In the Alleys of Maha Nak. Wandering in Old Bangkok for #Monomad Challenge

Another adventure in old Bangkok. 16 pictures from Si Yaek Maha Nak neighborhood. On April 28, 2024, with a 50mm.

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There is a breakthrough in science, and there is a breakthrough in the search for photogenic places. I have the second one. Bangkok continues to bring surprises.

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I keep exploring canal-side areas. Recently, I chose Si Yaek Maha Nak (wiki).

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That's a centrally-located authentic sub-district at the intersection of two canals. In the 19th, this intersection hosted a thriving floating market. At that time, boats were almost the only way of transportation, thus, the canal intersection was huge from the point of trade.

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Nowadays, the canal's sides are opposite to what they were.

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It's calm here, almost no people walk along riverside pathways, only old express boats ply there from time to time, erupting fumes of smoke.

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Not much to do at the embankment except hanging clothes.

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However, the area isn't dead, it's not a museum-like thing.

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All the activity inside the quarters.

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Let's follow inside along one of the alleys. Yes, the streets inside the riverside quarters are mostly look that: enough space for a motorbike. Sometimes, you are walking along concrete walls, sometimes, you are passing someone's open room with feet sticking outside.

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That's what I mean: you are almost at the homes of local people when wandering there.

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People are friendly, nobody is tired of foreigners - foreigners never visit the area. Okay, a couple of them in a month, maybe. I also know how to be nice in the Thai way - coincidentally, I only need to be myself to be pleasant to Thai people. So I feel comfortable walking there.

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Besides people, there are many cats in those backstreets hiding from the burning hot sun.

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That's love... But it's also malocclusion; that fang, did you notice? 😀

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I walked a couple of hours in those alleys and ended up in the vicinity of Wat Saket.

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The sun was low and that's was a precious time to take images.

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Another walk is planned in that area. Right for today. I am clicking the button "Publish" and leaving. 😎

More images and stories from Southeast Asia are ahead! Check out the previous ones on my personal Pinmapple map.

I took these images with a Nikkor 50mm (Nikkor 70-300mm for the close-up of the window) on a full-frame DSLR Nikon D750 on April 28, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand.