Thread: A Stroll through Klong Toey

Bloody brilliant post!......really enjoyed looking at the pics,as i've always wondered what it was like down there.

This is why teakdoor is one of my favourite sites..........i really should contribute a bit more

Great thread, Stroller. Really enjoyed the pics.

I live not far from Klong Toey, and driving through the back roads at night in the area (behinf Rama 4) is quite scary, this is one place you don't want your car break down.

Almost ran out of gas there one day. Wasn't laughing.

Great thread

Originally Posted by daveboy

Recently read a book on Klong Toey keep the pics coming stroll very enjoyable

do you remember the name of the book?

classic old thread, great stuff! a green to teh fella that bumped it!

Emporium is in Klong Toei, my kind of market.

It actually has it's northern border at Sukhumvit, not Petchburi.

Some great pics, I love photographing people and places like this but I'd be a bit nervous to ask some of those characters....LOL

Excellent! Can't believe I missed this before. I thought I'd read nearly everything when I first found TD. 5 stars.

nice one stroller, wicked pics, this thread is one of the best pictorials here, could write a great book im sure if you were to have interviewed those people have a green
(belated)

Wonerful photo's Stroller. Thanks.
Imagine how different the photo's would have been if taken after a downpour.

Fascinating, went out and bought Father Joe's slaughterhouse book yesterday; reccommend it to everyone. Great easy read, intresting chilling, moving, downright fcuked up stories with a few inspirational characters. Slogged through in three to four hours and happy to read again.

Stroller, how did you organise the tour and did you venture right into the slaughterhouse slum?

How did you organise your guide?

I have always been interested in the real darker, hidden side to life, good thread and thanks.

Don't know what the "slaughterhouse slum" is.

The tour was not organised, a distant auntie of the gf lives there, was curious to meet me when I became known as the official appendix, so I went with the missus and took my camcorder with me. They would not let me venture further than the nearest corner-shop on my own and one of the guys there showed me around a bit.

Best you know someone who lives there, and you will be alright.

Didn't look dangerous to me, but I suppose a white face with a camcorder would attract the wrong kind of attention on their own.

Great thread Stroll. Cant believe I missed this classic.
Gotto spread the love, otherwise well worth a green.

wery nice pics thanks

1999 explains the photo quality.

Awesome thread even is it has been kind of bumped

Have a green

Excellent thread, thanks Sabang for the heads up.

Yessir.

We live in this area,i walk back from the pub at 2am sometimes.
Its a lot safer then Sukhumvit Road at that time of night.

Good story. Green sent too

Thanks for the photoes. Does Father Joe the American priest still live there ?

Had a close relation cremated at Klong Toey temple a few months ago. Quite an area to experience. Thanks for the pictues.

What a great thread, don't know how I missed it first time around.

I've been living in the area about a year now. Been down some of the dodgier alleys a few times, at night even, never been hassled. By in large pretty good folks.
Sometimes I'll walk from Asok through the side streets to Rama 4, very interesting area.

Great pics, great thread ! I have tried to get one of my thai family members to guide me into areas like this but no one will do it. Thanks for the look into the area.

yep this thread is past due for inclusion in Famous Threads