You don't need AI to go for a deep dive into the diverse neighborhoods of Bangkok. Bangkok Pat has become the unofficial Bangkok Historian whose videos provide the background and context of the places he covers. This enhances the experiences of viewing. What I like is how Pat weaves the local history and personalties into stories of the present. His storytelling abilities are excellent and you won't find a better guide to the city than on his channel.
@@DT-gs3wi Someone I know tried to be clever and said ''Look you don.t need to keep doing all the research" then tried showing me how ''convenient'' Chat GPT is...it was a load of crap
I don’t know why this channel doesn’t have over 100k subs.. this is definitely one of the best channels about BKK, so many things to explore that you’d never think about on your own.. I will be there on August 8th for 3 weeks!!!
@@BangkokPat geeks and nerds know their stuff compared to ones been living in a condo in say Asoke for 6 months know everything about Bangkok I'm sick of klong toey slum videos only you have shown the real klong toey people don't realize Nana is part of klong toey there's 4 districts only you have spoken and showed the how the port and the bars were the semen hung out 😊❤
@@BangkokPat I was going to say the same, then I saw your comment. Totally for nerds which I am. Great stuff and makes me realize how very little I know about Bangkok.
I just moved to Bang Kapi and it's pretty nice so far. Even without the new MRT you can take the boat in 30min to Sukhumvit for 20 baht or so. Hotels are super cheap. New budget hotels with nice and clean interiors for less than 500 baht. Many hotels have a deal when you stay 5 nights you only pay 380 baht/night. The monthly rent for a small furnished serviced apartment was 6000 baht.
The klongs are polluted with sewage and stink !! Bus no 8 or other buses will take you to the MRT on Lad Phrao road will take you to Sukhumvit or, a taxi via Ramkhamhaeng road but not during rush hour is fast
Pat I stayed on that housing estate 2500 per month it was a lovely Neighbourhood really friendly people a thai man who became a lawyer was born there and bought two of them for 800 000 and made a bigger place he would by ice cream for the whole block every Sunday or Saturday I actually only spent £700 per month and lived really well 😂
0:16in, hope you didn't miss the bus m8! 10:12in these electric boats are really quiet. Think we've been past the Seri Thai Gardens, unless there are other Rotundas like that elsewhere? Bus 8, Yeh. Interesting walkabout Pat Thanks m8!
You should do a video dedicated to the Pink Line once it opens next month. And make sure to come and visit my neighborhood, Lak Si, again as the video for it was, I would say, too short, and you only did cover mere area around the intersection, while excluding other interesting parts in the somewhat big district, in the process. Anyway, thanks for showing more obscure places to farangs and Thai, like me, alike.👍
Cheers for the support, I only ever diid a 5min run through of Laksi for my Red Line video and it will get a deserved proper video sometime hopefully soon.
Hey Pat! Thanks for all your great videos. I’m not sure this area you featured is right for me. You didn’t show a single Starbucks! And no co-working space? No sushi bar? Impossible to live! Geez! Lol. Bill
Enjoyed this one. I lived out there in the 90s, and it has changed so much. I was back in Jan. of 2023, touring around with friends who live out in Mooban Sammakorn. Thanks for the new view.
Thank you VERY much for this tour of Bangkok. I enjoyed it all and as someone who has spent most of his time in the Nana area I learned again how much this town has to offer in many other places than the most visited.
Absolute pleasure, lovely area to explore and wish I could have done much more but there's always the neighbouring areas like Ramkhamhaeng that I plan to do very soon. Cheers!
Thank you Pat for another Bangkok down the memory lane. Bangkapi was my home for several years until covid kicked me out.Just wanted to add that another mile or so from Lam sa Lee intersection up Ramkhamhaeng Rd (inbound) is the Na Ram (Front Ram) or Ram 1 (University) area, including ABAC university back-ending in Lang Ram (Back Ram). To me it's the Latin Quarter (or Berkeley, Calif.) of Bangkok. Lively, young, eclectic and of course cheap.
I really like a lot of your material and hate none of it. My husband likes your humor/wit, presentation , production and interesting facts. And I feel nostalgic, fascinated and often surprised by what you share. Thanx and Cheers!
I lived in Bang kapi for two years, while attending University a nice area of Bangkok, nice the rain season isnt great but I love the food around Bang kapi mall thx Pat
Packed with nuggets but Pat missed what residents find most attractive. Between Bang Kapi and Ratchada is land&house subarbia where we pick mangoes off our trees and the loudest noise is someone's annoying cockerell. New train lines make it easier and more pleasant to travel.
It's from the Tamil movie Ooru Vittu Ooru Vanthu. Rides such as Twin Dragon, Super Spiral, Double deck merry go round, Speed Slide, Log flume etc can be seen. Asoke intersection and Jomtien beach too. Rest are the locations in Singapore.
Other Thailand locations in the movie include Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya. Shots of DMK Airport is also there and there is a Chao Phraya river scene where you can see the old Rice mill (ICON SIAM current location) from Si Phraya pier.
@@BangkokPat @BangkokPat Yes, you can also see Wat Arun and Thunderbird ride at the beginning of the song. I believe Thunderbird was in Magicland at that point of time as I have seen it in some old Thai videos. Currently its a ride in Dream World. I liked the castle shot of Siam Amazing Park. Now it has been painted with different colors.
Another cracking vlog Pat. Enjoyed every minute as I always do. Never get bored watching your vlogs as they are so thoughtfully constructed and executed. 👏.Looking forward to whatever is coming next.
Just moved across the city having lived in Bang Kapi for 2 years. This is a really good and authentic review of the area. Some cool bars near ABAC University. The canals are amazing for walking, cycling and getting into the city via the klong boats. As you mention, some great parks in the local area too.
There used to be a food market, night restaurants with live Thai bands and other entertainment over 5 years ago on 2 Happy Land but they were forced to move away as the land will be used to build a condo block. Though there is still a covered foodcourt and the Happy Land mall opposite the Mall Bangkapi.
I saw the empty bit of prime land on Happyland and thought as much, the Happy Street area is great for food and t-shirts, as l found while doing this video.....
Your videos are so interesting and very addictive. I have lived in the Nana area since 2003 and you bring back some of the memories I had forgotten about, and so much interesting stuff, I didn't know about. I also love getting around the canals, it's great that you can now step onto the canal boats, instead of climbing over the plastic screen while the boat is moving lol. Have you ever come across a guy who draws weird, very detailed mindmap-type diagrams on the pavements? He's homeless apparently, and used to hang about on the Green Mile, years back. I have seen videos of him all over the city, especially in the old part of town.
It would be interesting to know more about the area surrounding the New Lumpini Stadium, now that Pink Line is operational..namely around Lat Pla Khao and Ram Inthra mrt stations. This is absolutely the best channel on Bangkok
Excellent overview and history. I visited the area, several times about 3 years ago via Canal Taxi, which I always enjoyed from Sukhumvit Soi 71 to Bang Krapi Mall. One day it will be a less congested area.
Bangkapi is quite interesting. I was there too and film around this area and also take the yellow line which let me end with some mixed feelings about monorails. Good Video Mate :)
@BangkokPat wait for my bangkapi video mate. I come with khlong boat and walk through this area, took the yellow line and wonder about the bumpy drive with this monorail
Great to watch your video. I married my wife 23 years ago at Bangkapi Municipality Office and lived on Lad Prao. It looks so different now. Keep up the great work Pat, loving your videos.
This was my ol 'hood. My fine other half n I lived right in the middle of the Rattana Bundit Uni. area, a short taxi bike ride to Happy Land and Mall Bang Khapi. It was a really nice culture mash up and a cheap easy 40 min. khlong boat ride to down town.
I've noticed quite a few had this area as their 'hood at some point, from a couple of months to over a decade. Only very few had bad things to say about it!
Always interesting content and in depth review of an area to allow us as viewers to make positive choices if we intend to move to Thailand at any future time…Thanks Pat 💯👍🏾
Bangkopi used to be out in the boonbdocks. I used to work at a technical college out there years ago. Took the Klong all the way to the end then a very bumpy microbus to the school.
Klong Chan flats, the one closest to the police box at the traffic lights on soi Burapa across the road from NIDA had a sign offering a flat for sale for 1.3 million baht😮😮 if you carry further on up Seri Thai you can buy a brand new one for the same price.
Another belter pat, you are one of those people who makes the mundane interesting, not that this place isn't because it is (doh) just love these videos, BKK Pat for the BBC I say! Bravo
Thanks mate, this area is surprisingly very good in that it's nicely laid out and easy to get from one part to another without risking being hit by a car, and the canal through the middle of it is like another little oasis away from the noise and chaos!
@@BangkokPat yes mate looks like a future up and coming district, I remember saying that in jomtien beach 1990, and here I am back for a few weeks, all the best
Great to see you back Pat, thought you must have got lost, looks like a must see area. Interesting to see that the locals are still hanging onto those face nappies.
Cheers Brian, they didn't get the memo about the virus being last years news, shame because more awareness and the idea of moving forward could have also meant a new government, if you catch my drift.
Thank you for this interesting video, Pat. I spent 15 years living in Bangkapi and the video brought back so many memories of a fabulous time that I spent there. On my first ever visit to Thailand in 1985, we drove up Ramkhamhaeng Road and beyond Happy Land, the road petered out to a single untarmac'd cart track surrounded by rice fields. Today, that road is a multi-laned highway and totally built up as your video shows. And how that area has changed! I visited there last November after a a six year absence. You'd think after 15 years I would still recognise the area as I used to go to the Mall several times a week. But when my daughter drove me there, I could not recognise a single building nor a single street until we were bang outside the Mall itself. I think the old Bangkapi is still there, tucked away down the small sois and along the canals, but the new cannot be resisted and change is a constant. Such happy days, so many happy memories.
I first went in 2002 and there are a few small changes but in the 80s l can't imagine how different it was, that photo l talked about from 1981 sums it up!
I needed a plaster for my finger and as it was the days before 7-11 , I went into a local mom and pop store and they sold me, not a pack, but a single plaster for one baht!
Looks like a nice neighborhood. Your videos make a clear difference to other tubers, thanks for your way of storytelling. It’s a pleasure to listen and to watch🙏🏻
Great video on one of my favourite areas of Bangkok. There's nothing geeky about your love and knowledge of the cities canals. I'm so impressed I've officially named you King Khlong 😉
I used to live in Ramkamheang for a couple of years, and The Mall was our regular go to Mall. My son loved it coz of the Amazonian catfish and the parrots which ran through the Mall. There was also a waterfall at one stage….I’m talking 2007/8 and I paid 2.5K for a room opposite Carrefour. Good times.
Very nice. You could continue down to my neighborhood, near Rmkhamhaeng University and Ram 24. It is still Bangkapi but different from areas near the mall. The reason why I mention it is because someone else did a walkthrough a few years back that was not very complimentary. It seemed that people were quite put off by it. It has since been removed :)
I have been down Ram 24 for an early video, certainly wasn't rude, whoever would do that is obviously trying to shock people, and knows nothing of the true charm of that neighbourhood around the SAT....I do intend to visit again, as last time was the height of the virus and everything was closed but I did my best.
Great work Pat. Love the Bangkapi area, used to sometimes walk there from Minburi. Sometimes have a beer at Drama Cafe on the side road between the indoor market by the Mall and where Makro is on Lat Phrao Road. This video inspired me to take the Yellow Line there on Sunday back from town via the mrt to go market shopping with my wife. Sad to see the market next to the Mall, with so many vacant stalls when it once teaming. Happy Land Mall has some amazing bargains for those struggling with cash.
There are many videos about Khrung Thep Maha Nakhon on yt, but none provide such a detailed background as yours, by far. Excellent pre- and post-production work there.
Another quality documentary, Pat. Good pace, good editing and so much more informative about the city than other youtubers. I'm hoping to book a walking tour before xmas if I can finally make it over. If not, some time in the new year. Keep up the good work.
Your one of those few youtubers who feature Thailand that bring myriad info concerning canals of Bangkok to which I am greatly amused with. Keep it up. 👌
Thanks Pat, this was a great vid for me as I have been coming to Bangkok every year for many years with work and usually stay in Bangkapi at the Pantip Hotel right next to a wet market. Never knew there was so much around there and now I really must get out and have a proper look around.Thanks again...
I still have a good memory of my parents bringing me and my brother to that Happy Land amusement park through our early teen years. It was quite a journey from our house in mid Sukhumvit then. Not been there often nowadays.
My pleasure and many thanks to you too. I often claim to be a professor, you can ask May, she'll tell of my wild claims of professorism....(is that a word?)
I love it very educational to learn about my home towns Bangkok. I was born 464 lim khlong samsam makkasan Bangkok. I only live in Thailand 20 years and in the United States 54 years mostly I did learn about united States and Europe countries not to too much about the country I was born in . I absolutely appreciate you for sharing your excellent information about the city of Bangkok.
Fasinating history and outstanding research (even if some of it was googled 😊) again Pat especially the about the Seri Thai movement during WW2. With that goatee you seem to be cultivating, I reckon the security guards at The Mall probably thought you were some shady character from a Christopher G Moore novel 😊
As always. Your videos are just awesome. What a list of historic information. It must take you days, weeks and months to get all this together for a single video. Well done. PS: I do love that Bangkok is building so much public transit, showing that it helps to grow a city, enabling everybody to go anywhere.
You don't need AI to go for a deep dive into the diverse neighborhoods of Bangkok. Bangkok Pat has become the unofficial Bangkok Historian whose videos provide the background and context of the places he covers. This enhances the experiences of viewing. What I like is how Pat weaves the local history and personalties into stories of the present. His storytelling abilities are excellent and you won't find a better guide to the city than on his channel.
Thanks Chris, wait til my next story comes out, you'll be very impressed mate.
Deep history and deep geography are some of my favorite narcotics. Cheers!
@@supreeyakritsaneephaiboon2304 Just like I collect Bangkok canals and others collect porn clips!
Should never use AI!!!
@@DT-gs3wi Someone I know tried to be clever and said ''Look you don.t need to keep doing all the research" then tried showing me how ''convenient'' Chat GPT is...it was a load of crap
I don’t know why this channel doesn’t have over 100k subs.. this is definitely one of the best channels about BKK, so many things to explore that you’d never think about on your own.. I will be there on August 8th for 3 weeks!!!
I appreciate that compliment cheers mate. I think my content too geeky for the mainstream anyway.
Agree, was thinking the same 😊
@@BangkokPat geeks and nerds know their stuff compared to ones been living in a condo in say Asoke for 6 months know everything about Bangkok I'm sick of klong toey slum videos only you have shown the real klong toey people don't realize Nana is part of klong toey there's 4 districts only you have spoken and showed the how the port and the bars were the semen hung out 😊❤
@@BangkokPat I was going to say the same, then I saw your comment. Totally for nerds which I am. Great stuff and makes me realize how very little I know about Bangkok.
I just moved to Bang Kapi and it's pretty nice so far. Even without the new MRT you can take the boat in 30min to Sukhumvit for 20 baht or so. Hotels are super cheap. New budget hotels with nice and clean interiors for less than 500 baht. Many hotels have a deal when you stay 5 nights you only pay 380 baht/night. The monthly rent for a small furnished serviced apartment was 6000 baht.
The klongs are polluted with sewage and stink !! Bus no 8 or other buses will take you to the MRT on Lad Phrao road will take you to Sukhumvit or, a taxi via Ramkhamhaeng road but not during rush hour is fast
Boats obviously cramp your high end style!!! Cheers
@@smokefromsevenorifices8782Have you ridden the #8 recently?. Man o man, the memories!.
@@mrdm1967ify I there about 4 different buses from the Mall Bangkapi to the MRT on Lad Phrao
@@smokefromsevenorifices8782 I rather ride the klong river taxis beats traffic
For a cold drink & snack.
Thank you so much Panna, you are most kind!
Pat I stayed on that housing estate 2500 per month it was a lovely Neighbourhood really friendly people a thai man who became a lawyer was born there and bought two of them for 800 000 and made a bigger place he would by ice cream for the whole block every Sunday or Saturday I actually only spent £700 per month and lived really well 😂
As a Thai, and Bangkokian, you know Thailand so well and you do know Bangkok better I do
Thank for the kind compliment, I am half Thai but yes I do like exploring this city.
0:16in, hope you didn't miss the bus m8! 10:12in these electric boats are really quiet. Think we've been past the Seri Thai Gardens, unless there are other Rotundas like that elsewhere? Bus 8, Yeh. Interesting walkabout Pat Thanks m8!
Cheers Greg, for the kind support, there are a couple of smaller parks round there, around lakes but best one is Seri Thai Gardens
Thanks!
Thanks a lot Daniel for the support!
You should do a video dedicated to the Pink Line once it opens next month. And make sure to come and visit my neighborhood, Lak Si, again as the video for it was, I would say, too short, and you only did cover mere area around the intersection, while excluding other interesting parts in the somewhat big district, in the process. Anyway, thanks for showing more obscure places to farangs and Thai, like me, alike.👍
Cheers for the support, I only ever diid a 5min run through of Laksi for my Red Line video and it will get a deserved proper video sometime hopefully soon.
Hey Pat! Thanks for all your great videos. I’m not sure this area you featured is right for me. You didn’t show a single Starbucks! And no co-working space? No sushi bar? Impossible to live! Geez! Lol. Bill
25:03 ... That is art ... No painter could do it better
Thanks for the nice music, too
It may be seen as art once it's all gone and the cable put underground, people may start reminiscing!
Enjoyed this one. I lived out there in the 90s, and it has changed so much. I was back in Jan. of 2023, touring around with friends who live out in Mooban Sammakorn.
Thanks for the new view.
Cheers, it's not the wilderness it was in the past, some lovely moobans up towards Minburi as you know. Orange Line will be very useful.
We own a house in Mooban Sammakorn! I can’t wait for the train line to open. I believe it will open by the end of the year!
Thank you VERY much for this tour of Bangkok. I enjoyed it all and as someone who has spent most of his time in the Nana area I learned again how much this town has to offer in many other places than the most visited.
Absolute pleasure, lovely area to explore and wish I could have done much more but there's always the neighbouring areas like Ramkhamhaeng that I plan to do very soon. Cheers!
Another great video!
Thanks a lot mate, appreciate it 😻😻
Thank you Pat for another Bangkok down the memory lane. Bangkapi was my home for several years until covid kicked me out.Just wanted to add that another mile or so from Lam sa Lee intersection up Ramkhamhaeng Rd (inbound) is the Na Ram (Front Ram) or Ram 1 (University) area, including ABAC university back-ending in Lang Ram (Back Ram). To me it's the Latin Quarter (or Berkeley, Calif.) of Bangkok. Lively, young, eclectic and of course cheap.
Yikes @ 2:11!!! Even for Thailand, “The Land of Wires,” that’s a LOT of wires! Lol. Awesome shot!!! Also, at 5:48!!!
A lot of wires worthy of filming, still trying to find the perfect mess!
I really like a lot of your material and hate none of it. My husband likes your humor/wit, presentation , production and interesting facts. And I feel nostalgic, fascinated and often surprised by what you share. Thanx and Cheers!
Thank you very much and glad you both enjoy the videos, a couple of jokes in this video were a bit lame!!
I lived in Bang kapi for two years, while attending University a nice area of Bangkok, nice the rain season isnt great but I love the food around Bang kapi mall thx Pat
Packed with nuggets but Pat missed what residents find most attractive. Between Bang Kapi and Ratchada is land&house subarbia where we pick mangoes off our trees and the loudest noise is someone's annoying cockerell. New train lines make it easier and more pleasant to travel.
I could have packed another 30mins of nuggets in there!
I’ve taken the canal boat from the mall bankapi to Nai Lert. Excellent way to travel distances in Bangkok
I spent 4-5 months in Bang Kapi last year. Met several thai but also cambodian and lao girls. Tawanna is great for food
You are absolutely the best, Thank you!
(No disrespect to some others)
Been catching up today on videos I’ve not watched always fantastic viewing keep up the good work 👍👍👍😀😀😀😀😀
Siam Amazing Park rides can be seen on Sorkkame Endralum song. 1990
It's from the Tamil movie Ooru Vittu Ooru Vanthu. Rides such as Twin Dragon, Super Spiral, Double deck merry go round, Speed Slide, Log flume etc can be seen. Asoke intersection and Jomtien beach too. Rest are the locations in Singapore.
Other Thailand locations in the movie include Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya. Shots of DMK Airport is also there and there is a Chao Phraya river scene where you can see the old Rice mill (ICON SIAM current location) from Si Phraya pier.
Thanks I just watched this video!!
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@@BangkokPat @BangkokPat Yes, you can also see Wat Arun and Thunderbird ride at the beginning of the song. I believe Thunderbird was in Magicland at that point of time as I have seen it in some old Thai videos. Currently its a ride in Dream World. I liked the castle shot of Siam Amazing Park. Now it has been painted with different colors.
Full movie - th-cam.com/video/F13GPemf_5U/w-d-xo.html
Other Thailand vloggers pale into insignifcance compared to you mate. Another well researched gem
Cheers Daz😻
Thanks for the video. You are knowledgeable who know better than most of Thais.
Love BKK. Cheap condos given how modern the place is.
Thanks!
Thank you @ksong 😻😻
Thank you for the kind support!!
Another winner, Bangkok Pat justs gets better and better.
Another cracking vlog Pat. Enjoyed every minute as I always do. Never get bored watching your vlogs as they are so thoughtfully constructed and executed. 👏.Looking forward to whatever is coming next.
Always find giving the historical background of an area makes it all the more informative. That tidbit about WWII I found especially interesting.
Another great video - they keep getting better and better 👍🙏😁
Thank you so much 😀
Just moved across the city having lived in Bang Kapi for 2 years. This is a really good and authentic review of the area. Some cool bars near ABAC University. The canals are amazing for walking, cycling and getting into the city via the klong boats. As you mention, some great parks in the local area too.
Had to dance to the rhythm of the music at 5:23 (perfect track selection) for this episode.
I can picture the scene right now, hope you didn't get caught!
There used to be a food market, night restaurants with live Thai bands and other entertainment over 5 years ago on 2 Happy Land but they were forced to move away as the land will be used to build a condo block. Though there is still a covered foodcourt and the Happy Land mall opposite the Mall Bangkapi.
I saw the empty bit of prime land on Happyland and thought as much, the Happy Street area is great for food and t-shirts, as l found while doing this video.....
The Happy Land food market moved to Seri Thai 41. Opposite the Mall is N Mark Plaza Happy Street is behind that and is connected by a walkway.
Nice video. Always interesting to see new areas of Bangkok.
What a great video. So much information to digest. Particularly interesting the bit about WWII and the resistance. Thanks!
Bang Kapi is my secret spot. I can’t believe you found Happyland Center. So advanced.
Another comprehensive and fascinating deep dive into Bangkok’s neighborhoods. Nicely done.
Your videos are so interesting and very addictive. I have lived in the Nana area since 2003 and you bring back some of the memories I had forgotten about, and so much interesting stuff, I didn't know about. I also love getting around the canals, it's great that you can now step onto the canal boats, instead of climbing over the plastic screen while the boat is moving lol. Have you ever come across a guy who draws weird, very detailed mindmap-type diagrams on the pavements? He's homeless apparently, and used to hang about on the Green Mile, years back. I have seen videos of him all over the city, especially in the old part of town.
Oh wow look at all that 70s architecture! This is probably the best example yet!
It's all on display here! Even the art deco wannabe styles!
I often get the boat from Bang Kapi and you can be at Asoke or So 3 Sukumvit roughly between 30-40 minutes. Only 20 baht ( just gone up from 19 baht)
It's a pleasant ride on that canal except in rush hour!
@@BangkokPat yeah. First thing in the morning you have to get on at the first stop . Parts of it don't smell that good either.
It would be interesting to know more about the area surrounding the New Lumpini Stadium, now that Pink Line is operational..namely around Lat Pla Khao and Ram Inthra mrt stations. This is absolutely the best channel on Bangkok
I did a video on the Bang Khen area which covered that, take a look through my back catalogue...
Excellent overview and history.
I visited the area, several times about 3 years ago via Canal Taxi, which I always enjoyed from Sukhumvit Soi 71 to Bang Krapi Mall. One day it will be a less congested area.
Another great video, I will be there on the 14th September.🇹🇭
Bangkapi is quite interesting. I was there too and film around this area and also take the yellow line which let me end with some mixed feelings about monorails. Good Video Mate :)
Great area for finding unusual things and surprises. Loved filming and exploring for this video🐱
@BangkokPat wait for my bangkapi video mate. I come with khlong boat and walk through this area, took the yellow line and wonder about the bumpy drive with this monorail
Great to watch your video. I married my wife 23 years ago at Bangkapi Municipality Office and lived on Lad Prao. It looks so different now. Keep up the great work Pat, loving your videos.
Your Kidding My Thai Mates Home. Love the place
Great neighbourhood, always liked visiting, it feels so chaotic but is actually quite organised!
I loved this place and there nice houses near the ramkhamhaeng sois.....but the traffic jams .....
Lots of good reasonably priced houses to rent along there. But yeah, traffic not fun.
This was my ol 'hood. My fine other half n I lived right in the middle of the Rattana Bundit Uni. area, a short taxi bike ride to Happy Land and Mall Bang Khapi. It was a really nice culture mash up and a cheap easy 40 min. khlong boat ride to down town.
I've noticed quite a few had this area as their 'hood at some point, from a couple of months to over a decade. Only very few had bad things to say about it!
Pat, you're back at your game 😊
Cheers mate
Great Video BKK Pat, thank you for another awesome video my friend 🙂
Thanks for the most interesting Bangkok TH-cam channel. Even though we live here about half the time, your videos help us so much. Please, keep on!
Happy to hear that Andy, I've only covered a fraction of this city so far!
I thought HAPPY LAND was a massage parlor! Last April, I did visit DREAM WORLD in Rangsit. I had a jolly good time!
You can bet your bottom dollar there is a Happyland Massage in that area!
Always interesting content and in depth review of an area to allow us as viewers to make positive choices if we intend to move to Thailand at any future time…Thanks Pat 💯👍🏾
Cheers, l aim to be as thorough as l can in every place l go to!
Last time I was in Bangkapi, I was at Happy Land and the Sirichok Mansions. Talk about sticking out like a sore thumb!.
You would, but it's also great to be a novelty!
i really like this clip
I am grow up at Bangkapi
That’s throw back my time.
Bangkopi used to be out in the boonbdocks. I used to work at a technical college out there years ago. Took the Klong all the way to the end then a very bumpy microbus to the school.
You can tell Pat once worked in the DJ business based on his exquisite music selection during the video interludes between narrative segments.
Klong Chan flats, the one closest to the police box at the traffic lights on soi Burapa across the road from NIDA had a sign offering a flat for sale for 1.3 million baht😮😮 if you carry further on up Seri Thai you can buy a brand new one for the same price.
Another belter pat, you are one of those people who makes the mundane interesting, not that this place isn't because it is (doh) just love these videos, BKK Pat for the BBC I say! Bravo
Thanks mate, this area is surprisingly very good in that it's nicely laid out and easy to get from one part to another without risking being hit by a car, and the canal through the middle of it is like another little oasis away from the noise and chaos!
@@BangkokPat yes mate looks like a future up and coming district, I remember saying that in jomtien beach 1990, and here I am back for a few weeks, all the best
I absolutely can't wait to watch this after work😁😁😁
Infotainment at its best as usual, Pat, wow you truely are a living encyclopedia of Bangkok`s history. I`m deeply impressed.
Thanks mate for the compliment and l've learned a new word! 😎😻
Live in Lad Prao road 35, and I go to Bangkapi Makro and buy beer Singha and food. The best Makro nearly us. .
Great to see you back Pat, thought you must have got lost, looks like a must see area. Interesting to see that the locals are still hanging onto those face nappies.
Cheers Brian, they didn't get the memo about the virus being last years news, shame because more awareness and the idea of moving forward could have also meant a new government, if you catch my drift.
Thank you for this interesting video, Pat. I spent 15 years living in Bangkapi and the video brought back so many memories of a fabulous time that I spent there. On my first ever visit to Thailand in 1985, we drove up Ramkhamhaeng Road and beyond Happy Land, the road petered out to a single untarmac'd cart track surrounded by rice fields. Today, that road is a multi-laned highway and totally built up as your video shows. And how that area has changed! I visited there last November after a a six year absence. You'd think after 15 years I would still recognise the area as I used to go to the Mall several times a week. But when my daughter drove me there, I could not recognise a single building nor a single street until we were bang outside the Mall itself. I think the old Bangkapi is still there, tucked away down the small sois and along the canals, but the new cannot be resisted and change is a constant. Such happy days, so many happy memories.
I first went in 2002 and there are a few small changes but in the 80s l can't imagine how different it was, that photo l talked about from 1981 sums it up!
I needed a plaster for my finger and as it was the days before 7-11 , I went into a local mom and pop store and they sold me, not a pack, but a single plaster for one baht!
Looks like a nice neighborhood. Your videos make a clear difference to other tubers, thanks for your way of storytelling. It’s a pleasure to listen and to watch🙏🏻
always are very informative video of bangkok !
thanks for this extensive video! very interesting and informative :)
Glad you enjoyed it Alex, cheers mate🐺🐺
The canal boats were one of my favorite things to do in Bkk. Just got back. I thought they were a blast !
Another great vid. When i have 5 mons i want to go on one of your tours
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Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water.....🤣🤣
I remember those songs.
Thanks for the video Pat 👍👍
Classics of yesteryear. I made up the Simon & Garfunkel joke on the spot...
Another informative and enjoyable video Pat, thank you. aka JG in TX.
Great video on one of my favourite areas of Bangkok.
There's nothing geeky about your love and knowledge of the cities canals. I'm so impressed I've officially named you King Khlong 😉
King Khlong! Famtastic name 🐵🐵🐵
@@BangkokPat I knew you'd go a bit Ape over that one mate 😉
If you’re looking for a very local living experience in Bangkok try Bang kapi. This area is where most normal Thais could afford the housing.
I used to live in Ramkamheang for a couple of years, and The Mall was our regular go to Mall. My son loved it coz of the Amazonian catfish and the parrots which ran through the Mall. There was also a waterfall at one stage….I’m talking 2007/8 and I paid 2.5K for a room opposite Carrefour. Good times.
Carrefour is pretty nostalgic name, sadly it gone.
@@mickbotcast It's now Bic C Huamak I believe, at Soi 24 leading down to ABAC.
Another great bit of history
Very nice. You could continue down to my neighborhood, near Rmkhamhaeng University and Ram 24. It is still Bangkapi but different from areas near the mall. The reason why I mention it is because someone else did a walkthrough a few years back that was not very complimentary. It seemed that people were quite put off by it. It has since been removed :)
I have been down Ram 24 for an early video, certainly wasn't rude, whoever would do that is obviously trying to shock people, and knows nothing of the true charm of that neighbourhood around the SAT....I do intend to visit again, as last time was the height of the virus and everything was closed but I did my best.
Wow, I’ve been waiting a long time I was worried something bad happened to you. 😅
Great work Pat. Love the Bangkapi area, used to sometimes walk there from Minburi. Sometimes have a beer at Drama Cafe on the side road between the indoor market by the Mall and where Makro is on Lat Phrao Road. This video inspired me to take the Yellow Line there on Sunday back from town via the mrt to go market shopping with my wife. Sad to see the market next to the Mall, with so many vacant stalls when it once teaming. Happy Land Mall has some amazing bargains for those struggling with cash.
Excellent 👌👌👌
So good 😊😊😊
Another fantastic video! Thank you
There are many videos about Khrung Thep Maha Nakhon on yt, but none provide such a detailed background as yours, by far.
Excellent pre- and post-production work there.
Thanks for the kind words Serge! I work hard on these videos and love this job!
@@BangkokPat rewatching that episode as we speak. There is so much to digest
There's an apartment building on Sukhumvit soi 12 called Bangkapi.
East Side of Bangkok!!! Great Vid.
Thanks! 😃
As usual Mr Pat, thoroughly enjoyable to watch.
Greetings from the Pullman, Khon Kaen!
Hope the beds are comfortable!
Really welcome your coverage of other areas in BKK, there is an over-supply of Asoke to Soi 5 Suhkumvit Road.
Thanks, what you said is precisely why I go to these unsung locations in this city. It's more of an adventure.
@@BangkokPat Yes, and you also provide interesting perspective - historical or other facets, that make your descriptions enjoyable.
Another quality documentary, Pat. Good pace, good editing and so much more informative about the city than other youtubers. I'm hoping to book a walking tour before xmas if I can finally make it over. If not, some time in the new year. Keep up the good work.
Cheers Mark, glad you liked it, if you get to Bkk anytime soon or at Xmas let me know!
Your one of those few youtubers who feature Thailand that bring myriad info concerning canals of Bangkok to which I am greatly amused with. Keep it up. 👌
Seri park is beautiful & has a calming effect for the mind. Thanks, Pat, for the things you had to do to get us this excellent episode. 👍🙏
A lot canal walking and boats to get this video done but I think I have one of the best jobs in the world!
Thanks Pat, this was a great vid for me as I have been coming to Bangkok every year for many years with work and usually stay in Bangkapi at the Pantip Hotel right next to a wet market. Never knew there was so much around there and now I really must get out and have a proper look around.Thanks again...
I still have a good memory of my parents bringing me and my brother to that Happy Land amusement park through our early teen years. It was quite a journey from our house in mid Sukhumvit then. Not been there often nowadays.
A++. Thanks for another great lesson by our geography professor Dr. Bkk Pat
My pleasure and many thanks to you too. I often claim to be a professor, you can ask May, she'll tell of my wild claims of professorism....(is that a word?)
Great one Pat, I’m going to venture out that way on my next round of visits to BKK. Much thanks!
Have fun! It's quite easy to find the canal and park via google, electric boat ride is chilled if you want to see the quieter suburbs!
@@BangkokPat Thanks Pat.
I love it very educational to learn about my home towns Bangkok. I was born 464 lim khlong samsam makkasan Bangkok. I only live in Thailand 20 years and in the United States 54 years mostly I did learn about united States and Europe countries not to too much about the country I was born in .
I absolutely appreciate you for sharing your excellent information about the city of Bangkok.
Thanks, very interesting video and educational as well... 😊
Fasinating history and outstanding research (even if some of it was googled 😊) again Pat especially the about the Seri Thai movement during WW2. With that goatee you seem to be cultivating, I reckon the security guards at The Mall probably thought you were some shady character from a Christopher G Moore novel 😊
I have to google some info, how smart do you think l am!!!! I will elaborate on the WW2 in a further video.....
As always. Your videos are just awesome. What a list of historic information. It must take you days, weeks and months to get all this together for a single video. Well done.
PS: I do love that Bangkok is building so much public transit, showing that it helps to grow a city, enabling everybody to go anywhere.