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https://www.tiktok.com/@charlie_hub_travels https://www.instagram.com/charliehub1/ https://www.facebook.com/charlie.hub950 https://www.tumblr.com/siam-sassy This video begins in a garden contained within a highway interchange where Ekamai Road intersects with the Saen Saep Canal (The Klong) in Bangkok, Thailand. In this video, I go in search of the place from where a beautiful photograph of The Royal Thai Palace aka The Grand Palace was shot. I used the photograph of the Palace with the skyline of Bangkok as a backdrop for a new banner picture for my social media. My quest to find the origin of the photograph takes me to a Bangkok neighborhood accessed from the light rail mass transit line MRT Blue Line Itsaraphap Station. I got into the iconic temple Wat Arun from the back door on the south/west side of the temple. Usually tourist arrive at the Wat by a river boat boarded near the Grand Palace on the North/East side of the Chao Phraya River. I accessed Wat Arun from the South/West side through a back alley near the Royal Thai Navy HQ in a part of town Google Maps calls Thawisuk Village. The photograph featured in this video is a cityscape shot by "Sasint" on pixabay: https://pixabay.com/photos/grand-palace-bangkok-temple-night-1822487/ The Garden where I opened the video is unnamed and unmarked on Google Here are precise coordinates: https://goo.gl/maps/k1263dhP9Xnr1Ufj8 MRT Blue Line Itsaraphap Station: https://goo.gl/maps/pRq1RfcvQcxiBi3V7 Wat Arun: https://goo.gl/maps/5QKcvK3KecxrWx799

I found inspiration on an overnight train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, Thailand.

My last video was a satire inspired by Andrew Tate. Having learned that Mr Tate is a charismatic social influencer of young men, I thought I would offer an alternative. There is more than one way to skin a cat. Dana and Jib have a weekly podcast "@Idea Studio Bangkok" on YouTube. https://www.instagram.com/charliehub1/ https://www.facebook.com/charlie.hub950https:// twitter.com/TravelsCharliehttps:// www.tumblr.com/siam-sassy

https://www.instagram.com/charliehub1/ https://www.tiktok.com/@charlie_hub_travels https://www.facebook.com/charlie.hub950 https://twitter.com/TravelsCharlie https://www.instagram.com/iamsiamsassy/ I saw an ad with pretty photo in the Bangkok MRT (Subway) that I liked. I showed it to the gaggle of Instagram cuties living in, or passing through, my home here in Bangkok. My only instruction were I wanted to do a photo shoot "something like this". I am very happy with how it all turned out.

Cake's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iichkek/ Charlie Hub's social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charliehub1/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@charlie_hub_travels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/charlie.hub950 Twitter: https://twitter.com/TravelsCharlie Here I sublimate Andrew Tate along with Spanky and Our Gang to suggest a new perspective on the "He-Man Woman Haters Club". About two weeks ago news about a Romanian kick boxer and casino owner Andrew Tate began popping up on all my social media feeds. It seems old Andy got booted off Instagram, TikTok and YouTube all at the same time. So he was getting a lot of publicity, an inefficient way to reduce a person's influence I think. Whatever! Andy is a men's rights advocate. Andy's plight, along with two motorcycles owned by my GF's kids, inspired a TikTok and this behind the scenes video of a modern day real man:) #satire

My buddy Bill from "Unseen Thailand In Chiang Mai" on YouTube took me to "Namtok Bua Thong-Nam Phu Chet Si National Park" about a forty minute drive north of Chiang Mai to visit "Sticky Rocks" a climber friendly waterfall. There is a walkway with stairs present alongside the falls that gives easy access to beautiful tropical rain forest, a jungle. Or one can climb down and up the waterfall. There is a rope affixed to the steepest part of the waterfall rocks to assist with climbing. It was a really nice experience. https://goo.gl/maps/Xn3ir8B4FW2NjxYt9

Welcome to all the new viewers that found this channel @Thairish Times and @Unseen Thailand In Chiang Mai . Thank you Pete and Bill for generously featuring me on your channels. I'm laying the ground work to build out a photography and video studio in my Bangkok home. The first step was to have the interior of my home painted. My GF Bua Khao, her four children and I, went to Pattaya for four days and vacated the Bangkok place. Bua invited her upcountry family from Loei Province in Northern Thailand to join us. We stayed at an Airbnb Townhouse rental. I visit Pattaya Beach, Hooters Restaurant and Hao Restaurant. The fun for me in making this video was taking pictures. I was in a target rich environment for a photographer. I conclude this video with a ten second TikTok short that summarizes what fun it is to be a photographer in Thailand. Links to my social media: CharlieHub IG: https://www.instagram.com/charliehub1/ #siamsassy IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamsiamsassy/ Isaan Girl in Bangkok IG: https://www.instagram.com/iamsiamsassy/ CharlieHub Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@charlie_hub_travels CharlieHub FB: https://www.facebook.com/charlie.hub950 The Airbnb listing of the townhouse in this video: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/22297429?source_impression_id=p3_1650885475_7ORk8jS9sF0UVvAP

With travel restrictions lifted, I got out of Bangkok for a weekend in Pattaya. T'was a pleasant trip.

Disorder and chaos present opportunity to the bold and the adventurous. American spy Jim Thompson was bold and adventurous indeed, living a life that would make James Bond envious, minus the whole license to kill thing. But don't go hiking in the jungle without your medication. Companion essay on Quora: https://qr.ae/pNzFgt Sources: The Jim Thompson House Museum:http: //www.jimthompsonhouse.com "The Ideal Man: The Tragedy of Jim Thompson and the American Way of War"https: //www.amazon.com/Ideal-Man-Tragedy-Thompson-American/dp/1681620278

I learned how to manage my engagement with media. I got measurable results. I was more productive, creative and happier. My companion essay to this video on Quora: https://qr.ae/pNlBFG

If you don't have a 5 cent psychiatrist in your home, or even if you do, managing your exposure to non-stop, ubiquitous media will make you more productive, creative and happier. It did for me. You will find a written companion piece for the this video on Quora: https://qr.ae/pNDeoJ

Bangkok is resilient, ready to bust out. Bangkok is ready.

Amid rising contagion in Thailand, I decided to stay in and cook, reprising the an old firehouse favorite with a healthy update.

When I came to Thailand I declared that I was a wandering minimalist. Giggling Thai goddesses replied: "Ya Think"? Ninety-two thousand people have read the companion essay to this video on Quora: https://qr.ae/pNbV6O

While dispelling media fueled nonsense, this videos looks at emerging possibilities in Thailand and Bangkok, a pretty cool place.

Ah, not that kind of virgin. Bua Khao takes her first flight. Nong Pair and Bua Khao invited me to accompany them seeking good luck at the Chicken Wat (Temple).

In 1862, nasty racist Anna Leonowens wrote a memoir slandering the King of Siam, a forward thinking, contemplative intellectual. In the 20th century, Hollywood portrayed Leonowens as a stalwart defender of western values and a feminist heroine. Read a companion essay on Quora: https://qr.ae/pNaGv7

"To take an Annamite to bed is like taking a bird; they twitter and sing on your pillow" (Graham Green, "The Quiet American"). Well the Annamite on my pillow was talking with her dead grandmother. This is a story about falling in love with a country, a culture, a woman and curing an Ecstasy overdose.

Tak was a successful young woman beset by chaos. Tragedy drove her to the Bangkok sex trade. Pandemic may have redeemed her. You can read a companion essay to this video, where names have been changed, on Quora: https://qr.ae/pNUGoh