SECRETS OF SATHORN EP 1 | Let"s Explore Properly | Sights & Sounds | History | Local Life | Stories
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2025
- Bangkok's Sathorn district is full of stuff you won't find in tourist areas ....it has been Bangkok's most prestigious district for many years. It is rich in money, power, high rollers, high society,, expensive property and land prices. Also many historical events in Sathorn have shaped the way Bangkok has evolved into the modern metropolis it is today. I took a walk down the first part of Sathorn Road from Lumpinee to Chong Nonsi and found a lot to show and tell you all about.
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Best historical videos of Bangkok for sure.
Professional Quality every single time.
His video editing is really an inspiration.
Absolutely agree.
Sathorn Road brought back memories for me. I got married to my Thai wife in the old Australian Embassy in 1988.
Thank you for a other great video on the history of Bangkok.
Outstanding work. You continue to push the bar higher. Absolutely the best Bangkok YT channel for true lovers of the Kingdom🙏🙏 But please 😫 stop giving away our non tourist secrets🤣🤣🙏
No one does this kind of videos about Bangkok dating back to decades . Appreciate all you have done to make these precious videos possible….
Thank you very much for the kind words!
Pat's videos feels like a breath of fresh air and have such a calming effect so its almost as he could add the letters "ASMR" in the description text of each new release. Once again I am blown away by his meticulous research and ability to find sensible information about remarkable people, places and venues. And it make me once again miss the back alleys and lesser trodden street's of Bangkok.
Thanks and glad you enjoyed the video! And thanks for the kind words too.
Hard to believe this area was all farmland and villages. Exponential growth, even in the 20 years since I first lived there.
Thanks again for the excellent coverage of the Sathorn road area. Back in the mid 80's, I was a student summer hire at JUSMAG Thai and was given the task of painting the interior of the building that runs along the wall on Sathorn road. The lower level had a large room with a blank wall. I asked the Navy chief I was working for if I could paint the Thai and U.S. flags on the blank wall. It took some time but looked pretty good for an amateur. I am sure it has long been painted over but that was a lot of fun and will always bring back a great memory when I go down Sathorn.
Loved going there for their BBQs. It was a bit of a step back in time even 35 years ago.
Really enjoyed this. Looking forward to part two.
I fell down on my knees and prayed when our guy Pat finally took a deep look into Sathorn District. I have purpose of life now!
Soft Cell singer Marc Almond stays at the Lebua Tower hotel every time he visits Bangkok.
A tremendous programme, as usual. Your script with it's wry humour is the icing on the cake.
Cheers Carl🐱
So interesting to see the old village photos of neighborhoods before being transformed into skyscrapers. Thanks for the research and historical stories!
Cheers Anton 😎🐱
Yes, those are great to see. I wish I could have started my BKK adventure 50-90 years earlier, but you get what you get.
Another excellent video! Thank you for all of the effort you put into your work. Also, it was great meeting you when I was in town a few weeks ago. My walking tour was one of the highlights of my trip.
Been visiting Thailand for 30 years, Sathorn is usually our base where we stay. Great video.
You deserve way more subscribers. Entertaining and very informative. The BTS vid was really useful. Thanks. BTW, love your cat.
Cheers! This kind of content isn't for everyone. People associate Thai youtube with pad thai and bar girl stories rather than what l do so it's very niche content, limited audience but a great audience. 😻😻 Aiming for 50k subs by end off year which is great.
I think it's incredible that less than a century ago there were villages and orchids in this area. Amazing Thailand.
Thanks for covering the M.R.Kukrit Pramoj home-museum, which is every bit as interesting as the Jim Thompson home-museum. The only difference it's not swarming with tourists and photograph-taking all around the house is welcome. And there are no guides to hustle you around. It's as underrated as Thompson is overrated.
Sadly it has been closed for the last 2-3yrs. I think his achievements outweigh Jim Thompsons!
I juat want to say THANK YOU, really enjoy your videos, I have been to Bangkok 3 times and cant wait to go back really really like this city!
Best video’s of bangkok 😊
Wow what a great video. Well researched, well edited and thoroughly entertaining. Awesome job Pat!
Love the appreciation of the BTS guiderails. I remember being on the train one day and reminded of the intro feedback of Hendrix’s guitar with almost that exact same sound :) guess the tracks needed a little oil. Used to live near Suan Phlu - brilliant stuff Pat!
Fantastic video. Thank for your hard work.
I always thought the Aussie embassy was down in the pub....
Lived in Siri Sathorn for 8 months. Nice area.
Amazing content again Pat,,, loved the history on Kukrit.... you have a history lesson for the public soon,,, is there still openings?
Excellent as always and nice to see you back.
Simply the best….
Pat, another great vid.
Great video - upvoted
Another great video on our amazing city of angels. Thank you, Pat 🙏🏽
Nice one again Pat.
Thanks!
Cheers and a big thanks for the support 😻😻
Very exciting video of this Bangkok Wall Street. Great job Pat, thanks for showing us your city with all the in depth knowledge from days gone by until current day, which makes it so interesting. 👏🏻👍
They call it that, but the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is near Sukhumvit & Asok, not in Sathon.
Good video Pat. I could relate to mostly all of your narrative.
Older expats all remember the Thai immigration office there before moving to Chang Wattana. It was the worse mad house ever😅!
Thank you for another great video. I really enjoyed it.🙏
Every trip, I spent at least one evening at the top of The Banyan Tree, and sipped drinks while overlooking the city.
Best of the best!
Thanks Pat.
👍Appreciated the history of how the Sathorn District evolved☺️
Always looking forward to a new episode from you !!!
Wow, I love that you included photos from history that are rare and never seen before.
Pat, it's getting impossible to find enough superlatives to compliment you on these great and fascinating videos, and you must really spend a lot of time researching and preparing. Plus your relaxed style is probably the best amongst those who produce Bangkok videos. Looking forward to part 2.
Solid.
Thank you for the useful information, Mr. Alain Delon
Good video. It's good to see you back on the beat Pat
Thanks for the stroll around the old neighbourhood Pat. My son used to live off Suan Phlu before moving off Silom Road. Have walked Convent Road many times and smalls remains my favourite bar in Bangkok.
I was living at the Sathorn District for over a year from 2022-2023, your video has just reminded me all these places especially the Suan Phlu area cause I often took the bus #62 and the BRT at Chong Nonsi to get home.
Thanks for the great video again ! 👍
Nice
As always, very well produced. I watched the Kukrij section with interest. It was unfortunate that right after his death is was discovered he'd plagiarized some of his novels from English sources. It's a shame because he could write well enough that he didn't need to steal. But "Sii Paendin" is one of the best things I've ever read about this country, and it's all his.
Just a thought …great work but maybe you could slow it down to explain more of the history…. This is good stuff for people living here. Thanks
Great👍
Liked this one Pat it was very informative as usual like all of your vlogs.
Regarding the Kings Hotel on Sathon south Road, I stayed there for a month in 1975 for the Princely sum of just £30 👍
Thank you once again Pat for another great video and history of the area. 👍🙏🙏🙏
Another very interesting video, thanks.
Thrilled.
You have outdone yourself once again!
Highly educational and an exciting piece of art in perfect production.
Congratulations and many thanks again!
PS: So the signature tune for Germany has been changed from the Valkyrie ride to the pow'r station style.
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Interesting video. One error, Babylon Sauna did not close in 2019. It closed on the 20 December 2020, I know because I was there, and one of the last to leave!
Good timing on this one, I am arriving for a 3 month visit next week and my condo is in Sathorn, first time staying in this area.
Thanks Pat. Just wrapping up a 2 week stay in Sathorn, lots of places I’ve walked by but plenty of layers of detail from you 👍🏻
Great video
Will have to try trok silom.
I used to live in the neighbourhood. Brings back some good memories.
I appreciate the time you took to find historic photos .Great video.
Danke!
Thanks for supporting!!
Really enjoyed it thanks looking forward to part ii
Absolutely fantastic video.
This is near where I stayed when I was in BKK Pat. (Bang Rak). I really enjoyed this video! Thanks mate 👍👍
Nice one - I just did a big walk through Sathorn, Bang Rak and Chinatown this morning ... then back to Thonburi ... Also hit the wonderful old Hua Lomphong station that you've covered before ... Many memories hitting that station from Bangkok to Laos way back when ... Cheers, Steve @law_nomad
What a great area so much change in the last 30-40 years is amazing. Love the drone footage and the time lapse video of the build being built 👏👏. Very interesting looking forward to part 2 nice one Pat
Excellent and insightful video Pat. Makes me feel like heading down to Sathorn next visit and finding these areas that I know little about
Strong memory of the (former) Aussie Embassy site. My dad worked there for a while in the Commerce Section, later he became an executive at Supalai. The land deal took place long after he retired from working, but shortly before he passed away and before the embassy was to be demolished, he and other former embassy staff were invited to a farewell tour of the building.
Now I work in a building next to Chong Nonsi BTS station but haven't ventured out to explore the area in earnest. I ride a bicycle to work (20-40 km per day) and the bike lane, while not perfect, is better than nothing.
Great video PAT, your research into these videos is commendable.
I've done the skywalk at Mahanakhon tower, I thought I'd be terrified, but I wasn't at all phased.
I lived in a budget apartment on the Sathon side of the 3-way border between Sathon, Yan Nawa & Khlong Toei.. was a 2 minute walk away from Mae Nam railway station. Seeing you at Suan Phlu park brought back memories. I used to walk there often, it was about a 10 minute walk away. Good times.
I know where that is, I was down that way last year, opposite those railway tracks are a couple of apartment buildings that seemed nice. You can walk the back way to Sri Bamphen. Yen Akat Road has some nice parts as well.
Another interesting and well done video! Thank you!
Excellent info. packed doc. video! Thanx, again!
You never fail to provide excellent video and history of Bangkok. As Tina Turner would say you are simply the best. Thank you.
Outstanding information, plan on visiting 2025
absolutely fascinating Pat. Thanks once again for the brilliant videos
Thank you for an other great informative Bangkok video … looking forward to part 2
Great vlog, thanks Pat. Really interesting!
I would like to go to Trok Silom the next time I'm there in vibrant Bangkok.
Fascinating account of the area and prominent figures. I personally have to pause it frequently to read to take in everything. Could you slow down the labeled stills and sub titles a bit please ?
Cheers
Others complain they are too long....but l will make them longer on screen.
The best story.telling for bangkokian. Well.done Pat
It was lovely
Bridge pilings are installed without draining rivers -- as you suggest for the ChongNongSi BTS. As you hint, I suspect they built an enclosure and pumped it out to drill in each post in the khlong. Thanks for another happy trip through local history.
Thanks Sean, it's not a very deep canal but they built the whole line from Chong Nonsit to the river over it so l am sure there are deeper sections and a few challenges, like avoiding the filthy water....
Loved this, thanks much. Two points: I notice you didn't mention the spooky old Chinese cemetery on Chong Nonsi (at Silom), perhaps because its not easy to get good photos of it right now(?) And, I eagerly await your rant about the Robot Building...I'm still upset about that tragedy.
I mention both in Part 2 which is the second part of Sathon Road from Chong Nonsi to the river
Another great video Pat. Really enjoy watching and learning and seeing the old photos and footage 👏
Thanks Chris👍 lt's taken me long enough
Awesome Pat. Can't wait for part Two. All the best, Cheers
Stayed at the Embassy Hotel in 2018. A good budget hotel.
Sorry late reaction was a little busy with things. Great video Pat about Sathorn district a lot of history there I been their only a few time but never explore it good, but I will do it for sure next time. I been on the rooftop of Mahanakhon amazing view but that time I only had my mobile next I will take photo's with my Fuji X-H1 cam. Luckly I'm not afraid of walking on the class floor it really weird to look down and see every thing so small. I did also walk a little bit at the Sathon canal at Chong Nonsi Canal Park. Thx again Pat!
Wow! Absolutely loved this! and all you vids! Made me become a member immediately. I'm back in BKK in October to live; last time I was in CM for 9 years. Love Bangkok! Cheers Matt
Great to hear that Matt, cheers 😻😻
from constantly binging this channel's content, i know more about bangkok (a city i've never been) than i do about my own city, which i've lived my whole life 😭
Amazing video! Great work, thank you so much for sharing, been driving and walking down Sathorn Rd many times, but did not know about so many interesting, historical fact's. 😊👍🏻
Yep, all three, interesting ,educational & exciting. Love the old photos. Amazing how quickly this part of Bangkok has changed in such a short time. As already mentioned, it appears to be exponential growth, the real dramatic growth in the last twenty years. Sad to see a certain way of life's demise but "progress" waits for no one . Thanks for posting.
Very nice video and pictures of Bangkok of old. You always do very good history of Bangkok Thailand. Thanks Pat.
The cats are gonna be pretty dark when they find out you put a dog shot in here Pat. What were you thinking? I hope you are kicking ass in Bangkok. Another glorious presentation. You should get indoors more.
The cats were late paying their brown envelopes
@@BangkokPat Ha! Canine paid top dollar and got himself a cameo. Nice.
Anotyer entertaining and really informative presentation, many thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight Pat.
It just gets better.
The more you dig, Pat, the more a viewer is drawn in.
Next time... next time I promise [to myself] that I walk at least a few steps with you.
6k miles away. Last time there was only 6 weeks ago.
Already planning my return
A wonderful, well done, educational, and interesting vlog as always. Thanks.
Wonderfully assembled from the visuals to the music, informative and engaging. So much more to your UA-cam channel than eye rolling food videos. Keep up the great presentations.
I really appreciate your informative and educational videos, much more interesting than the formulaic standard videos produced by other Thailand youtubers, cost of living, 10 thing I love and hate about xyz.
Just an idea for you, The Pattaya Orphanage is celebrating its 50th anniversary in September, you might want to make a video about this.
Thanks Robert for the kind words. I am due in Pattaya for a couple of days soon to film some stuff, will keep that mind, plenty of time!
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I am very familiar with this area and yet learnt something new from your video. Thank you.