Siamrat Blog

A beautiful day to admire Saphan Charoen Rat 31, built by King Rama VI to celebrate his 31st birthday. Near Sanam Chai MRT southern entrance.

Five years ago I wrote an article about the history of early Thai cinema (See link in comments). Great to see that Bangkok's oldest surviving cinema, Sala Chalerm Thani, is now a focal point for today's "World Day for Audiovisual Heritage".

A Hindu shrine on the side of a large busy main road in Thonburi, Bangkok, with Ganesh statue and linga. The large sign is the words of the correct prayer when making devotions.

Siamrat has been in Champasak this week for the Wat Phou festival. But I also found time to visit some other ancient Angkor sites that I hadn’t visited before 1. Hong Nang Sida 2. That Sam Pang 3. Wat Tomo

Siamrat is visiting the capital of . In former times this was known as Chiang Hung of the Tai Lue kingdom . It’s now quite a large city and all of the temples etc appear to be modern constructions.