Comments for Ban Phiphithaphan at http://www.bangkok-daytrips.com , comment 0 to 12 out of 12 comments http://www.bangkok-daytrips.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:53:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Many thanks for bringing these travel blogs of out of the way tourist attractions. I have said to people before that Lonely Planet should really hire you to do research for them. You have given me so many ideas on places to visit. At the very least you should write a guidebook on day trips from Bangkok. All this research must cost you a fortune. - Jackie Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:34:44 +0100 Richard, I'm glad you wrote about this place, because I live barely a kilometer from it. I'm also pleased to learn that you're a fan of Anake Nawigamune, too! Keep up the great blogging. - rikker Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:34:56 +0100 When I was young, I used to read Anake's article in a magazine (I think it was called "Chaiyapruk"). His name stuck in my mind and I always thought that he would be famous somedays. Well, I just learned from your blog that he is famous! I do not know this since I was away from Thailand for the last 30 years. - aknj Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:35:07 +0100 Thanks for these museum blogs. Interesting stuff. - Stephen Cleary Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:35:18 +0100 Very interesting. I recognise the style of the barbers chair from childhood-though the ones we used were never so well painted! On reflection I am almost glad places like these are not in the guides or visited by the tour companies-they would be spoilt. - Khun Don Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:35:27 +0100 Hi. Adding this to other little nuggets like the railway where people move their stalls off the track when a train comes. Somewhere different to take the family if we ever go to Bangkok, and to take any farang friends who come to visit us in the sticks,while they wait for Soi Cowboy to get going. (The single ones of course!) - mick1306 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:35:39 +0100 My customer gave me a nice 2008 calender about this museum. Nice illustrations and cool facts from the past. On the August page, it described: Dentistry was started in Thailand around the reign of King Rama IV (1851-1868); It is recorded that His Majestry's dentures were made by a dentish from a Western country. In the early time, Thai people had to depend on either European or Chinese dentists. Dentist shops in Thailand in 1910 belonged to the Chinese, who practiced both the art of dentistry and of photography in the same place. - BUCKY Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:35:55 +0100 Nice to see all that stuff, so organized, Reminds me of my house, only my stuff is unorganized and all over the place. - paul_au Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:36:09 +0100 Thanks Richard. This is great stuff. This one and the wax museums you posted earlier will be our destinations if we have the chance next time we're in Bangkok. - Bergen Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:36:21 +0100 Tawon hotel, in Phuket town, has some interesting stuff from olden days which are displayed at their hotel lobby. It is worth a visit if you happen to be in Phuket. - Darren Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:36:31 +0100 First here 44 years ago.Still remember some of it. But, looking at the pix and commentary brings it back sharper. Ah, nostalgia. - Andrew Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:36:42 +0100 You have an excellent blog, Mr. Barrow. I always enjoy your stories about the interesting out-of-the-way places you visited. Can I go to this Museum via public buses, or maybe take a taxi from some other major points of interests in Bkk? Where I stay is quite far from it and I don't drive. - pongnyc Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:36:54 +0100