Posted in Bangkok, People, Thailand, Travel, tagged Bangkok, boat, chao phraya river, longtail boat, man, river, Thailand, work on September 29, 2010| 1 Comment »
A man hard at work on the Chao Phraya River
When I took my personal longtail boat ride through the channels of the Chao Phraya River (one of my favorite spots in Bangkok) I spotted this man hard at work. I’m not exactly sure what he is hard at work doing, but nonetheless I thought this was interesting.
Posted in Bangkok, Thailand, Travel, tagged Bangkok, chatuchak market, clothing, market, shopping, textiles, Thailand, Travel on September 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Colorful textiles at the Chatuchak Market
Textiles at the Chatuchak Market in Bangkok (one of my favorite places in the city!). I just loved all the colors! The fabric doesn’t look like something I would want to wear though, maybe make some drapes out of it!
Posted in Bangkok, People, Thailand, tagged ages, Bangkok, cell phone, clash, merchant, new, nuts, old, seller, smart phone, Thailand on September 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Texting while selling peanuts
I couldn’t help myself with this picture. A street merchant selling some sort of nuts while texting or searching on the internet on their smart phone. Definitely a clash of the ages!! Technology had taken over our lives!!
Posted in Bangkok, Thailand, Travel, tagged Bangkok, bus, car, driving, rules, safety, Thailand, traffic on September 26, 2010| 2 Comments »
The most insane traffic I've seen in my life
I honestly don’t think there are any traffic regulations in Bangkok. Everyone decides to merge whenever they feel like it and some don’t even look. I’ve never truly feared for my life while in a car…until I took my first taxi ride in downtown. The tuk tuk ride was even more exciting!! I can’t believe I haven’t seen an accident yet! I just loved the colors in this picture!
I got my International Driver’s License back in California from AAA. There’s absolutely no way I will utilize it. Thats fifteen dollars I’ll never see again!
Posted in Bangkok, Children, People, Thailand, Travel, tagged Bangkok, boys, Children, city, hazard, safety, Thailand, Travel, tuk tuk on September 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Count the kids in this Tuk Tuk!!
Much like my post earlier Count the Thais, this was one of my first “Only in Thailand” moments when I arrived in Bangkok. I couldn’t believe my eyes! I just wish I could have heard the conversation with the tuk tuk driver and these boys before they all piled in! (Not that I would have understood it!)
I’m not sure if you can see them all but there are TWELVE boys in this Tuk Tuk!! It was so insane and as soon as I flashed a shot off they all turned around and smiled and waved!! What a way to be greeted!
I wonder how much their ride was… Whats 50 baht spit twelve ways?
Posted in Bangkok, Thailand, tagged Bangkok, future, man, space, statue, subway, Thailand, train, transportation, woman on September 24, 2010| 1 Comment »
An interesting Statue at the hub of the Sky train in Siam Center
You can’t miss this thing. And thats a perfect word for it: thing. Because no one is quite sure what this is supposed to be a statue of. Is it supposed to be a woman, a man, something futuristic, from space? What in the world is it?? One thing we know is true, everyone wants to take a picture of it. Because where else in the world would you see something this ridiculous at the hub of all major transportation?
I would love to hear your ideas on what this could be!
Posted in Bangkok, People, Project 365, Thailand, Travel, tagged Bangkok. protests, fight, military, policeman, policemen, red shirts, riots, Thailand on April 11, 2010| 2 Comments »
The policemen ready and waiting
I thought I would include another picture from the protests since today was more of a travel day. Once again, this was before the violence had broken out and the police were there merely as a formality. They were laughing and joking around, texting and playing games on their cell phones, some were napping (standing and sitting), while others just stared blankly out of boredom.
I’m sure these very policeman have seen action in the last few days, but as of that afternoon, it was just another day at the office.
Posted in Bangkok, People, Project 365, Thailand, Travel, tagged Bangkok. protests, democracy, police, protests, red shirts, riot, stand-off, violence on April 10, 2010| 4 Comments »
A red shirt woman handing one of the policemen a red scarf
The red shirts are protesting/rioting in Bangkok at the moment. I arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and did not see anything too out of the ordinary, but when we ventured out for breakfast this morning, a sea of red flooded the streets near the BTS station.
At lunchtime, we headed over to Subway near the Nana station and as we were eating our sandwiches, we watched the police come marching in to confront a line of red shirts. Wishing we were outside, we just watched in awe from our second story position and within ten minutes or so the standoff was over. This was unlike the one we were about to see a kilometer or so down the road.
We walked down to the Phloen Chit station where there seemed to be another standoff. We stood between the line of red shirts and the line of policemen for awhile. People were laughing and cheering and there really was no negative feeling in the air. Behind the line of standing policemen, there were groups of police lounging, texting on their phones, playing cards, and pretty much anything they could do to pass the time. It seemed like a super relaxed atmosphere (little did we know that later that night there would be bloodshed in the Khaosan Road area, the traveler’s hub).
Eventually the police retreated and cheers and roars were heard from the crowd. I somehow caught this red shirt handing a red scarf to a policeman in one of the trucks and him gladly accepting it. (Policemen or militarymen that support the red shirt cause are called watermelons – green on the outside, red on the inside). It was quite the sight to see and definitely unlike anything I have ever experienced before!
I’m just glad I was nowhere near when violence the broke out!
Posted in Bangkok, Project 365, Thailand, Travel, tagged Bangkok, skytrain, Thailand, train on April 9, 2010| 1 Comment »
On the way to the BTS Station in Bangkok
This was before all the protests got ugly and they shut down the BTS, but it still looks super abandoned and it was only 7:30 at night! So crazy! I guess everyone was busy protesting!
Posted in Bangkok, Thailand, tagged Bangkok, City of Life, overpass, siam center, sky train, subway, traffic on February 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The City of Life
This is one of the first pictures I took when I was in Thailand. Bangkok truly is the “City of Life”!! I was a little overwhelmed when I first got here (“little” is most definitely an understatement of the way I was feeling when I got here – I cried almost every night!! Let’s just say I had never ever seen anything like Bangkok! or Khao San road for that matter!) but I have to admit it has definitely grown on me.
Hello! My name is Alessandra. I'm from California and have recently decided to start traveling! I love laughing. I love learning new things and meeting new people. And I love adventure! Photography is my passion and I want to incorporate it into my everyday life. I encourage comments and advice on how to be a better photographer is greatly appreciated!! Enjoy!
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