I love that neighbourhood. I spent a lot of time there and strangely felt a little homesick watching the video. Maybe it's just nostalgia, anyway, great video. Thanks, Pat.
Back in the day you were smarter so you knew that Khao San Rd was in the Bang Lampu area, not that many know that now unless they've looked a bit deeper. l called this video as it is to distinguish it from the Khao San side of the Bang Lampu canal.
@@BangkokPat I dug out my rather tatty 1982 copy of SE Asia on a Shoestring and Banglamphu is indeed what Tony Wheeler called the area. It was the bible for backpackers back then.
Love your videos. For the last 15 years, I’ve spent half the year in Thailand, minus the one Covid year, I still love watching your videos, of neighborhoods I’ve never even walked through. Definitely, trying these new neighborhoods when I’m back next month.
Thanks for the great filming , things have not changed that much which is what i liked about this part of the Banglamphu , so much prefer the old town than the shinny skyscaper modern area bits. Back in late 80's to 90;s, we always used to stay in the New World hotel which is now a very pricy Nouvo City hotel. The rooms were very large and spacious that overlooked the canal. What a great place that was. The little shack next to the bridge was great for some food & drink, believe it is still there but a lot more spruced up now. Around the corner from there in the next soi there was a award winning Thai steet food place with seating in the street , the chef with a wok & open fire, now looks like its gone and a large hotel there. I also used to wander down to the river side fort sometimes . Thanks for bringing back some very happy memories of times gone by.
I like this place, especially when you said that : “ the music played in background with sensible … “ 🙏🏼❤️❤️ Thanks for your recommendation, I will be there soon 🙏🏼
I had a wonderful time in this area in the first years of the new millennium, I had a long-term room at the Suksawat Hotel (now the SS Hotel) (what a strange name for german speakers) opposite the Bangkok Bank. contact with the population was friendly. everything was half the price of the khaosan
Not many people appreciate your video, I think, unless you have some sort of history or background in the area. Thanks! Your videos remind me of my childhood life in Bangkok. Very much appreciated!
Looks like a nice feel around that area. I often stayed at a hostel in Trok Mayom which was an old teak house. Just behind Khaosan, but still nice and quiet. Imagine it's been lost to development.
Hi Pat! what a great and informative video! I wish your videos were online back in 2003. Although I did also a lot of walking around in Banglamphu, even had the chance to visit the corrections museum next to the Rommaninat Park. Last time I walked through Khaosan road was 7 or 8 years ago and yes it was mayhem. I’ll guess we r now to ‘old’ for that specific road.
I am an old Guy but i still like the KSR area .Your video showed me a lot of new areas i never knew about .I usually stay in the road behind the Temple opposite the Police station .There its usually quiet once you get to your room .Prices are cheap there for Bangkok .
I like the Sam Seng.Good values,nice people,good restaurants with good prices and you can go everywhere. Nice walks too the river,sitting in the park.And from San Sen you can go easy around. And I li,e Satong too.
This is a extremely nice and PRECIOUS video to introduce another good side of Bangkok tourism. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾 Again, it is very informative and well presentation. Thanks Pete ( or Pat , I always misspells your nice name ) 🙏🏼❤️❤️
Bang Lamphu sounds like a terrific place. I'm too old for it but still get nostalgic for hostel accommodation and this would be the area to find one. Thanks Pat for bringing it to us.
Thanks for that Pat. Good to see the area again. I love the folks over there. I’ve saved this one to avoid taking notes. My compliments to you’re quality shows and details.
Phra Arthit, Bang Lamphu and Samsen Road used to be my regular hangouts. Wandering the neighborhood is a favorite pastime of mine as there are so many hidden treasures and everyone you meet is simply fabulous. Thanks for another great video.
Always accurate and informative guides Pat. Conjures some great memories of Bangkok. Do you ever do ever do real time adventure vlogs? Like road trips etc.
The place is perfect,a short walk to where the action is but much quieter and not to say cheaper,the same goes for the hotels on the road before you cross the bridge
I think it's depending upon the weight of the cats laundry, rather than the cat its self. Not sure what cats get laundered but I'm pleased they have the option there... 555
Excellent video, I love the older sides of Bangkok it has real character you wouldn't know that Bang Lamphu existed. Keep up the good work gives me more places to visit when I am not working.
Great video Pat! I lived in that area for many years in the 90's but our house is closer to Prachartipatai Rd. Still have the house and my nephew lives in it now as we bought another house much further away. The area of Samen sois 2,4, and 6 have really changed a lot since then.
Nice little community where the locals are obviously well in tune with having a lot of foreigners about, yet it remains very local and Thai. I have been asked about long term apartments there due to this video! I'm sure its ok living there but on the odd numbered sois across the road better maybe.
Cross the bridge near Koh San Rd and its another world, no ' farang ' so different yet so close. Maybe worth a video? Thanks for you trademark cats in videos. Great work Mr Pat.
That area seems to be right up my alley Pat,more relaxed,not to much tourists and a more laid back atmosphere for a senior guy like me,and as always an awesome video Pat.😊😊😊
That's was awesome to see the old canal khlong sesame again but I don't know the new name called soi s fifty years ago never heard before. Only the streets names.
Great job on this video! Love the neighborhood vibe and how you present the different sois. Very high quality and Bourdain worthy! Keep up the good work!
Great Blues Bar in that area; Adhere The 13th Blues Bar. First went there in 2003/4......oh shit...that's nearly 20 years ago. My first night there I'd already had a few beers and must have got there early as I think I was 1 of about 3 people there. An American or Canadian guy got on stage and knocked out a perfect rendition of Rory Gallagher's acoustic version of As The Crow Flies (off the Irish Tour album). It's a great song and the guy nailed it. I've seen a few different guys and bands playing over the years and all have been very talented musicians.
Those sois hold a lot of treasures. I'm sooo glad you didn't reveal the best music venue in that area, and one of the best in Thailand. Your video was shot all around it but didn't show it. Sorry to be greedy, but its a tiny place and seating is limited so thanks for keeping it secret!
There were two very small places on Samsen Road. And I didn't get around to getting pics because I was mostly there during the day, I should have mentioned them along with every other place but I did name a handful of places. If I namecheck all it makes the place less of a mystery. People like to discover places for themselves.
I have been using Panfa Leelard Pier so many years travelling to/from Khao San Road. But I have never walked the stretch to Khao San along the canal. So strange that I never came up with that idea. Will do in january when I am coming to Bangkok next time! Great video by the way!
I experienced KHAO SAN ROAD …BANGLAMPHU…ETC…IN THE 80s and did not like it or any of the Other Backpacker Areas….not at all in sync with that Crowd or huge Mob….but I did wander the back streets there and old China Town…it is a Seriously overpopulated World and everyone has Money…and everyone is restless and wanting to See the World…but it was the old Expats of the 60s 70s 80s that really experienced the Far East and contributed to so many of the Historic Areas you feature. Most Tourists seem to be doing the same o same o…@ rarely experience the real Asia… Eat DrinkShop…Eat Drink Shop….etc etc
Ive stayed around that area for over 20 years, however you didnt mention that Bang Lampu is actually an island and the oldest part of Bangkok.. I often stay at Nakorn Pink Hotel or Suksawad Hotel, before it got an upgrade, both at Samsen Soi 6 and an old Guest House on the other side between Soi One and Soi 3... Glad you didnt mention that place. There was once a gem of a restaurant on Samsen directly opposite Soi 2 called May Kai Dee,not far from the Bridge. Best part of BKK by far.
I called the video Bang Lamphu due to the canal. I visited the museum and was filming it but halfway through they closed the upper level with the exciting stuff so l left it all out!
Awesome video Pat. I like walking this area also. I didn't know what it was. I will definitely check out those bars and restaurants next trip. Like a lot of your videos this is one I will re-watch over and over again. Thanks!
Another great vblog, it's not an area of the city I know very well. Interesting to see this although having said that I did spend a lot of time staying there back in 1995/6/96 and spent a chaotic New Years Eve and day there back in 2019/20
Cool video.. interesting to look at, concise and informative. Thanks. I've never been to this area before but may consider it on a future trip as I like it chilled these days. Great channel btw.
Great video BP - thank you for these area reviews - really helping my quest to determine what area to get a condo in -- keep ‘em coming ! Can’t wait to see the BP top 3 areas ranking sometime …. 😊
That area of Bangkok is very different from the Asok and Sukhumvit area. I'm used to the goings on there. That looks very quaint and old to me. But I'm sure the little hostels and hotels are cool. They look like one I stayed at on Soi 18.
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All I can say Pat is you do a better job than the TAT in promoting places around Bangkok. Keep up the good quality videos.
Need more Bargirls stuff. That's the real Thailand.
I love that neighbourhood. I spent a lot of time there and strangely felt a little homesick watching the video. Maybe it's just nostalgia, anyway, great video. Thanks, Pat.
@Vlogging Times It does feel like a charming town within the big city.
ChairmanMaosetung where are you living now sir? I’m curious to know 📖🖌️🥹
this man deserves so many more subs!
100% Only a matter of time before TAT reaches out.
It is interesting because back in 1985 we backpackers called the whole area Banglamphu, including Khao San Road.
Back in the day you were smarter so you knew that Khao San Rd was in the Bang Lampu area, not that many know that now unless they've looked a bit deeper. l called this video as it is to distinguish it from the Khao San side of the Bang Lampu canal.
@@BangkokPat I dug out my rather tatty 1982 copy of SE Asia on a Shoestring and Banglamphu is indeed what Tony Wheeler called the area. It was the bible for backpackers back then.
Wow Pat, you really have a knack for capturing beautiful spots that pull at the heart strings of anybody who loves Bangkok!! Amazing photography!
Love your videos. For the last 15 years, I’ve spent half the year in Thailand, minus the one Covid year, I still love watching your videos, of neighborhoods I’ve never even walked through. Definitely, trying these new neighborhoods when I’m back next month.
Thanks for the great filming , things have not changed that much which is what i liked about this part of the Banglamphu , so much prefer the old town than the shinny skyscaper modern area bits. Back in late 80's to 90;s, we always used to stay in the New World hotel which is now a very pricy Nouvo City hotel. The rooms were very large and spacious that overlooked the canal. What a great place that was. The little shack next to the bridge was great for some food & drink, believe it is still there but a lot more spruced up now. Around the corner from there in the next soi there was a award winning Thai steet food place with seating in the street , the chef with a wok & open fire, now looks like its gone and a large hotel there. I also used to wander down to the river side fort sometimes . Thanks for bringing back some very happy memories of times gone by.
I like this place, especially when you said that : “ the music played in background with sensible … “ 🙏🏼❤️❤️
Thanks for your recommendation, I will be there soon 🙏🏼
Very important for the over 40s!
@@BangkokPat 😅👍🏾👍🏾
Love your cat friends….
I had a wonderful time in this area in the first years of the new millennium, I had a long-term room at the Suksawat Hotel (now the SS Hotel) (what a strange name for german speakers) opposite the Bangkok Bank. contact with the population was friendly. everything was half the price of the khaosan
When did the Suksawad become the SS Hotel?.
I stayed at the lovely Lamphu Tree House Hotel. They have a very nice swimming pool. I did a quick walk thru Khoa San Road. It wasn't for me.
Not many people appreciate your video, I think, unless you have some sort of history or background in the area. Thanks! Your videos remind me of my childhood life in Bangkok. Very much appreciated!
You have the most informative Bangkok videos on TH-cam.
2:12 I was waiting for Benny Hill and his little bald mate to jump out of a side Soi Pat!😂😂😂😂😂😂 Love your work mate!
These videos should be on the travel channel on cable TV! Another well detailed & edited documentary. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Without knowing it, I stayed exactly along this road, and I agree with this video, it's really nice.
Looks like a nice feel around that area. I often stayed at a hostel in Trok Mayom which was an old teak house. Just behind Khaosan, but still nice and quiet. Imagine it's been lost to development.
A few of those places survive!
Hi Pat!
what a great and informative video!
I wish your videos were online back in 2003. Although I did also a lot of walking around in Banglamphu, even had the chance to visit the corrections museum next to the Rommaninat Park.
Last time I walked through Khaosan road was 7 or 8 years ago and yes it was mayhem.
I’ll guess we r now to ‘old’ for that specific road.
Between the street art, funky building designs and cats there always something to look at down these back streets.. most rewarding walks for sure
My favorite area to stay in BKK ❤ ... and chef Lek is amazing. ate there couple of times this April
Brilliant!❤ My fave area for cheap accommodation in Bangkok
I am an old Guy but i still like the KSR area .Your video showed me a lot of new areas i never knew about .I usually stay in the road behind the Temple opposite the Police station .There its usually quiet once you get to your room .Prices are cheap there for Bangkok .
Gekko bar😅.
gr8 stuff love banglampu area do more bout this area PLEASE
Thank you Pat for your intro into the charming side of Bangkok......
I like the Sam Seng.Good values,nice people,good restaurants with good prices and you can go everywhere.
Nice walks too the river,sitting in the park.And from San Sen you can go easy around.
And I li,e Satong too.
Brings back memories. i always loved the quiet of Bang Lamphu near the river.
Love watching a chef who is excited to cook!
Thank you for showing me the special things of my city that I’ve never seen.
Always interesting. Thoughtful. Nice relaxed presentation. High quality production. Excellent.
Great video Pat, that chef was amazing 👍
Very well put together video. I particularly enjoyed the first part with the stunning night shots - great camera work.
Thanks Pat for introducing me to a new area I'll take a gander with my film camera 📷
Another great adventure and an excellent production. Thank you!
Cheers Greg, glad you liked it, it was a bit of an adventure!
This is a extremely nice and PRECIOUS video to introduce another good side of Bangkok tourism. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Again, it is very informative and well presentation. Thanks Pete ( or Pat , I always misspells your nice name ) 🙏🏼❤️❤️
Thanks JD!
@@BangkokPat I , or we, the audience should thanked you for the effort of making the precious gem 💎
Wonderful video.Thank you for the nice content..
Bang Lamphu sounds like a terrific place. I'm too old for it but still get nostalgic for hostel accommodation and this would be the area to find one. Thanks Pat for bringing it to us.
Thanks Andrew, another underrated side of Bkk, its proximity to khao san road is a good selling point for those wanting a quiet morning after....
Thanks
Thank you so much for the gift Khai, appreciate the support!
I stayed in Samsen during the lockdown. Soi 4`s Penpark was a great host. Thewet was great too.
Pat, a Great interesting Video, and you give me a lot of New ideas for my next visit in Bangkok. 🙏
Looks like a charming area. Love the cat shots!
It definitely is mate, hidden from tbe riffraff. Nice atmosphere and plenty of cats about.
Thanks for that Pat. Good to see the area again. I love the folks over there. I’ve saved this one to avoid taking notes. My compliments to you’re quality shows and details.
The fur of that white kitten at the end of this video is incredibly beautiful. Like a white tiger.
That wasn't those cats mum who was feeding them, just a friend of the mum who lives nearby but both had kittens recently!
Thank you for all your videos regarding alternative places to stay and visit in Bangkok.👍
Phra Arthit, Bang Lamphu and Samsen Road used to be my regular hangouts. Wandering the neighborhood is a favorite pastime of mine as there are so many hidden treasures and everyone you meet is simply fabulous. Thanks for another great video.
Great video. One of my favorite areas of Bangkok.
Thanks Christian, definitely enjoyed my days around there filming and people are very pleasant.
Great video Pat, will get over to Samsen in the new year, keep em coming, Thanks.
Thanks for the nice pictures, thx for the links, thx for the good music !!!
Always accurate and informative guides Pat. Conjures some great memories of Bangkok. Do you ever do ever do real time adventure vlogs? Like road trips etc.
The place is perfect,a short walk to where the action is but much quieter and not to say cheaper,the same goes for the hotels on the road before you cross the bridge
That was an awesome neighborhood for expats looking for the local living.
Definitely Daryl, local living in a pleasant community. Not sure what it would be like at the peak of a high season.
Always great viewing Pat,,,,,and the information on Bangkok is second to none 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Nice to see there's even a laundry service for cats. Depending on what your cat weighs.....lol @ 1:49🙏
I think it's depending upon the weight of the cats laundry, rather than the cat its self. Not sure what cats get laundered but I'm pleased they have the option there... 555
Almost les dawson like delivery very drol i like it
Excellent video, I love the older sides of Bangkok it has real character you wouldn't know that Bang Lamphu existed. Keep up the good work gives me more places to visit when I am not working.
Lovely neighbourhood indeed, and so close to the action of Khao San Road, I was a bit surprised more people weren't around!
wow, i never knew how different and chill it was there. gonna stay in samsen rd next time i'm in bkk for a few days!
Brilliant stuff Pat, blast from the past.
Fabulous informative video. I like your work very much. Thank you.
Thank you very much.
nice neighbourhood indeed. we stayed at casa nitra hotel with nice roof top pool
I lived in Bangkok from 1961 to 1969 and then off to Australia. I will visit Thailand for 2 weeks from mid October. Hope to bump into you. Cheers.
Nice video, it has changed a lot since I first stayed in the area back in the late 90’s
Great video Pat! I lived in that area for many years in the 90's but our house is closer to Prachartipatai Rd. Still have the house and my nephew lives in it now as we bought another house much further away. The area of Samen sois 2,4, and 6 have really changed a lot since then.
Nice little community where the locals are obviously well in tune with having a lot of foreigners about, yet it remains very local and Thai. I have been asked about long term apartments there due to this video! I'm sure its ok living there but on the odd numbered sois across the road better maybe.
Thx
good location indeed!
Cheers. I highly recommend it over Khao San Road!
It’s a “gaggle of tuk tuks” perhaps. Another lovely vid Pat. Thank you! 🤙🏾
Cross the bridge near Koh San Rd and its another world, no ' farang ' so different yet so close. Maybe worth a video? Thanks for you trademark cats in videos. Great work Mr Pat.
Great vid again…
Jok restaurant number One Bangkok 😲🤭😅😊👍
That area seems to be right up my alley Pat,more relaxed,not to much tourists and a more laid back atmosphere for a senior guy like me,and as always an awesome video Pat.😊😊😊
That's was awesome to see the old canal khlong sesame again but I don't know the new name called soi s fifty years ago never heard before. Only the streets names.
Great video. I'm sold. Booking tonight. ✌️🤔
Samsen it is. Soi 1 and 4. A week each in September.
Great vids! ✌️ 😎
Great job on this video! Love the neighborhood vibe and how you present the different sois. Very high quality and Bourdain worthy! Keep up the good work!
I remember when Jok was at the Samsen end of Soi 2 in about 2005.
I was very surprised by how many places to visit and have something to eat 😃
New World - pretty sure your sitting on the stump of that building Pat - what happened to it ? and what is it now ? Fantastic Banglampu video
Yes, New World. I talked about it in my Khao San Rd history video. It has many fish swimming in the flooded ruins...
I loved going to New World just for a look & a/c. Pleasant memories of a young man😅.
Great Blues Bar in that area; Adhere The 13th Blues Bar. First went there in 2003/4......oh shit...that's nearly 20 years ago. My first night there I'd already had a few beers and must have got there early as I think I was 1 of about 3 people there. An American or Canadian guy got on stage and knocked out a perfect rendition of Rory Gallagher's acoustic version of As The Crow Flies (off the Irish Tour album). It's a great song and the guy nailed it. I've seen a few different guys and bands playing over the years and all have been very talented musicians.
great vid pat, see you soon
Thanks again Pat, looks like a cool area.
It sure is, peaceful, cool atmodphere and many cats about.
Looks like Samen Road has become a really nice place to visit. Another cool video, Pat. Cheers!
It most definitely is Jason, might be a bit more crowded by now!
Those sois hold a lot of treasures. I'm sooo glad you didn't reveal the best music venue in that area, and one of the best in Thailand. Your video was shot all around it but didn't show it. Sorry to be greedy, but its a tiny place and seating is limited so thanks for keeping it secret!
Maybe he forgot :)
There were two very small places on Samsen Road. And I didn't get around to getting pics because I was mostly there during the day, I should have mentioned them along with every other place but I did name a handful of places. If I namecheck all it makes the place less of a mystery. People like to discover places for themselves.
I hope that once in a while you stop and pause and appreciate how lucky you are to be there for so long. I fucking love that place.
Samsen Road or do you mean Bangkok overall?
@@BangkokPat
The whole country. I only get a few months a year there. I'm jealous.
I have been using Panfa Leelard Pier so many years travelling to/from Khao San Road. But I have never walked the stretch to Khao San along the canal. So strange that I never came up with that idea. Will do in january when I am coming to Bangkok next time! Great video by the way!
I experienced KHAO SAN ROAD …BANGLAMPHU…ETC…IN THE 80s and did not like it or any of the Other Backpacker Areas….not at all in sync with that Crowd or huge Mob….but I did wander the back streets there and old China Town…it is a Seriously overpopulated World and everyone has Money…and everyone is restless and wanting to See the World…but it was the old Expats of the 60s 70s 80s that really experienced the Far East and contributed to so many of the Historic Areas you feature. Most Tourists seem to be doing the same o same o…@ rarely experience the real Asia… Eat DrinkShop…Eat Drink Shop….etc etc
Another great video Pat. Thoroughly enjoyed watching it. 😃
Ive stayed around that area for over 20 years, however you didnt mention that Bang Lampu is actually an island and the oldest part of Bangkok.. I often stay at Nakorn Pink Hotel or Suksawad Hotel, before it got an upgrade, both at Samsen Soi 6 and an old Guest House on the other side between Soi One and Soi 3... Glad you didnt mention that place.
There was once a gem of a restaurant on Samsen directly opposite Soi 2 called May Kai Dee,not far from the Bridge. Best part of BKK by far.
I called the video Bang Lamphu due to the canal. I visited the museum and was filming it but halfway through they closed the upper level with the exciting stuff so l left it all out!
@@BangkokPat: I should be in BBK around early Jan next year and will stay on Samsen Soi 3, maybe we can meet for a coffee in that area.
Awesome video Pat. I like walking this area also. I didn't know what it was. I will definitely check out those bars and restaurants next trip. Like a lot of your videos this is one I will re-watch over and over again. Thanks!
Excellent, straight forward vid! Thanks, from Sth.Australia.
That part of BKK still got some of the past flair of the city.
Uaed to stay in aoi 6 20 + years ago. Great area
Another great vblog, it's not an area of the city I know very well. Interesting to see this although having said that I did spend a lot of time staying there back in 1995/6/96 and spent a chaotic New Years Eve and day there back in 2019/20
Good area to base oneself, and nice places to eat, drink & walk.
Very informative video - coffee on its way!
As always, excellent video, Pat! Waiting for the next one!
Cool video.. interesting to look at, concise and informative. Thanks. I've never been to this area before but may consider it on a future trip as I like it chilled these days. Great channel btw.
Great video BP - thank you for these area reviews - really helping my quest to determine what area to get a condo in -- keep ‘em coming ! Can’t wait to see the BP top 3 areas ranking sometime …. 😊
Thanks! I didn't see any big condos around there, as there are rules about building within the old city area
Thanks Pat.
Good job like always 👍😉
Cheers Pat, looks a real chilled, sabai sabai, area of Bangkok,
It's a nice vibe. Pretty sure there's a good little jazz club somewhere in that are as well.
Looks a great spot 👌
Sounds like a good place to try. I always like the music background of your videos Pat. 👍👍👍
Pat! 9:31 was shown Lida Cafe, but was highlighted as Lila, another eagle eye spotting... 😀
I actually said it was Lida Cafe in a dialogue part I cut out later. Misplelling!
That area of Bangkok is very different from the Asok and Sukhumvit area. I'm used to the goings on there. That looks very quaint and old to me. But I'm sure the little hostels and hotels are cool. They look like one I stayed at on Soi 18.