Tao Poon: Bangkok's NEW Quality Suburb | Area Living Guide | Condos | Food | History 

Pat, your teachings about Bangkok will one day deliver you a royal award. And it would be well deserved.

That old car is a Mercedes Benz 170S…they were produced from 1949 til 1955. The S stands for “Sonder model” or special model.

The car looks like a Mercedes Benz 170 classic from the 1950s. Rare. Nice find!

I have been living in this area since I moved to Thailand 13 years ago. Even at that time I chose it because it was close to both the MRT and the river. At the time I travelled to work at Siriraj by boat. Since then, with the opening of the purple and red lines at has become even better. When I moved here there was only one large condo building but many under construction. Now their are loads. There are also many beautiful walks along the canals in this area. I have seen a dead body in Klong Prapa once.

The car in the old kindergarten, seems to be a old Mercedes Benz 170S.

I've been living in this area for over 30 years. Plenty of good food and very good transportation options. edited: At the end of the clip 28:39 there are many good local food outlets behind you. I recommend Ong Coffee Stand, he makes really good smoothie. You can also find really good restuarants near 7/11 too.

Great video as always patt, as I live on huai kwang I used to work in nonthaburi and used to get the boat from bang po to Watkhemapirataram. In the morning it was beautiful watching the sunrise on the river, I like the area and it is very accessible with its transport routes. Thanks again, maybe someday we can meet for a beer around bkk.

The old car is a 1951 Mercedes 170

1950' Mercedes-Benz 170 V

Thank you for a very nice new video. I guess the old car is a 1939 Mercedes-Benz 170 worth 40-50.000 Pounds

This has grown to be my favorite Thailand channel.

Tao Poon actually looks fairly nice thanks for sharing ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿x

THE CAR IS: A Mercedes Benz 170 SB. I would estimate early 1950's. Parts quite difficult to find but collector car for sure. They drove smooth as silk, like a heavy tank riding on marshmallows. No fuel economy, just confort was the idea.

Here ya go mate > 1940to 1949 Mercedes 170z 4 door coupe!

I lived in Bangkok for 7 years and truly miss this amazing city so I'm absolutely loving this channel and binge watching my way through the fantastic content. Great work, thank you so much Pat.

Ah Tao Poon… an area of memories. Though we did not live there, it was the junction of the main roads between Bangkok and Nonthaburi where my mom and her dad would pass through regularly. My sisters went to that school (Bhadungsit Pitthaya) back when it still had a high school English program. My grandmother spent her final years in Bang Pho Hospital. Near the Tao Poon Market is the original location of the Thipparot ice cream parlor that my parents frequented in their university years. Many family dinners at Vises Gaiyang, a classic cookshop restaurant at Bang Pho intersection. Got many home furnishings crafted at the shops on Wood Street (Pracha Rat Sai 1 Soi 24).

Think car is a Mercedes-Benz 170s

Bro has food review channel but doesn’t like seafood 😬

Thank you again Pat. Your presentation is the quintessential representation of the raw beauty of Bangkok and beyond. Watching your videos, like this one, the viewer becomes closer, feels the heat, smells the fragrance, tastes the street food, and reaches out to pet the cats like being there... you do Thailand the justice it deserves. Thank you.

Fantastic video Pat, it was a pleasure being part of it 👍

Oops my bad... it's a 1949 Mercedes 170 s !

you look like. ..... ICE-T's. half brother with that goatee. !! 55555

I have been here... stayed in my thai friend rented studio for 2 days ... not luxury ..just simple no kitchen...only bed ..bathroom and cupboard. She paid 5000 baht /month . But the good thing is not far from MRT BTS...

26:21 10 Baht is about 25p at today's exchange rate.

That old Car on 10:52 is a Mercedes Benz Type 170 Sb from about year 1951

Another excellent video Pat. Thanks for covering subjects that are interesting for even (part time) Bangkok residents .I agree that the proximity to transport and the river will make Tao Poon quite desirable in coming years.

Very Informative! And I always brush my teeth with bottled water 😄

Hi Pat was nice meeting you in Pattaya and chatting. keep up the good work .must go for dinner again when im next out if your in the area .

Thorougly convinced. By the water, quiet area, great amenities, affordable condos. Time to save up

Pat, why are Thailand condos, apartments, and housing so difficult with having pets like cats? There are so many wonderful cats in the streets that could use loving homes.

You really have a talent for keeping viewers engaged, entertained & informed. Discovered your channel recently and wanted to thank you for putting so much effort in your videos Pat.

Thanks for another well presented video. I would happily visit Tao Poon for its markets, but honestly I do not warm to all those high rise condos, cement everywhere, and so on. Each part of Bkk seems all too familiar; there is not much variety in the architecture or the stores. Good that you can easily take boats from there, but no, I can't see myself living there. Thanks once again; you have a gift for interesting video presentations.

For what I can see it's a Mercedes-Benz 170S V (W136VIII) - year 1954 HP/kW: 45/33 at 3800 rpm, 4 cylinder in-line engine, 1767 cc, empty weight: 1230 kg, top speed: 120 km/h. Year of construction: 1953 - 1955, number of units: 3,002

I got sick just fromhearing that canal is where local water is taken from.. better have some amazing filter systems..

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เจ๋งดีครับ.....ดูรีวิว สายสีม่วง ต่อขยาย หลายๆ ช่อง ......ยังไม่มีข่องไหนพาเดินตรงที่จะเวณคืนเลยครับ

Interesting Video about this area and good to see my mate @Expat Paul in there too. That bloppers in the end is funny. Thats one of the funny reality if you make RU-vid-Videos. Two, three or more tries for a scene :D

I hired a girl from there to look after my kids. It was a Poon nanny.

You sure know your way around Pat! It’s great to see you interact with other RU-vidrs…Chai is awesome isn’t he? Thanks for sharing your wonderful & amazing video 😊

Just noticed the number of shirt changes you made during the vlog! * Did wardrobe accompany you? LOL!

For similar price, I think Ha Yaek Ladprao is a more up and coming area with direct green line BTS to CBD, MRT intersection, big malls , night life scenes and large park. but yeah Ha Yaek Ladprao is up and coming in 5 years sure as some of the area are already developed and gentrified, but if you’re talking 5-10 years and are fond of river view then yes , I agree. Tao poon it is.

You forgot to mention were Tao poon is realy famous for. Its the center of woodcraft, and Whole sale , woodproducts in Thailand. There are hundreds of carpenters, between Pracha rat Sai 1 Soi 28 and soi 19. I let made my teak terrace furniture there.

I think it's Mercedes 170S

In 1993 I worked out of the ITD yard in Pracha Chuen district. It was quite good in those days! Good memories too Pat! Thanks!

After watching this video, I really miss BKK and Thailand. One day we'll move back permanently.

Digging that canal music

hey! if you had a chance could you do bang khae also? i think this place is interesting

Thanks!

So good to see other areas of BKK covered...there is more to Bangkok than just Asok to Nana...have often asked myself what other areas there are that are residential..

great video useful Info the condos around toa poon were cheap i wonder how many square meters some of them were , see you on the next one

Another nice and interesting video from the man -Bangkok Pat.Some great shots of Tao Poon and the neighbour hoods.Thank you for the the vid Good work.!

another great video & almost 40k subscribers! Well done, Pat ! mahalos & Aloha 🤙🏾

16:45 ... thats why i prefer cats over dogs ....

Not first! 😢

Nice one Pat. I’d be hitting those markets everyday if I lived there. Hi Paul 👋🏻

Finally got the time to sit down and watch this. Tao Poon looks like a really interesting area. Once the Purple line is finished, then it will make it very accessible.

Excellent informative video as always, Pat. It makes me want to pay another visit to Bangkok sometime very soon!

I've been living in Tao Poon area since 2013. So many things have changed since then...Until 2016, the last stop of the MRT blue line was Bang Sue, near the old railway station. Almost 90% of the condos, here were built after the growth of the transport network in the area, which facilitated the connection to downtown Bangkok. A good place to live at reasonable rents away from the crappy tourist areas. Good job Pat!

Good job Pat like always Thanks

Looking for a place to live where there are no foriegners, isn't that how every expat community starts?

I really like your videos, they show the real Thailand as I have known it for 35 years and not just tourist Thailand, thank you and very professional recordings by the way. Thank you Pat for introducing me to this song. You Won’t Be the Last - Moon, Sapir Shoval

Superb as usual 👍🏻 it’s so different than the usual same boring food subject over and over again. 21:51 3 eggs for 25 thb? It’s a ripped off😂😂😂

If you use Mrt ,you will probably see a few Japanese family living in Tao poon area.

Another great one very interesting, I will have a look there when I am back later this year.

เตาปูนแถวประชาชื่น ของกินเยอะ ไม่วุ่นวายจนเกินไป เดินทางสะดวก มีทั้ง BTS และทางด่วนเชื่อมต่อ, pretty underrated i'd say

cheers Pat, you present very well. very professional.

Maybe it's the way you filmed it but this area has a very peaceful vibe. Brilliantly filmed and edited as usual from your channel.

I stayed in this district for a while just before COVID. Tree Interchange is a fine condo block with amazing views of the city and river from the rooftop. Also thoroughly recommend Standard Burger 👍

Great video Pat, thanks. It makes you think that if you consider the lunatic prices in traditionally central Bangkok unaffordable or simply overpriced then somewhere like this would presumably give you an option for purchase. If it does improve and get more popular, then prices will rise which will force those on an economic budget further out as rental prices will also rise. I compare it to central London. I lived in Angel, Pimlico, Kensington etc. and worked in the City and no-one considered going out to Zone 3 or 4, some 30/40 minutes away because as young professionals, we could realistically buy a property. However, over the last couple of decades, price rises to where a decent 2 bed condo in central London is over £1m, people simply cannot afford to buy or even rent and they have moved out, to places which were considered downmarket but which have, as people moved in, become better than central London in so many ways. However, if your idea of a night out is Nana and Cowboy, this is Moon Base Alpha ! I pose a question. Where offers a good mix of a decent nightlife, not just a couple of bars, but which also offers decent prices for rents or purchase ? if there is such a place, then the distance to the CBD is immaterial as you'd never have to go.

This area is really nice and another train line !!!!!!!! It’s so well connected to get around BKK . The prices will go up for sure now’s the time to get a place there Great vlog Pat 👏👏👏

Tao poon & Pradiphat are good places to live. Mostly local and lot of street foods.

Mercedes Benz car

Thanks, Pat, for great & informative VDO. Here's something for an ice cream in the park while you feed your feline friends. 🤩

love yr vids, insightful to say the least. A question unrelated if I may: if budget is not a consideration, would you recommend Lang Suan or Thong Lo? I have no family so no need for schools etc.

Yep, 25 minutes max from Tao poon to Sukumvit 👍

David ,another well produced & interesting Vid. I am tired of all these guys with the same theme ; girlie bars & the usual disasters stories - look forward to your next one !

I love the vlogs,videos ,which ever, pat.i. very interested in bkk history.i would like to know which camera you use,i love bkk & indeed thailand in general

Enjoyed the entertainment 24:28 , great music and an interesting area too. Thanks for taking us along , regards to you and May. :)

Пекло, только долгая акклиматизация спасёт, и то, не всегда. Для европеоида год за два идёт в таком климате

Great. Never been there just yet. Thanks for sharing, Pat

wow BP Featuring Chai and Paul! 😍🥰

Another great video! Thanks for all you do!

Was lucky enough to live there for over a decade, a lovely place

The car looks like a Mercedes Benz

I bet those condo buildings are full of secret cats. I would have one if I lived there.

We don’t wanna more “ strangers “ in our neighbourhood

Great video champion, always entertaining, the car looks like a 1953 Mercedes Benz 170DS it's the ansestor of the s class, it's worth quite a lot restored 😉

Another delightful and well produced video

Totally local Thai neighborhood, that the government neglects... Probably lots of illegal immigrants from neighboring countries. I'm moving there, 😂. Cheap rent and food , loud motorcycles at night, mosquitos and bugs everywhere

Nice one Pat ,love your work mate .☮️👍✅🙏🇦🇺🇹🇭

Interesting vlog Pat. I'd be happy living there, if I ever get to make the big move. Wonder if the cinema films are English that far out? Good point about the parks in the area. Not sure I'd want Paul as my banker, with his exchange rates lol. But if he lives there, he doesn't need to know I guess. Good leaving the edit at the end, the authentic touch.

10:43 - Bhadungsit Pittaya School - A massive kindergarten, primary and secondary school. I worked there for a year in 2013, big piece of land. I believe it closed recently, probably to build on it! 🇹🇭

Brilliant as always, Pat.

Thanks Pat, really enjoy exploring with you the various suburbs & neighbourhoods through Bangkok, where most tourists wouldn’t even think of going. Keep ‘‘em coming mate! 👍🏽

Love your vids and dour sense of humor Pat. Oh that car is a 'Toyota Corolla'. Looks to be about circa 2009. And they are quite rare.

As thorough as always, Pat. Always wondered what condos look like inside. Many of those homes earmarked for destruction to build the purple line look lovely. I know they were private properties but they also served a public need - they make Bangkok attractive. What price progress?

Outstanding, ..give yourself a Pat on the back. .💯. To create that vid…takes some doing. It’s appreciated.

I watched this video together with my Thai wife and she now this part of Bangkok very well,since she was born in Bangkok,and like always Pat your videos are so interesting and enjoyable,cheers from a very cool Sweden Pat. ❤❤❤

Thank you for doing a video in this area. I live in America but my family has a 7 story apartment building name Norrisa Apartments in a soi right across the street from Gateway. I've visited all the shops you featured in your video. As a teen in the 90s I would visit a Thai live Karaoke along the street and go right before they closed to save money and take the "singers" out for jok. Back then, there was not a Gateway Mall. There was a smaller mall called Balangpoo.

Can't quite figure out what car that is. It looks like an early 30's american car, but its not a Ford, Chevrolet, or Dodge. Maybe British?