By Graham K. Rogers

Many people only see the Bangkok to the East of the Chao Phraya River. I live on the other side where there are many sights that are equally interesting if you look carefully. Perhaps not spectacular in the way of tourist-centric areas, but with own beauty, made more so by the people.

I have lived on the Thonburi side for many years and far prefer it. It seems sometimes like part of a forgotten land. I am looking at this other Bangkok as an extended photographic essay that has been in the planning for a while. To start the ball rolling, I had an early start earlier this week to capture some photographs of early morning atmosphere. In this second part, I ventured a little further up the main section and a little later in the day when people had started moving.

Some notes about the images after the comments I was sent concerning the first part. I hope the photographs speak for themselves. If you need captions, you need more imagination. As regards the watermarking, I take the point. While there is a diminishing of the image as a whole, I am trying to protect my work which sometimes ends up on sites without any acknowledgement at all. I have the originals and these are available if wanted.

This time, I have selected 24 images from around 150 I took. I welcome constructive comments, as well as links on Facebook, re-Tweets, etc.. Please share the links.

Graham K. Rogers
Thonburi
18 April 2012
Please also have a look at

• The Other Bangkok (1): Early Morning
• The Other Bangkok (3): To the Canal and Back for Lunch
• The Other Bangkok (4): From the Canal to a Split in the Road
• The Other Bangkok (5): A Loftier View
• The Other Bangkok (6): A Detour to the Main Road

Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs.