Quick info
Business hours: 10 AM to 8 PM, Sunday to Saturday
Majority of merchandise: antiques, (specializing in Thai art and culture)
Feature: monthly auction (every first Saturday) in the 4th floor auditorium
Event going on: Nude & Erotic Painting Exhibition, 23 April - 31 May 2012 @ The Art Zone, 2nd floor
Location: 23 Si Phaya Pier, Soi Trok Rongnamkaeng, Yota Road, Sampantawong
Fastest way to get there: take the Silom Line BTS skytrain to Saphan Taksin Station. There's a free shuttle boatto the River City Shopping Complex.
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Some fascination for antiques motivated this adventure. With very limited Thai I took a shot of the address and asked a sky train station guard to write it in Thai. This is the Saphan Taksin pier where I waited for the boat to RCSC -
Capacity of this boat must be between forty or fifty passengers but there were only three of us on this trip: a European couple and myself
Some of the sights during the boat ride are temple spires, facade of international hotels and high rise condominiums. Bougainvilleas did a pretty job on this building -
A boat carrying RCSC shoppers arrives at the Si Phaya pier
For some reason unknown to me the complex was virtually devoid of shoppers that day which was fine by me. Admiring these paintings was better in the quiet
The undisturbed shopping gave off a 'night in the museum' effect
Some of the art pieces on display: staring at these antiques could transport one to the whimsical orient -
This is RCSC entrance opposite the banks of Chao Phraya river. I like how it looks so modern on the outside but a different world on the inside.
Great take on the letter R. Looks like a fascinating place to explore. Carver, ABC-Wed. Team
ReplyDeleteCool shots - particularly the harbor. Have not been to River City (or its mall)...
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking us to a world unknown to many of us. Have a great and interesting week!
ReplyDeleteWil, ABC Team.
Nice reflections in the store window.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it was some sort of holiday that kept people away, but how nice for you.
Not much of a shopper, but your mall's more interesting than ours.
ReplyDeleteROG, ABC Wednesday team
Wow, nude and erotic painting hehehe...
ReplyDeleteR is for RED, come and see.
Rose, ABC Wednesday Team
Wonderful shots. Nice place to go around.
ReplyDeletelovely shots---i love the peeking multicolored bougainvilleas from the balconies. i took too many shots during my boat ride in Bangkok. :p
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