Random Thai Pictures

[Guest]

The first two snaps are from quarantine.    First, an example of the food.     Second a view from the rooftop, which we were allowed out to after day 7.

 

[lotus123]

The air in Bangkok looks so clear!

[vinapu]

depressingly empty

[PeterRS]

2 hours ago, lotus123 said:

The air in Bangkok looks so clear!

And it's a lovely time of year because many trees and plants begin to blossom. These were taken on a short walk near my apartment this morning.

[vinapu]

depression cured thanks to colors above

[anddy]

6 hours ago, lotus123 said:

The air in Bangkok looks so clear!

that's true, so far this year we had hardly any pollution issues in BKK. Lucky winds I suppose, as the crop burning is in full swing around the country and Chiang Mai is VERY badly affected again right now.

[anddy]

9 hours ago, z909 said:

The first two snaps are from quarantine.    First, an example of the food.     Second a view from the rooftop, which we were allowed out to after day 7.

That food looks exactly like prepackaged 7/11 food, awful for a quarantine hotel!

I love the old Mini, in mint condition too!

[Guest]

5 hours ago, anddy said:

I love the old Mini, in mint condition too!

It's nice to see a proper Mini.  

Having owned one for several years, I have no desire to repeat the experience.   Borrowing one for a 15 minute drive would be nice though.

[Guest]

Ko Chang

[anddy]

19 hours ago, z909 said:

It's nice to see a proper Mini.  

Having owned one for several years, I have no desire to repeat the experience.   Borrowing one for a 15 minute drive would be nice though.

They're fun to drive though, like a go-kart. My brother's very first car was a Mini, and my first two cars were quasi-Minis, meaning they were Innocenti's which had a Mini chassis and engine, but an Italian, boxy-looking body. The handling of the Innocenti thus was the same as a Mini, but due to the bigger body and a back hatch with foldable backseat it offered much more space and better seating

[anddy]

15 hours ago, z909 said:

Ko Chang

didn't realize you went there, too....

[Guest]

1   From The Tarntawan looking to The Quarter.  The Quarter is the building with the trees & tanks on top, plus the slightly taller building behind the tanks.

2 From The Quarter looking to The Tarntawan

3 Looking out of my room at The Quarter.   The PRIME location.

4 &5 Electric river boats on the klong by Hua Lamphong station.     I read about this in the Bangkok Post, with some high ranking government officials trying the boats out when opening this new environmentally friendly transport.   Complete with technology from a European supplier, not that electric drive for a boat should be difficult.   Despite the trip being free, I noted about 3 other customers and customers were outnumbered about 3:1 by staff.  I got my phone GPS out & confirmed the maximum speed was 6.5mph, so only slightly faster than walking.     They need to rethink this, as it's OK for entertainment, but useless as a form of transport.  

Anyone who has been in an electric car, such as a Jaguar iPace knows electric vehicles can be very fast.

6   Boring

7  Bang Sue concrete industry support project (railway station).   Photographed from the Purple Line concrete industry support project at Ta Phoon.  Due to a strange piece of network design, the purple line terminates not at Bang Sue, but one stop up the blue line, so an extra change is required to join the purple line.    For efficient transport it really should have run via Bang Sue.       When the objective is to use concrete, efficiency doesn't matter.

8  Something else under construction by the river

 

[Londoner]

That was my view from Tarntawan  thirteen months ago....thanks for the memory. Unfortunately, my depression continues.

[vinapu]

12 hours ago, Londoner said:

Unfortunately, my depression continues.

to cure try vinapu's  own invention drink : 50% gin blended with  50% gin