LINKS: Phil Jablon's Fantastic Old Cinema Website: seatheater.blogspot.com/ Shots of Soi 22 taken from a video by @LazyTourist555 ua-cam.com/video/IclcfWxoNQE/v-deo.html WALKING TOUR INFO: Email: djpat2000@hotmail.com Line ID: pat.mck PLEASE SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL! Buy Me A Coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/bangkokpat
Man, your quality is always supreme. Your manor, dialogue, vibe, rate old footage makes for wonderful viewing. You are building an impressive portfolio of documentaries. Truly a gifted artist and cool dude. Daniel from Laos
I am a "Bangkokian" since 1992 and BangkokPat is awesome, legit, and super informative. As an old dog I really enjoy when Pat is rewinding into the past and works in sequences from previous years - the timeline effect. Affirmative. Very well done and so super informative. I have been to many Bangkok Cinema's over the last 30 years. I hope one day Pat will bring up the Siam Hotel, its coffee shop, on Petchburi Road. Re: Ramkhamheng Sport Complex - I swim the 50 meter pool since 2001. The original annual membership was 350 THB - there were days I could bring a guest, another swimmer, for 5thb. During the membership sign up a health certificate (100THB) was required. Mine is still on file with no update required. Our days back then were slow, super friendly and simply joyful. Love the work and so glad I found this. Thank you!
Bravo! I just rewatched this video; an artful blend of storytelling, rare archival footage, history, culture, urban planning insights, sly humor (read the captions), cats and a guy on an elephant (15:25) for 2 seconds max. Viva Bangkok Pat!
Thank you Pat, what a ride down the memory lane. The night life in Bangkok has gone way down, all the old places have now closed. The late night party places are all gone.
Your videos around Bangkok elicit mak sentimental memories for me. In my 20's and 30's BKK was my candy store where I indulged in everything the town had to offer, good and bad. Now, in my 50's and married to a wonderfully down to earth Thai woman, I enjoy Bangkok in a much different way. I notice the places that were once thriving that have been passed over for the latest thing. I notice the vendors who are getting elderly but hanging on even when they have the last shop on the upper floor of a dying market building. I get my haircut from the old guy who has failing eyesight with his barber college certificate from the 1970's hanging on the wall of a shared shop in a part of town that's been left behind. Yes, your videos are perfect for me. Thanks.
This is really one of the best city guide UA-cam channels out there. I've been to Bangkok a few times and found it too hectic... this really gives you a good context on the city and makes me want to visit it again.
Fantastic videos Pat, love the music you use in backgrounds on all of them, never gets boring. I first went to Bangkok in 73, living and working there on and off until the early 2000s. Haven't been back for a few years but really love the history you bring with these videos...
My son who grew up summers in thailand loved getting electronics,computer parts,all sorts of stuff at pantip from2005 to 2019 great memories we still stay in area a few times a year
Great video, I bought Microsoft server 2000 from store on the top floor, I loved it in there. Was some good nightlife in Soi 11, don't know if there still is.
Recently discovered your channel and enjoying it greatly. This is a welcome change from "Live in Thailand for $20 a Day" videos that proliferate on UA-cam and gives great insight and history.
I think Queens was the last Gem to fall. I can’t think of any others left like it. Every time I walk past and see the Macro superstore that’s now there breaks a little bit inside of me every time lol
Thanks for the video.. excellent as allways and perfect when I eating a very late lunch here in Bangkok ( kra Pao moo with extra fried egg for 70 baht 555).
Great memories of my first visit in December 1982. Stayed at the Honey Hotel on Sukhamvit Soi 19 and frequented the Happy Happy in Nana Plaza for my 'massages' and Thai sandwich. Got on really well with the mama san, she gave me a great $$ daily rate #goodolddays
@@BangkokPat been spending at least 9 months per year in Thailand since 93.. So much changed after thaksin.. Now retired full time in Chonburi. Still enjoying life, but not like I did before.
I really enjoy your videos Pat. It must take a tremendous amount of research to create each one! It constantly amazes me how much detailed historical info and old photos you present in your stories/reports. Thanks Pat!
I used to be a regular at the Beer Garden, since the early 2,000s. I used to love to 'people-watch' there. Moved back to the UK 6 years ago, lived there for 20 years.
@@andrewmunn1724 That's so sad. Like I wrote in my own longer stand alone comment/reply, it seems like a lot of the charm of Bangkok is gone. Bangkok used to feel unique. Old alongside new, skyscrapers beside old smaller buildings. Street vendors beside modern brand shops. Now it more looks and feels like some generic corporate and bank controlled large Asian city. Kind of like Singapore, Taipei etc, dime a dozen. To me it already seemed like the BTS Skytrain was the initial phase in that. It made areas which used to take hours in traffic to come to, have fast access and then slowly but surely large hotels and malls wanted spots along those lines (preferably near stations). Then the military government/regimes/juntas in mid 2000/2010's up to 2019 chasing away all the street vendors and people was forced indoors to restaurants and shopping malls. Curfews, internet censorship, heavier crack downs on brand copy shirts, watches and stuff. Like it was a step-by-step plan all along to force people into shopping from the stores and such owned by the Thai elite and corporations. Then the pandemic hit the last nail in the coffin. It's just not the unique Bangkok feel anymore.
Hi Pat. This brought back memories. I guess I must be one of the only still living farangs who can relate to old Bangkok . I first arrived in Bkk in 1978 and stayed at the Indra Hotel. Thereafter I'd either stay there or the more downmarket Opera Hotel which was in a soi off Petchburi road but also assesible via the sois from the back of Indra Hotel and the Pratunam garment market. Nowdays I live in Chiang mai and on the rare occasions I go to Bkk I don't recognise it . I really appreciate your videos which are so nostalgic for me . If the buildings could only speak , the stories could curl your toes. The Opera Hotel was particularly colourful. The ground floor rooms dedicated to curtain hidden fables. 😉
I walked with the girls of Rainbow bar ( Sukhumvit pre Nana Plaza)in '82 to the Pratunam market . It was late November and they were trying on their 'Christmas outfits'. It was tough to sit there watching them changing their clothes to see what they liked best! Oh happy days!
Yeah.. I was there at the same time and loved every minute of it. It changed a lot but I still get there 3 to 4 times a year and still love it at my old age. Coolest city in the world!
Ah the old Pantip Plaza where on the ground floor you could buy copy anything and go up one level to buy the original. Great video, love your research.
Great vlog pat Really brought back some great memories Times have certainly changed Bangkok nite life has certainly taken a big dive since the hey days of the 70s 80s and 90s Spent some R&R recently in Patpong very disappointing The place was dead
Great video mate, was up in Bangkok last week, ventured into Soi 22 for a late drink in one of the little late naughty bars, the fun times there are a very distant memory but my god were they fun whilst they lasted!!!!
Once again, another past history of Bangkok of what nightclubs and hotels were like back then. You put a lot of work into these video's as always. All I'll say is thanks again and great video. You have a great day there in Bangkok.
So much history of Bangkok, the best quality Pat.Everything was so well narrated that you wont see on TV about Bangkok.Simply i got smarter from this video and know more about Bangkok's history.Knowing the past,it makes you appreciate present beauty of Bangkok.About nightlife I think that it got better,but they made a lot of rooftop bars and nightclubs inside malls.I have heard from podcast called One night in Bangkok so many things of nightlife in Bangkok these days.So thats how i know that, hopefully to meet you for a drink someday Pat in Bangkok if you have time for that🎉Fabulous storytelling i mean those 30 minutes went like 5 minutes or less,truly appreciated such wonderful content at all times🎉🇹🇭
Sweet memories of NASA Spacedome and Dino's Bar ... In 89/90, I remember NASA Spacedome becoming NASA Amazon for a time, decked out to make you feel like you were drinking & dancing in a tree canopy,. It was quite surreal, especially with the spaceship still revolving above...... Another nice nostalgic documentary Pat.
LINKS: Phil Jablon's Fantastic Old Cinema Website: seatheater.blogspot.com/
Shots of Soi 22 taken from a video by @LazyTourist555 ua-cam.com/video/IclcfWxoNQE/v-deo.html
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Bangkok pat, without doubt the best and most informative UA-cam channel on Bangkok history and Thai related material . Well done Pat 👍
Cheers Raymond!!
Aaaah the old stomping grounds ..... the drink ... the girls .... the substances ..... the memories.
@Paul, start your own channel!! You got loads of good stories 🥳
This, 100%
What substances ? There was enough stimulation for me that i didn't need them
Man, your quality is always supreme. Your manor, dialogue, vibe, rate old footage makes for wonderful viewing. You are building an impressive portfolio of documentaries. Truly a gifted artist and cool dude. Daniel from Laos
Thanks a lot for the kind words Daniel 😎😻
So much agree, well said and please keep them coming, these vlogs. Su-perb….❤
Great viewing again 😊
Agreed. Great content!
I am a "Bangkokian" since 1992 and BangkokPat is awesome, legit, and super informative. As an old dog I really enjoy when Pat is rewinding into the past and works in
sequences from previous years - the timeline effect. Affirmative. Very well done and so super informative. I have been to many Bangkok Cinema's over the last 30 years. I hope one day Pat will bring up the Siam Hotel, its coffee shop, on Petchburi Road.
Re: Ramkhamheng Sport Complex - I swim the 50 meter pool since 2001. The original annual membership was 350 THB - there were days I could bring a guest, another swimmer, for 5thb. During the membership sign up a health certificate (100THB) was required. Mine is still on file with no update required. Our days back then
were slow, super friendly and simply joyful. Love the work and so glad I found this. Thank you!
Bravo! I just rewatched this video; an artful blend of storytelling, rare archival footage, history, culture, urban planning insights, sly humor (read the captions), cats and a guy on an elephant (15:25) for 2 seconds max. Viva Bangkok Pat!
This just turned up on my iPad I have a grin 🎉
Thank you Pat, what a ride down the memory lane. The night life in Bangkok has gone way down, all the old places have now closed. The late night party places are all gone.
Your videos around Bangkok elicit mak sentimental memories for me. In my 20's and 30's BKK was my candy store where I indulged in everything the town had to offer, good and bad. Now, in my 50's and married to a wonderfully down to earth Thai woman, I enjoy Bangkok in a much different way. I notice the places that were once thriving that have been passed over for the latest thing. I notice the vendors who are getting elderly but hanging on even when they have the last shop on the upper floor of a dying market building. I get my haircut from the old guy who has failing eyesight with his barber college certificate from the 1970's hanging on the wall of a shared shop in a part of town that's been left behind. Yes, your videos are perfect for me. Thanks.
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This is really one of the best city guide UA-cam channels out there. I've been to Bangkok a few times and found it too hectic... this really gives you a good context on the city and makes me want to visit it again.
Cheers! Really glad you enjoyed that😎
This made me miss bangkok, i've been there 8 times, for a few days up to a week.. made a few local friends there. Its a nice life.
Thanks Pat, love Your work. Always soo much facts and amazing views.
Cheers as always Pat,,,,,bloody fantastic video 😊😊😊😊😊
I’m really enjoying your videos, keep up the great work! 👍
Pat, I appreciate your research and detail oriented videos. The devil is in the details is really true.
you are so kind Pat for feeding the cats 27:30 to 27:40 .
Fantastic videos Pat, love the music you use in backgrounds on all of them, never gets boring. I first went to Bangkok in 73, living and working there on and off until the early 2000s. Haven't been back for a few years but really love the history you bring with these videos...
My son who grew up summers in thailand loved getting electronics,computer parts,all sorts of stuff at pantip from2005 to 2019 great memories we still stay in area a few times a year
Just saw you in the alley 2 days ago, so I commented. Love your videos man!
Taksin fam are back strong Pat. God knows what will happen now with our city.
Good to see the Crown Hotel, Suk / Soi 29 ---- my home away from home in the 1980's. B210 / night !
Absolutely fabulous series this was 👍 carry on 👍
As always, an interesting historical look at Bangkok. Thanks Pat.
Marvelous production Pat!!!
I was in NASA disco about 1994. Wow! Just fantastic. I remember near the entrance was a large area full of shelves of bottles from the regulars.
Excellent as always. Phenix. I'm guessing Phoenix. Rising from the ashes.
Great video, I bought Microsoft server 2000
from store on the top floor, I loved it in there. Was some good nightlife in Soi 11, don't know if there still is.
Spicy nightclub and Bangkok Beat were my go too's.
I lost a flipflop at Spicy and had to walk around with one barefoot...
Recently discovered your channel and enjoying it greatly. This is a welcome change from "Live in Thailand for $20 a Day" videos that proliferate on UA-cam and gives great insight and history.
Cheers Michael, glad you discovered the channel, There's obviously more to Bangkok than living on $5 a day and going on a condo or mall tour
top shelf as always Pat, well done.
Great Video once again you do so much research to put all of this together, well done 👍
Queens Park Plaza Soi 22 was a great semi hidden bar maze complex, nothing like it.
So sad to see it all gone.
I think Queens was the last Gem to fall. I can’t think of any others left like it. Every time I walk past and see the Macro superstore that’s now there breaks a little bit inside of me every time lol
Great Job. One of the best if not the best, documentaries on the Old Bangkok. Bring back many memories.
Fantastic ! the day is always great with your uploads, thank you
Great video Pat! We love it and thanks for sharing 😊
Great video
Always brings back memories.
Seems like if you blink these days and Bangkok changes.
Night life was a million times better back then.
Also, I must add, loved the double entendres and sharp sardonic wit expressed throughout...
Now I have a great sunday. Was already hoping for a new upload of Bkk best expert. Happy Sunday all!
Thanks for the video.. excellent as allways and perfect when I eating a very late lunch here in Bangkok ( kra Pao moo with extra fried egg for 70 baht 555).
18:46 ... the written downline ... 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Love your humor so much !!!
Great memories of my first visit in December 1982. Stayed at the Honey Hotel on Sukhamvit Soi 19 and frequented the Happy Happy in Nana Plaza for my 'massages' and Thai sandwich. Got on really well with the mama san, she gave me a great $$ daily rate #goodolddays
Honey Hotel Soi 19 great little hotel for its time. Sorry to see it go.
You deviant. Just kidding
just great!!
Beginning of the End. Thaksin
Yes and hes lurking around again now....
@@BangkokPat been spending at least 9 months per year in Thailand since 93..
So much changed after thaksin.. Now retired full time in Chonburi. Still enjoying life,
but not like I did before.
@@BangkokPat Currently showing his true colors.
Pat you know more than I've forgotten. Times past when I though I could party longer than the now 7/11. Well done another great video for history.
Another interesting and educational video, Pat.
John, Norway.
I really enjoy your videos Pat. It must take a tremendous amount of research to create each one! It constantly amazes me how much detailed historical info and old photos you present in your stories/reports. Thanks Pat!
Evolving Bangkok! ❤
Always top
Nice to see you back Pat. Another class vid Thanks.
Yo descubrí Pantip plaza en 2008, ¡qué recuerdos! ¡Que feliz era yo en aquel lugar! Gracias por el video. 👍
Thanks so much for your entertaining, but well documented, videos
First arrived in Bangkok early 74. Your videos bring back many memories. Heck even the Beer Garden on soi 7 has now closed. It held out for so long.
I used to be a regular at the Beer Garden, since the early 2,000s. I used to love to 'people-watch' there. Moved back to the UK 6 years ago, lived there for 20 years.
So soi 7 Beer Garden gone now too? Darn, what's even left still worth visiting?
@@Lord_Funk Also, Cheap Charlie's, the original Dubliner, the Honey Hotel. Lots of the old Bangkok that we knew and loved has disappeared.
@@andrewmunn1724 That's so sad. Like I wrote in my own longer stand alone comment/reply, it seems like a lot of the charm of Bangkok is gone. Bangkok used to feel unique. Old alongside new, skyscrapers beside old smaller buildings. Street vendors beside modern brand shops. Now it more looks and feels like some generic corporate and bank controlled large Asian city. Kind of like Singapore, Taipei etc, dime a dozen. To me it already seemed like the BTS Skytrain was the initial phase in that. It made areas which used to take hours in traffic to come to, have fast access and then slowly but surely large hotels and malls wanted spots along those lines (preferably near stations). Then the military government/regimes/juntas in mid 2000/2010's up to 2019 chasing away all the street vendors and people was forced indoors to restaurants and shopping malls. Curfews, internet censorship, heavier crack downs on brand copy shirts, watches and stuff. Like it was a step-by-step plan all along to force people into shopping from the stores and such owned by the Thai elite and corporations. Then the pandemic hit the last nail in the coffin. It's just not the unique Bangkok feel anymore.
Bangkok pat never disappoints with his videos
Another fantastic watch, thank you so much for all your time and effort into making these for us, they are just a joy to watch
Another great peice of work 😎👍
Hi Pat.
This brought back memories.
I guess I must be one of the only still living farangs who can relate to old Bangkok .
I first arrived in Bkk in 1978 and stayed at the Indra Hotel. Thereafter I'd either stay there or the more downmarket Opera Hotel which was in a soi off Petchburi road but also assesible via the sois from the back of Indra Hotel and the Pratunam garment market.
Nowdays I live in Chiang mai and on the rare occasions I go to Bkk I don't recognise it .
I really appreciate your videos which are so nostalgic for me . If the buildings could only speak , the stories could curl your toes.
The Opera Hotel was particularly colourful. The ground floor rooms dedicated to curtain hidden fables. 😉
I walked with the girls of Rainbow bar ( Sukhumvit pre Nana Plaza)in '82 to the Pratunam market . It was late November and they were trying on their 'Christmas outfits'. It was tough to sit there watching them changing their clothes to see what they liked best! Oh happy days!
Splendid history content Pat as always
Thanks for your hard work update !! Been here since 2008, mostly out of BKK area, but always enjoy history
You and mr winston. My favourites
Wow, these crossfades are fantastic!
I was there 1998. The world changes. Bangkok was busy in 1998. I imagine more bisy now. Worldwide is more busy. But. Good video. Thank you.
Yeah.. I was there at the same time and loved every minute of it. It changed a lot but I still get there 3 to 4 times a year and still love it at my old age. Coolest city in the world!
Ah the old Pantip Plaza where on the ground floor you could buy copy anything and go up one level to buy the original. Great video, love your research.
Bangkok city was beautiful bfore..love this series
Thanks,😃 Pat I have not been to Bangkok for 19 years and this time I saw places opposite Pantek Plazza that I have been in
Great video, just subscribed, visiting for the 1st time on october
Great vlog pat Really brought back some great memories Times have certainly changed Bangkok nite life has certainly taken a big dive since the hey days of the 70s 80s and 90s
Spent some R&R recently in Patpong very disappointing The place was dead
Best Video Ever ✌️
Great video mate, was up in Bangkok last week, ventured into Soi 22 for a late drink in one of the little late naughty bars, the fun times there are a very distant memory but my god were they fun whilst they lasted!!!!
Thanks!
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Once again, another past history of Bangkok of what nightclubs and hotels were like back then. You put a lot of work into these video's as always. All I'll say is thanks again and great video. You have a great day there in Bangkok.
Excellent stuff once again, could have watched another 90 minutes
Thanks Pat for another well researched video.
Great stuff Pat. Cheers
Thanks Terry 😎😻
You always create very atmospheric videos 😊 who knew pigs ears were so large 😆 thanks for sharing ❤️🏴x
Another amazing video Pat. You blow me away with your research and humour and that nod to BBC style presenting :).
Much Thanks as Always, Bangkok Pat!…..your vlogs are Superb!👍👍👍👍☺️
Thank you for yet again a great tour of Bangkok and it' history.
Cheers Geoff😎
So much history of Bangkok, the best quality Pat.Everything was so well narrated that you wont see on TV about Bangkok.Simply i got smarter from this video and know more about Bangkok's history.Knowing the past,it makes you appreciate present beauty of Bangkok.About nightlife I think that it got better,but they made a lot of rooftop bars and nightclubs inside malls.I have heard from podcast called One night in Bangkok so many things of nightlife in Bangkok these days.So thats how i know that, hopefully to meet you for a drink someday Pat in Bangkok if you have time for that🎉Fabulous storytelling i mean those 30 minutes went like 5 minutes or less,truly appreciated such wonderful content at all times🎉🇹🇭
Hi Pat! I love the past to present fades. It really showcases the dramatic changes. Well done!
Thanks Mark, one of my favourite parts of editing!!!! And finding the spot where the original photographer may have stood....which can be tricky!
When I go to Thailand, I hardly spend any time in Bangkok, but these vdos inspire me to explore it more.
Thanks for your great work!
Aaa....Pat my man. Always looking forward to this. Its like your late but right on time so to speak. Good seing you mate and thanks for sharing.
Cheers 😎😻
Wow, what a gem! Thanks for the trip back in time 🙏
Another gem - thank you.
Thanks Steve 😎
great work
Always nice to lean back and see how a city has changed, in particular Bangkok. Wooowww!
Great video Pat
Sweet memories of NASA Spacedome and Dino's Bar ... In 89/90, I remember NASA Spacedome becoming NASA Amazon for a time, decked out to make you feel like you were drinking & dancing in a tree canopy,. It was quite surreal, especially with the spaceship still revolving above...... Another nice nostalgic documentary Pat.
Such an amazing channel
Great vlog always interesting stuff 🙏
Thanks
Thanks for supporting 😻🥳
This city changes so much, there is always some change when you visit it for another time
but the traffic jam is always threre
¡Gracias!
Muchos Gracias for the support!
your videos feel so nostalgic even though I've only spent 2 days in Bangkok.
Fantastic vid Pat, Thanks.
These history videos are great. Thanks!
Glad you like them! Thank you very much 😎😻
Absolutely loving these videos
great information and old pics, really enjoyed this, and the cats being fed was a huge bonus, respect to you.
Thank you! 😊The cats always cross my path when I have food with me....
Thanks as always Pat. Great content
Danke!
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