{"id":16058,"date":"2022-02-07T19:44:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=16058"},"modified":"2022-02-07T19:44:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T03:44:04","slug":"bangkoks-soi-cowboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/07\/bangkoks-soi-cowboy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangkok’s Soi Cowboy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I miss a lot of things about our pre-COVID days, and one is the foreign travel.\u00a0 I love heading to exotic cities all over the world, and one at the top of my list is Bangkok.\u00a0 I’ve been there a few times on assorted secret missions.\u00a0 These photos are from a blog I wrote for CSC Motorcycles<\/a> a few years ago, and I thought I would share them here.<\/p>\n

Soi Cowboy<\/a> (“soi” sort of means street) is a famous Bangkok road that played a role in the movie Hangover II<\/a><\/em> and another movie named, well, Soi Cowboy<\/a><\/em> (a movie I haven’t seen, although I’ll look for it).\u00a0 \u00a0It’s sort of an entertainment district with a lot of clubs.\u00a0 There were a lot of photo ops centered on two of my interests – food and two-wheeled transportation.\u00a0 With that as an intro, here we go.<\/p>\n

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These guys in orange vests are motorcycle taxi dudes. They carve paths through traffic as if it wasn\u2019t there. It\u2019s an amazing thing to see.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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One of the many food carts and clubs on Soi Cowboy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Another food cart. I had my Nikon<\/a> D3300 (a relatively small but incredibly capable DSLR) on its \u201cauto ISO\u201d setting, which basically means it runs the ISO up as high as it thinks it needs to be to get a good shot. Some of these photos were at ISO 12,800.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Scooters and small-displacement motorcycles dominate Bangkok.\u00a0 Here are a few scooters lined up on Soi Cowboy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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More Thai street food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A look down Asoke (that\u2019s the street name) from a pedestrian overpass.\u00a0 Soi Cowboy is just off of Asoke.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Bangkok grand prix.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Good buddy Kevin and friend. Rain? Not a problem!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Thai SUV.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Thai taxi scooter in action. Scenes like this are common throughout Bangkok.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One more thing, and that’s a video I shot just off Soi Cowboy showing the scooter action in vibrant downtown Bangkok.\u00a0 It sure was fun.<\/p>\n