Arrived and settled down in Songkhla 🇹ðŸ‡, time to share images from my Bangkok stay in February-March 2025.
A fan dormitory of Wild Ones Hostel, $5 a day. Spartan but good except for the fact there was no convenient space to concentrate on online things; a perfect place for meeting herons on the way from the dormitory to a bathroom:
Located not that centrally, and that's another why the hostel's prices are low:
But actually Phasi Charoen district is an amazing area to be: 1) 15 minutes by metro for $0.6 or 2) 30 minutes by bus for 0.25$ to reach the city's historical part (Wat Pho area). + Fantastic Thai food of the best quality for $1.5 and lower in sois.
IconSiam isn't far away too:
Not only a place with stunning views and vibes, but also a home for lovely $5 Swedish T-shirts, lol. (H&M).
Bangkok downtown, no matter how many times you visited it, it's always a joy to come back.
Another location I could be spotted in March 2025:
A banner "Cannabis, Coffee, Alcohol" on a residential building near Khao San Road.
The street and its surroundings have been a popular backpacker area since the 1990s.
Legalized weed has breathed a new life into this street.
Though, I didn't consume marijuana. I didn't want to. Although they even sold it at the hostel's bar (from $7 a gram).
In the beginning of the 2010s, I drank on Khao San Road and even got dead drunk a couple of times.
But in 2025, no booze, no weed, only photography (and a lot of coffee).
Alleys in Chinatown are another cool destination for street photography, especially at night (more images from this area in the next post):
Some streets get busy with nightlife/street food activities, and others turn dead after day stores get closed. I prefer the latter.
A cool character on a motorbike walking a dog in an empty night street.
Walls are where you should always look at in Bangkok:
Always something interesting there like these photographs of deceased Rama IX in uniform and being haircut. He was very popular.
Another peice from a wall:
These were great posters but nature's powers made them even cooler.
Ad posters from the past in Chinese and Malaysian.
Asia... Magical Asia.
More Southeast Asian stories to come, stay tuned! Check out my previous posts on my personal Worldmappin map.
I took these images with a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G on a full-frame DSLR Nikon D750 in February-March 2025, in Bangkok, Thailand.