Wireless Road | Bangkok Photo Walks, Issue 117

Nearly 60 photographers gathered at Lumphini MRT station on November 9th, 2025 for the 141st BPG photo

walk – a remarkable turnout! From here, we headed north along Wireless Road itself but turned off it down Soi

Phra Chen just after passing the Japanese embassy. Following the alley, we passed through a wet market to

reach Soi Sanam Khli, which we then followed east. Turning down one of the sois to the left, we walked under the

Green Mile and to the Holy Redeemer Church before returning to Soi Sanam Khli, eventually turning right onto

Soi Pluk Chit 1. After passing through another market, we navigated the alleyways back to Rama IV Road and the

One To Two Coffee Company inside One Bangkok.

This route could have been named “Lumphini” for the subdistrict we explored about a quarter of. Equally

valid would have been “Soi Polo” – the common name for Soi Sanam Khli. We effectively circumnavigated

the Royal Bangkok Sports Club (RBSC)’s Polo Club that gives the street its nickname, but the high walls and

exclusivity meant that we never had a hope of getting any photos of it. Instead, the 2.6-kilometre-long (1.6 miles),

tree-lined, embassy-riddled Witthayu Road gave the walk its name.

The fact that Ben generally comes up with the walk names and Telegraph Road by Dire Straits is one of his

favourite songs was definitely not a deciding factor in the selection.

The word “witthayu” (วิทยุ) translates as ‘radio’, so both the English and Thai names for the road have the

same meaning. It’s named for the Saladaeng Radiotelegraph Station, built in 1913 on the site now occupied by

One Bangkok. The foundations of one of Thailand’s first telegraph stations were rediscovered in 2016, when

construction on the shopping centre began, and they now form the basis of a fascinating museum: The Wireless

House. A particularly interesting exhibit is a map that shows what Bangkok looked like at the time the station’s

60-metre/197-ft mast was erected, when it was on the easternmost limits of the city and the tallest structure in

the area.

Along with the bumper crop of walkers, we also got slightly more than the average number of submissions

for issue #117 of Bangkok Photo Walks. Technically, 40 photographers sent us images, but Claude Schmidlin

only sent us one, which ended up on page 167 in the Photographs of the Photographers section. Of the other

39, all but Vishal Shashikumar got their full allotment of four photos. We got so many shots of the window

cleaners working on Q House Lumphini and a brush peddler that both warranted a spread. We hope that you

enjoy all of the different images of this diverse area, as well as the six pages of photos of the photographers.

Have fun,

Mark, Chutima, and Ben.

Magazine Editor

Ben Reeves

Photo Walk Coordinator

Mark A. Hathaway

Administrative Support

Chutima Panjapan

Logo Design

Ubonpayom Ongsara

Front Cover Photo

Mark A. Hathaway

Group Photo

Chutima Panjapan

Back Cover Photo

Shay

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BANGKOK PHOTO WALKS

November 2025 Issue 117