POSTCARDS FROM BANGKOK / THAILAND EXPRESS BY RENE HABERMACHER AND ANTOINE ASSERAF

"Night fall at KO PHI PHI , the hightide and a bright moon.

From the two mosques the muezzin call for evening prayer, while the monkeys mingle unimpressed at the foot of the massive cliff that reaches into height behind our house. Clouds travel fast spead up by changing winds which bring welcome relieve from the dense humidity that nurishes the dense forest between the bays that form Ko Phi Phi."

Titus Andronicus meets Bladerunner, our suite on the 25th floor.

One big set, last seen in "The hangover II": here the Atrium

The Atrium

Giant Guard

PHRA SI RATANA CHEDI covered with golden mosaics

Upper terrace view

Mr Antoine Asseraf in Siam

Behind the grand altar, that hosts Bangkok's second holiest image of PHRA SIHING BUDDHA

Chest detail from a monumental 18th century chest

Temple roof

Lunch Break

Rush Hour: the streets with neon pink and lime coloured cabs.

Nightfall at the Thompson house. The American expatriot and architect built a legendary collection on display at his former house, an assembly of several traditional buildings in teak.
On Easter 1967 Kim Thompson disappeared in Malaysia on a stroll and was never found...

Nightfall in the gardens

Sky train

Unfortunate but unfortunately delicious squids at Siam paragons vast food halls.

Siam paragon is the latest addition in Bangkoks super luxurious shopping malls

Cobweb and chariot fragments

Gandhara sculptures...Alexander the great left a garrison at Gandhara, which explains why the sculptures mix Buddhist and classic Greek styles

Giant Ganesh eating from a bowl- is being worshipped in the museum and offered flowers on the pedestal

Captain America? Keith Richards ? Who is that dude in punk hair do, make up and earing dressed in a silken costume? Another play doll from the collections 19th century pieces...

Portrait of a Royal alien? A chinese porcelain piece from the 16th century.

National museum, or the Kings attic in the first palace of Bangkok. Here, play dolls from the 19th century, among burial chariots, the princesses doll houses and other curiosities.

 

Interior of a traditional Thai house.

...and off to the south to Surat thani, a 10 hour ride among flooded stretches of land under late Monsoon rain.

 

Weathered antique stone dog.

20 hours later, a journey overland of a cabride, a train ride, another cab, an overland bus from the gulf of Thailand to the shores of the Andanan sea, another cab and a boat trip, we arrive at Ko Phi Phi. On this picture the island where the beach was filmed.

Mr Yoann Lemoin ready for a deep dive

Traditional boats






Antoine Asseraf and Rene Habermacher are the founders of THE STIMULEYE