Comments on: Bangkok’s Ancient Skyline

By: Talen

Talen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:11:46 +0000

Martyn, I hope your upcoming trip is great and I hope Wilai finds some interesting places for you to see.

By: Talen

Talen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:34:21 +0000

Nothing I like better than a good read on savages Cat…especially half naked savages

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 07:16:41 +0000

Talen, I have read some saving the savages books about Bangkok. It was quite interesting what they were getting up to in those days (both the missionaries and the ‘savages’
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By: Martyn

Martyn — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:03:10 +0000

Talen until I started blogging last year I didn’t really take much notice of Thai architecture. To me and I hate to admit it but that meant visiting a really old bar, that was my sort of architecture. You do feature a lot of temples and the like on your site and through them I have grown to realise what I have been missing out on. I have asked Wilai if she can pick out a few temples to see on our visit to Kanchanaburi, that’s how much you have changed my thinking. Thailand many years before…it must have been wonderful, their culture grips me now, it must have been wonderful way back then.
.-= Martyn´s last blog ..Amazing Thailand – The Bin Man =-.

By: Malcolm

Malcolm — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:16:45 +0000

Talen , just yesterday I was thinking the same thing ,while I was looking at some old pictures of Sukothai and all the ole temples and ruins and trying to picture in my mind what it must have looked like in it's hay day , thanks for the pictures and the glimps into history of the LOS. Malcolm .-= Malcolm´s last blog .."I'M THE BOSS HERE" =-.

By: Talen

Talen — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:58:12 +0000

Cat, I have a feeling that any misionary books you might find will probably be centered more on saving the savages

By: Talen

Talen — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:56:48 +0000

Mike, I haven’t seen Zog Zag…going to go look it up now.

If Bangkok didn’t have traffic it would be the most wonderful place on earth!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:49:45 +0000

Interesting idea Talen. I've often wondered what Bangkok was like back when most travel was done via waterway. I have the book 'Bangkok Then & Now' but it doesn't really concentrate far enough back. Books written by missionaries might be what I'm looking for. .-= Catherine´s last blog ..Thai 101 Learners Series: Pigs and Bombs Go Hand in Hand =-.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:42:41 +0000

Talen I agree. Try imagining Bangkok without traffic!!

I do like the way that old and new are often side by side. Trouble is there are many interesting sites hidden away.

Have you looked at the Bangkok Post’s Zog Zag guide?
.-= Mike´s last blog ..Invisible in Thailand-That’s My Space! =-.