I was an expat teenager living in a soi just off Wipiwadi Rangsit very close to Central Plaza in 1989. I cannot even wrap my mind around how much the area has changed in 35 years. Thank you for the fantastic trip down memory lane. Cheers!
Cheers, that's a nice place on Soi 44. I was at Chok chai 4 a few days ago and it's a real buzzing area with minimum moderization visible, so I'll be shooting Secrets of Lat Phrao 2 from Ratchada to Chok Chai in the near future.
i am watching your channel for the first time, seen with Thailand bound Pete, my Thai girl went to "nail college" in Lat Phrao, so when I saw the title I clicked on
I do intend on doing a graffiti video, I wanna talk to two people, one of whom runs the graff shop at the Bangkok arts Centre which isn't open again, yet.
Thanks Richard. I'm shooting a video there at the moment, it's about areas that are great because there are less foreigners. The same part of lat Phrao Road as this video.
Thank you Simo. I'm a history fan so I'll always find excuses to include these pics. Shame there aren't so many more around, video too but back then maybe the place wasn't worth documenting, as there wasn't much there!
A great vlog. I love the information in these vlogs. I lived in a new condo (32 m2) Lat Phrao for 5,000 baht per month for 5 years. It was next to Big C and many shops and easy on my Honda Wave to get to Ari and Victory Monument that was so much more expensive. It was a convenient location for everything and away from the farang.
Thanks mate, that area between Ram/Lat Phrao Road is definitely in my plans, as is Chok Chai Soi 4. I'm planning a 'Secrets of Lat Phrao 2, but will probably call it 'Lat Phrao Road' soon.
@@BangkokPat Chok Chai 4 yes! A linear city even with its own transport system. I own an apartment on the corner of CC4 and Lad Phrao. Does anyone know how it got its name and what happened to Chok Chai 1-3 ? Its not techically Chok Chai Soi 4, its Thanon Chok Chai 4. Wat Lad Phrao is woth a look also.
@@BangkokPat can I ask one q. I see some cheap ish rents …. But then look at the electric/ water. Am I right in thinking electric range should be 4-7 say ? And water I don’t know ?? Some I seen quoting 17b for water ? Per unit. People say water should be about 80/200b p mth. Can u help with any approx ideas ? Thanks 🙏
@@jonhobson3592 Depends if you're renting direct from the owner or from the condo management who look after the whole place. We pay 16 for water and 4 for electric (directly to suppliers) and transfer the rent direct to owner monthly. If it's condo management charging you then they may add a bit on top.
@@BangkokPat and ‘ average ‘ bill for both about 15/2000 pmth ?.. ish . Yes some of the rents in Ratchayothin area are v good I see. No doubt they’ll increase later this year ..
Good vdo. I remember a great bar with jazz music called Bale (Bali) on lad prao 35,think it shut down in about 2010. JJ green was originally a flea market at the Ratchada / Lat Prao intersection if I'm not mistaken
I may have been down soi 35 in this video but Chatuchak district stops at the intersection so I didn't. If I had I still may not remember. It was only because you reminded me now! The 'market' that''s around that intersection by the hotel is a bit of a joke, and tries to call itself Suan Lum Night Bazarr. The original and proper Suan Lum was near Lumpini Park and closed down in 2011. I think they expected JJ Green market stalls to relocate there (as it's not too far) and a couple of stalls did, but that hotel caters for busloads of Chinese tourists so it was a waste of time. Srinikarin Railway market well recommended. Haven't been to JJ Green 2.
You sure giving us very good videos, thank you very much. Did you ever see my comment about 1968 videos. I wish you would try and get something together.
I was a teenage graff writer in London in the late 80s and all the top writers used to have that book, it was fascinating those days seeing pics of the other side of the world where they were doing the same stuff we were, but many years before and on a much bigger scale.
@@BangkokPat I'm also from London, I was a b-boy from 82-88, I'm now in my early 50's and can still windmill into a back spin! lol Thanks for messaging me, love your channel. Have very fond memories of my dozen or so trips to Thailand and Bangkok was always my favorite place, culture and shopping by day and playboy lifestyle in the evening. Perfect!!
@@bombazine2 Body popping was big in our school but most weren't that good at it. There was always one kid who was and would draw a crowd. If you got any ideas or suggestions for certain parts of Bangkok to look at let me know. Pat
@@BangkokPat off the top of my head, what was the bar area on sukumvit rd between nana and asok. Same side as landmark hotel that I remember closed down around 2004? Have you done anything on that place? Maybe do a tour of night markets or more current places to go out. I guess it’s tricky with new lock downs. How about some historical bars/clubs of pataya?
@@bombazine2 I did a full length Nana video last month that covered all the bar areas past and present along there!!! I think you mean Sukhumvit Square
I did for 2.5yrs, down Soi 8. Enjoyed it apart from the walk to the MRT through the dirty 100m stretch of Soi 4 where the fruit sellers live and dump their garbage around themselves. I called it ''the 100 metre slum''
Was that Magic Land? I didn't know about that place when I made the video, even though it's near my place. There's some old pictures and an old map shows they would name the train station after it. Closed in 2000. Did you ever go there?
@@waynelast1685 Trust me, I double checked to make sure I could call my video ''Lat Phrao''...it is confusing, and there are several different spellings, but those are just mistakes in translation from Thai, it's all the same place. But really the area at Mo Chit, Lat Phrao Intersection is actually Chatuchak district. Too many districts and sub districts in Bangkok and often when you write an address you need to list them all so it's no wonder that it confuses Thais as well. Look at the names of a few stations on the BTS/MRT, a few are nowhere near the actual area,
@@BangkokPat Yes I see now you were right. I see other videos that say that area is Lat Phrao. However, I have a friend who actually lives in the district Lat Phrao and she says she is from Lat Phrao. That’s why I was confused.
Big graff scene here, theres loads of spots for doing pieces along the canals, Bkk Graff shop at Bangkok Arts Centre near Siam Square and a few graff parks
More people know this area than they realise! There's a lot to see and do.
You should contact the Thaiger. They’re looking for people to create content and yours is far better produces.
@@lukerabin5079 I often wonder about their content, it's sometimes recycled and altered slightly. Maybe they're short staffed
Hi Pat. Are you considering to re-launch this one?
@@nassimabed No but I'll do another lonnger one that covers more of Lat Phrao Road after Ratchada towards Chok Chai 4
@@BangkokPat even better!! Looking forward for it ☺️
I was an expat teenager living in a soi just off Wipiwadi Rangsit very close to Central Plaza in 1989. I cannot even wrap my mind around how much the area has changed in 35 years. Thank you for the fantastic trip down memory lane. Cheers!
Refreshingly different style. Nice job Pat. hope to see more
Thanks David, much appreciated. There is a Secrets of Sukhumvit Road video up just now!
I foresee that jn 2024 this channel will have over 40k subs!
Lived on Lat Phrao for 3 years...(The Pulse Soi 44) Great area...so much going on down Chok Chai 4 too. I miss it.
Cheers, that's a nice place on Soi 44. I was at Chok chai 4 a few days ago and it's a real buzzing area with minimum moderization visible, so I'll be shooting Secrets of Lat Phrao 2 from Ratchada to Chok Chai in the near future.
There’s something in your editing that gives that nostalgic feel. Good to know the history of the place we live in. Thanks! 🙏
Definitely nostalgic! That was my first one!
@@BangkokPat its got that 90s feel
i am watching your channel for the first time, seen with Thailand bound Pete, my Thai girl went to "nail college" in Lat Phrao, so when I saw the title I clicked on
Will be slowly working my way through all your vids mate. You have a good style.
Thanks mate, glad to hear that, let me know if you got a favourite area!
BKK is becoming a great place for street art.. you should do a whole show on it..Me and the wife just bought a house in Lad Phrao by Wang Hin..
I do intend on doing a graffiti video, I wanna talk to two people, one of whom runs the graff shop at the Bangkok arts Centre which isn't open again, yet.
I loved living there and can understand your choices
Thanks Richard. I'm shooting a video there at the moment, it's about areas that are great because there are less foreigners. The same part of lat Phrao Road as this video.
Cool video - like the style, and the information element. Really good to see the old photos do understand how things have changed. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you Simo. I'm a history fan so I'll always find excuses to include these pics. Shame there aren't so many more around, video too but back then maybe the place wasn't worth documenting, as there wasn't much there!
Splendid maiden effort; looking forward to the next one... 🙂
Appreciate the compliment, Genji. Thanks.
What can I say other than, another fantastic and informative VLOG. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Michael, that was the first one, that kicked it all off. All future videos hinged on it having at least few hundred views.
Wow 👏👏👏👏👏Absolutely brilliant content!
A great vlog. I love the information in these vlogs.
I lived in a new condo (32 m2) Lat Phrao for 5,000 baht per month for 5 years.
It was next to Big C and many shops and easy on my Honda Wave to get to Ari and Victory Monument that was so much more expensive.
It was a convenient location for everything and away from the farang.
Great content well presented thanks for vlog .
Thanks a lot Malcolm, glad you enjoyed it mate.
Nice video. I heard on your interview on Thairish times that this was your first video. Is this the one?
Love your videos, Pat. Thank you. I hear Wangthong Lang, Town in Town, is pretty interesting. :)
Thanks mate, that area between Ram/Lat Phrao Road is definitely in my plans, as is Chok Chai Soi 4. I'm planning a 'Secrets of Lat Phrao 2, but will probably call it 'Lat Phrao Road' soon.
@@BangkokPat Chok Chai 4 yes! A linear city even with its own transport system. I own an apartment on the corner of CC4 and Lad Phrao. Does anyone know how it got its name and what happened to Chok Chai 1-3 ? Its not techically Chok Chai Soi 4, its Thanon Chok Chai 4.
Wat Lad Phrao is woth a look also.
Great vlog .. 👊
Thank you 🙌My first ever one. Lots of mistakes but I was a video novice!
@@BangkokPat can I ask one q. I see some cheap ish rents …. But then look at the electric/ water. Am I right in thinking electric range should be 4-7 say ? And water I don’t know ?? Some I seen quoting 17b for water ? Per unit. People say water should be about 80/200b p mth. Can u help with any approx ideas ? Thanks 🙏
@@jonhobson3592 Depends if you're renting direct from the owner or from the condo management who look after the whole place. We pay 16 for water and 4 for electric (directly to suppliers) and transfer the rent direct to owner monthly.
If it's condo management charging you then they may add a bit on top.
@@BangkokPat ok thanks. I didn’t really know what the water was approx p unit. All I’ve really heard is government rate. Thank you Pat for your time .
@@BangkokPat and ‘ average ‘ bill for both about 15/2000 pmth ?.. ish . Yes some of the rents in Ratchayothin area are v good I see. No doubt they’ll increase later this year ..
I life 2 stations away from there at ratchayothin
Great video. Looking forward to more please
Thanks for the kind words
Nice video. I live in this area, and I learned some facts.
Thank you Ryan, I've known this area for nearly 20yrs and it's changed so much in that time!
Nice work Pat. My best to you and yours from SF.
Keep your hands up!
@@charlesramsden4646 Thanks, appreciate it bro. Same to you.
Good stuff. bud here Subscribed!!!
Cheers Tim, more coming!
Good work, Pat. YT videos with real content lol
Thanks Saul, appreciate the kind words.
Good vdo. I remember a great bar with jazz music called Bale (Bali) on lad prao 35,think it shut down in about 2010. JJ green was originally a flea market at the Ratchada / Lat Prao intersection if I'm not mistaken
Thanks. and I ...think... I remember the bar on soi 35, went in 2007, about 300 metres in on the right (if its the same one)
@@BangkokPat yes pretty sure it was the same place 👍😎
I may have been down soi 35 in this video but Chatuchak district stops at the intersection so I didn't. If I had I still may not remember. It was only because you reminded me now!
The 'market' that''s around that intersection by the hotel is a bit of a joke, and tries to call itself Suan Lum Night Bazarr. The original and proper Suan Lum was near Lumpini Park and closed down in 2011.
I think they expected JJ Green market stalls to relocate there (as it's not too far) and a couple of stalls did, but that hotel caters for busloads of Chinese tourists so it was a waste of time. Srinikarin Railway market well recommended. Haven't been to JJ Green 2.
@@BangkokPat yeah the original night bazaar was great, shame it closed down
Yeah, I remember Bale....loved that place. My Girlfriend (now Wife) spent many a Friday night there.
Nice video Pat 👍
Glad you liked it Paul, thank you.
You sure giving us very good videos, thank you very much. Did you ever see my comment about 1968 videos. I wish you would try and get something together.
I loved living in this neighborhood back in 2016-2017
It sure has everything around there, always lived within reach of the area!
This is pre covid yeah !
It was April so just after it started
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4:40 ... coolest rat graffiti ever seen !!!
Nice shout out to the Subway art books. Probably the closest thing to a graffiti artists bible I would imagine
I was a teenage graff writer in London in the late 80s and all the top writers used to have that book, it was fascinating those days seeing pics of the other side of the world where they were doing the same stuff we were, but many years before and on a much bigger scale.
@@BangkokPat I'm also from London, I was a b-boy from 82-88, I'm now in my early 50's and can still windmill into a back spin! lol Thanks for messaging me, love your channel. Have very fond memories of my dozen or so trips to Thailand and Bangkok was always my favorite place, culture and shopping by day and playboy lifestyle in the evening. Perfect!!
@@bombazine2 Body popping was big in our school but most weren't that good at it. There was always one kid who was and would draw a crowd. If you got any ideas or suggestions for certain parts of Bangkok to look at let me know.
Pat
@@BangkokPat off the top of my head, what was the bar area on sukumvit rd between nana and asok. Same side as landmark hotel that I remember closed down around 2004? Have you done anything on that place? Maybe do a tour of night markets or more current places to go out. I guess it’s tricky with new lock downs. How about some historical bars/clubs of pataya?
@@bombazine2 I did a full length Nana video last month that covered all the bar areas past and present along there!!! I think you mean Sukhumvit Square
I literally live opposite to Union Mall
I did for 2.5yrs, down Soi 8. Enjoyed it apart from the walk to the MRT through the dirty 100m stretch of Soi 4 where the fruit sellers live and dump their garbage around themselves. I called it ''the 100 metre slum''
@@BangkokPat oh, well you're not wrong! lol
Dan Neramit Amusement park at Lad Phrao area
Was that Magic Land? I didn't know about that place when I made the video, even though it's near my place. There's some old pictures and an old map shows they would name the train station after it. Closed in 2000. Did you ever go there?
Pat are you half Thai?
Yes I am. I don't look it, I know but it's the truth.
Only here for the cats
Which one?
Ever go back to Oh My Cod!? 💷
I did a 'then & now' pic of it recently, and no I never did.
That brings back memories...
I don't see why this is Lat Phrao? Lat Phrao is to the east and north. You are in Ladprao, not Lat Phrao.
It is Lat Phrao. It is a large area. I always intended to do part 2 which vovers Ratchada to just before Bangkapi
@@BangkokPat yeah I’m confused. I’ve seen references to both. Lat Phrao is a district but evidently there is another area too.
@@waynelast1685 Trust me, I double checked to make sure I could call my video ''Lat Phrao''...it is confusing, and there are several different spellings, but those are just mistakes in translation from Thai, it's all the same place. But really the area at Mo Chit, Lat Phrao Intersection is actually Chatuchak district. Too many districts and sub districts in Bangkok and often when you write an address you need to list them all so it's no wonder that it confuses Thais as well.
Look at the names of a few stations on the BTS/MRT, a few are nowhere near the actual area,
@@BangkokPat Yes I see now you were right. I see other videos that say that area is Lat Phrao. However, I have a friend who actually lives in the district Lat Phrao and she says she is from Lat Phrao. That’s why I was confused.
What's the graff scene like here Pat?
Big graff scene here, theres loads of spots for doing pieces along the canals, Bkk Graff shop at Bangkok Arts Centre near Siam Square and a few graff parks
@@BangkokPat cheers Pat still did a lot of piecing back in uk, miss doing some dubs getting the itch mate
There’s something in your editing that gives that nostalgic feel. Good to know the history of the place we live in. Thanks! 🙏