There are a few entries I’ll share soon of some Thai street food adventures I’ve been on with my friend Chow. In the meantime, I want to share this beautiful sunset picture I took the other day. I shot it in an alley off Rama I Road in the old section of Bangkok, known as Rattanakosin Island.
This neighborhood dates back more than 100 years and is filled with Chinese-style shop houses. The shop was on the ground floor, a stock room was on the floor above, and then the owner would live on the floors above that. This particular alley is filled with restaurants of various sorts and becomes very busy after work. I happened to arrive just after 6:00. My seat at an outdoor table positioned me perfectly to enjoy the minute-long moment of perfect lighting as the sun shined between a few blocks’ worth of buildings and back-lit the activity on the street.
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It’s an awesome contrast.The streets appears to be flooded with people and I can feel how loud it is, even though the picture is still.The sun is fading, and everything that the sun doesn’t touch looks so dark and washed out.
Thank you for sharing your eyes with the soul of a traveler
nice pic
Thank you for sharing. Somehow this brings me peace this morning. 🙂
I enjoyed the photo – good morning greeting!
stunning!
old city is wonderful
A beauty.
what an absolutly gorgeous picture
Familiar sight. Kinda like Manila’s Chinatown.
The whole sky looks to be on fire! Love this photo!
Lovely shot!
This is absolutely beautiful.
It looks like the moment of a nuclear explosion…
Gozilla!!!
Good eye.
great shot. look forward to read more on the street foods.
That was pretty good timing. It sort of gives the alley a more distinguished look. I wonder how many people noticed the sunset view too.