August 21st, 2014 — 5:51am
I love my neighbourhood. I have a choice of half a dozen fresh markets in the immediate area and many more if I care to travel just a little further. Every day around 5:30 I take a stroll down to one of them and make the difficult decision of what to buy for my
August 20th, 2014 — 12:07pm
Nakhom Phanom is a lovely little town pushed up against the Mekong in Thailand’s upper northeast and opposite the equally characterful Tha Kaek on the Lao side of the river. Although I have been to Tha Kaek many times in the last few years, it is almost two decades since I visited Nakhon Phanom.
August 18th, 2014 — 7:04am
I had a wander around Bangkok’s Chinatown yesterday and captured this familiar street scene.
July 29th, 2014 — 8:46am
A fully loaded tuk-tuk in a Bangkok market.
July 29th, 2014 — 6:49am
A quick shot of another seemingly chaotic kitchen knocking out fantastic food. The cook at her woks is preparing dishes for a very popular take-away street stall in Klong Toey, Bangkok.
July 29th, 2014 — 5:45am
Pad Thai is a classic, albeit relatively modern, street food dish. It’s also one that can vary greatly from vendor to vendor, from underwhelming to superb, so it’s worth trying a few out. I also think a little restraint is called for when eating it. Somehow that second plate never quite tastes as good as
July 28th, 2014 — 8:21am
Here’s a few more shots from Saturday’s walk to Bangkok’s Chinatown. The network of alleys make it a endlessly fascinating place to explore. I usually start at a random point on Charoen Krung Road and wander along in the general direction of Yaowarat, ducking down any side street that takes my fancy. Seafood is
July 27th, 2014 — 10:07am
I was up with the sparrow’s fart on Saturday and took a three hour wander around Bangkok backstreets, eventually finding myself in deepest Chinatown. It’s always a good place to go poking around dimly lit alleys looking for scenes from daily life. I had a nice chat with this lovely lass as she boiled and
July 25th, 2014 — 8:51am
A perfect day for me starts by getting up at the crack of dawn and heading off to an unfamiliar part of Bangkok where I’ll wander the streets and alleyways, camera in hand in search of food shots. And so it was on Wednesday morning. Rendezvous 6 a.m. on Lan Luang Road, the neighbourhood of
July 22nd, 2014 — 3:37am
The Thai beach resort town of Cha Am attracts weekenders for the sun, sand and sea, but during my recent visit I headed straight for the morning market. As you would expect, the produce is predominately fishy. It’s a great little market and well worth the early rise. Plan to get there for
