Art Deco market buildings in South-East Asia
Art Deco is one of my favorite architectural styles, and South-East Asia has several beautiful Art Deco market buildings. Here a collection of places I have been or know from reading, alphabetic by city name.
Central Market Battambang (Cambodia)
Central Market Hpa-An (Myanmar)
I don't know if this market has a name. I came across it while walking through town.
Central Market Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
I was unaware of the market when I was in Kuala Lumpur in 2011. Later I saw a picture in a travel magazine, and thought: "I bet my left testicle that this building was not built in 1888, but rather some time between 1920 and 1960." And indeed, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Market,_Kuala_Lumpur says: It was founded in 1888 and originally used as a wet market,[1] while the current Art Deco style building was completed in 1937.
https://areyouhaere.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/dsc07812-e1516534301642.jpg
Central Market Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
The Central Market in Phnom Penh was the reason for my first visit to Cambodia, with Siem Reap and Angkor Wat a side trip.
https://cambodiatourism.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/centralmarket1.jpg
Bến Thành Market Saigon (Vietnam)
Scott Market = Bogyoke Market Yangon (Myanmar)
Addendum
National Stadium Bangkok (Thailand)
Not a market hall, but beautiful Art Deco.
http://www.diamondcityhotel.com/images/nearbyhightlight/National%20Stadium%20Bangkok.jpg
Bang Pu Recreation Center Samut Prakan (Thailand)
I have been in 2017.
Centennial Hall Breslau/Wrocław (Poland)
Not in South-East Asia, and not a market, but as it fits in here architecturally and one of my readers is from Breslau (German name) / Wrocław (Polish name), so let me add this place as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Hall
Various cinemas all over South-East Asia
Most cinemas in South-East Asia are in Art Deco style.
The Southeast Asia Movie Theater Project
http://seatheater.blogspot.com/
tries to cover all stand-alone cinemas in South-East Asia,
and I have some articles about cinemas in Thailand https://christianpfc.blogspot.com/search/label/cinema.
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Blog about sightseeing, public transport and gay life in Thailand. Not politically correct. May contain explicit description of homosexual activities and strong language as a stylistic means. If that offends you, you can go here: http://www.imbecile.me/
Monday, 24 September 2018
Tuesday, 18 September 2018
5th Anniversary of my blog
5th Anniversary of my blog
Today marks the 5th anniversary of my blog. Combined with Wikipedia, I have 14 million visitors per day.
Since I started my blog, that website http://www.imbecile.me/ in the description went offline, instead go to http://theoatmeal.com/ or https://www.boredpanda.com/ or https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/saudi-man-sentenced-to-1000-lashes-for-performing-oral-sex-on-a-camel/ and other articles there.
I have been writing about my experiences in Thailand since my first holiday trip. Those reports are scattered around, here a list.
.
1st trip to Thailand Aug 2009
The story was picked up by shamelessmack for a post, but
that seems to be lost forever since he went offline.
Update 21apr2019: Not gone, can be found on archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110106082528/http://shamelessmack.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/looking-for-in-all-the-wrong-places/
4th trip to Thailand Dec 2010 - Feb 2011
It has been a lot of work, but I met several interesting people over my blog. Nonetheless, posting every third day will remain a thing of the past. About one post per week is realistic for the future.
Copyright 2018 ChristianPFC
Today marks the 5th anniversary of my blog. Combined with Wikipedia, I have 14 million visitors per day.
Since I started my blog, that website http://www.imbecile.me/ in the description went offline, instead go to http://theoatmeal.com/ or https://www.boredpanda.com/ or https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/saudi-man-sentenced-to-1000-lashes-for-performing-oral-sex-on-a-camel/ and other articles there.
I have been writing about my experiences in Thailand since my first holiday trip. Those reports are scattered around, here a list.
.
1st trip to Thailand Aug 2009
Reading the now defunct gayboythailand blog triggered my
first trip to Thailand. And there I posted my experiences. The blog has long
been offline, and on archive.org the last years are missing. The last capture
is this: https://web.archive.org/web/20060715143418/http://gayboythailand.com
But fortunately, I have a backup of the entire website, from which I pulled this screenshot:
But fortunately, I have a backup of the entire website, from which I pulled this screenshot:
2nd trip to Thailand Jan 2010
Gayboythailand closed shortly after my first trip. Then I
found ricequeendiary and posted my experiences there: A Reader’s Comments
February 1st, 2010. Ricequeendiary has been offline for years, but archive has
a copy:
3rd trip to Thailand Jun - Jul 2010
At that time I had discovered the gay forums and started
posting there. http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/topic/5711-trip-report-24062010-07072010-bangkok-pattaya/
Update 21apr2019: Not gone, can be found on archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20110106082528/http://shamelessmack.wordpress.com/2010/07/24/looking-for-in-all-the-wrong-places/
4th trip to Thailand Dec 2010 - Feb 2011
Now staying longer to study Thai language. About learning
Thai:
https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/472455-six-months-of-study-of-thai-language-%E2%80%93-a-success-story/
5Th trip to Thailand Aug 2011
5Th trip to Thailand Aug 2011
Various posts, e.g. http://gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?t=4058
on gaybuttonthai.
6th trip to Thailand Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
6th trip to Thailand Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
Originally posted here http://gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4268&start=0
and https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showthread.php?13114-Trip-Report-Bangkok-20-12-2012-%D1%82%D0%90%D0%A3-22-12-2012
(typo in headline, should be 2011) reposted here http://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2015/05/repost-trip-report-bangkok-20122011.html
Trip report Pattaya 01.01.2012-05.01.2012
http://gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4899&sid=9b6c7f7d17f7d77c9933a7afbdfb5370
Trip Report Nakhon Nayok Ganesha Park
http://gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4512
7th trip to Thailand Sep 2012
E.g. Trip report 15.-17.09.2012 Ko Sichang
https://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2014/07/repost-trip-report-15-17092012-ko.html
http://www.gay-reiseforum.de/forum/index.php/Thread/2297-Reisebericht-14-09-2012-Ancient-City/
Trip report Pattaya 01.01.2012-05.01.2012
http://gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4899&sid=9b6c7f7d17f7d77c9933a7afbdfb5370
Trip Report Nakhon Nayok Ganesha Park
http://gaybuttonthai.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4512
7th trip to Thailand Sep 2012
E.g. Trip report 15.-17.09.2012 Ko Sichang
https://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2014/07/repost-trip-report-15-17092012-ko.html
http://www.gay-reiseforum.de/forum/index.php/Thread/2297-Reisebericht-14-09-2012-Ancient-City/
8th trip to Thailand Nov - Dec 2012
(I don't remember what or where I posted.)
9th trip to Thailand Jan 2013 - now
I got a job in Thailand Feb 2013 - Jan 2014, and since then I have been spending most of the year here. And on 18sep2013 started this blog, so I have all my publications in one place, under my control.
In those five years, I became the most prolific gay Thailand blogger, simply because everyone else dropped out: http://khunbaobao.blogspot.com/ took a break in 2014, shamelessmack disappeared, bangkokbois died, and http://llz.blogspot.com/, the longest-running (since 2004), posts less than once per month.
9th trip to Thailand Jan 2013 - now
I got a job in Thailand Feb 2013 - Jan 2014, and since then I have been spending most of the year here. And on 18sep2013 started this blog, so I have all my publications in one place, under my control.
In those five years, I became the most prolific gay Thailand blogger, simply because everyone else dropped out: http://khunbaobao.blogspot.com/ took a break in 2014, shamelessmack disappeared, bangkokbois died, and http://llz.blogspot.com/, the longest-running (since 2004), posts less than once per month.
It has been a lot of work, but I met several interesting people over my blog. Nonetheless, posting every third day will remain a thing of the past. About one post per week is realistic for the future.
Copyright 2018 ChristianPFC



