ready for a five hour performance.

I certainly find it more interesting backstage than in the audience. Looking forward to the next visit.