Mini Siam 23rd November 2022.

[john luke]

Mini Siam is located on Sukhumvit, almost opposite the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.  The site offers plenty of parking and there are usually motor cycle taxis outside.  Admission is 300 baht.  They employ a small staff including a number of maintenance staff.  There is a cafe on the site and soft drinks are sold at reasonable prices.  I paid 25 baht for a small bottle of orange juice, which is good considering all circumstances.  I used Bolt and the total cost was less than 160 baht for the outbound and return journeys from and to Naklua Road.

There are probably far too many photographs for which I apologise.  

I attended early afternoon and the site was very quiet, which is great from a photographer point of view but not good as far as the generation of income.  The number of visitors did increase as the afternoon progressed.  The weather was ideal in that there was some sunshine but it was not strong and direct light.  

I walked around the site three times, firstly with a wide angle lens on the camera, with the aim of taking some photographs from a low viewpoint.  The second was with a 70 - 200 mm lens and finally with the 24 - 70 mm lens.  There is an amount of duplicity with some of the photographs.  There is plenty of opportunities for taking selfie photographs.  

Photography for me is the motivation to go out walking.  I have lost 5 kg since arriving here in Pattaya.  During the afternoon, according to my watch I walked 3.8 km.