Abandoned, Derelict, Decaying Locations Around Thailand

[helbob]

On 13.1.2018 at 12:04 PM, bprinceuk said:

Dredger is what I was thinking also

 

I think so. The locals said this boat take minerals from the sea ground.

 

@diznax  a good resolution for a drohne camera 

Edited January 14, 2018 by helbob

[diznax]

 

 

The drone footage I took of the apartments can be seen here if anyone is interested.  Thanks for viewing

 

 

 

[xylophone]

11 hours ago, diznax said:

 

 

The drone footage I took of the apartments can be seen here if anyone is interested.  Thanks for viewing

 

 

 

Great pics diznax............are these apts a result of the 1997 crash or another reason?

[diznax]

5 hours ago, xylophone said:

Great pics diznax............are these apts a result of the 1997 crash or another reason?

Yes, I believe so.  They appear to be about that old.  Also, the completed units are numbered up to 45, with the foundations being laid for 46-? but never completed.  So, you can actually see the point where the construction company went bankrupt, where the #45 apartment ends and the next foundation lays incomplete, and so on afterward.  Must have been an enormous loss of investment for someone.

[Halfaboy]

Part of the loss would currently be possibly compensated by the increase of the price of land.

[helbob]

Broken Tsunami Resort at Khao Lak, now a lost place. The last picture shows the swimming pool

Edited January 16, 2018 by helbob

[George FmplesdaCosteedback]

I do enjoy this thread.

I was wondering if anyone follows the MSN picture series on the same theme.

Latest I have come across:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/photos/50-abandoned-buildings-around-the-world-and-the-history-behind-them/ss-AAsvTAC

 

 

[helbob]

Broken old ranger house at Khlong Saeng Sanctuary. In this area are many wild animals as elephants, deer or birds.

[diznax]

The Tio Chew Chinese cemetery in Yan Nawa, Bangkok is a very large complex just off of Soi Chan (between Chan & Sathorn) & a place that I frequently visit for photos as it is in my neighborhood.  There are large parts of the cemetery with older graves that are not maintained, so foliage has taken over much of the stone.  The cemetery itself is a very busy as a fitness area & older folks meeting place(karaoke & tea), so I wouldn't really call it 'abandoned', its just that certain areas are very unkempt.  I recently brought my drone to the location to get an aerial perspective.  I also have a full series (with photos of other aspects of the location) and article I've written about this unique place on my website if anyone's interested.

[Halfaboy]

Ashes to ashes....

[helbob]

No more party and pub

[helbob]

A beach resort, only 30m from the beach, not built finish 

[helbob]

Spend warship

Edited January 27, 2018 by helbob

[helbob]

The last buildings of the tsunami resort Similian

[helbob]

On 5.2.2018 at 7:34 AM, helbob said:

Similana

 

 

 

 

[robsamui]

 

Edited February 9, 2018 by robsamui

[helbob]

Broken resort at a small island

[helbob]

One of samui s best viewpoint is a lost place

[robsamui]

[diznax]

I was recently back in Prachuap KK doing some photogrammetry shooting with game developers from the US & I made it back to the Dolphin Bay Mansion with my drone for some overhead shots.  If anyone's interested here is the feature story on the site with my pictures that was published in the Australian news.  Very unusual & kitschy place, especially to be found in Thailand.

[Halfaboy]

is this really abandoned ?

[diznax]

1 hour ago, Halfaboy said:

is this really abandoned ?

Yes.  It is looked after by an overseer & his family who stay in a shack on the property.  They groom the landscape and keep the area clean but no one actually lives in or has ever lived the main buildings as construction was abandoned in the mid-1990's.  The owner has been selling off the land gradually over the years & is supposedly trying to sell the main plot as well.  I've seen it up close & it doesn't look like it would make a very hospitable or practical place to live, so I'm not really sure what was planned before the owner ran out of money due to paying legal fees.

[helbob]

I think this was a kindergarden, looks like a hotel resort

[diznax]

Not abandoned-related but in case anyone is interested in seeing some photos...I shot the sak yant festival at Wat Bang Phra today in Nakhon Pathom.  Intense event, to say the least.

[Halfaboy]

Quite a startling event ....

 

Thanks....

[Chrisdoc]

Nice shot, the Jittapawan pier is one of my favorite places to shoot!  I was actually there Sunday before last (some pictures below) and discovered a beautiful old tree inside the abandoned building next to the pier.  Actually a bit of research on the location earlier this year and wrote a pictorial for Stuff New Zealand, it's a truly unique place & interesting to see all of the different perspectives from various photographers who take pictures there.

I have thought of posting Dtittabawan on this thread a while ago but none of it is really abandoned. Alot of the place is a refuge for the local homeless so if you enter the buildings people actually live there. Someone lives in the building with the tree inside and several live in the place next door. My friend is the dean of the college (now mainly retired). He is a Thai man who lived in the US in the sixties and he is very laidback like a real mystic 60's hippie . He told me (and my gf who has lived in the area for years backed it up) that the abbot of the temple went to Myanmar and returned with some of the Lord Buddha's bones. Alot of people were coming there to worship and he started the enormous building project there. Then he died and everything stopped. As my friend the monk says"All the money didn't help him much. (My friend is 83). Since then alot the buildings have fallen into disrepair but they are open for homeless people and the temple supports alot of people who would otherwise be living on the streets. Is an amazing place though-great setting for a post-apocalyptic zombie movie but if you go there do watch out that people do live there. I have some shots I think of inside the old monks quarters where my friend lives. I'll try to find them. Ps some of the dogs there are really scary mainly the ones in front of the entrance behind the main admin building. They aren't afraid like most soi dogs. Also part of it is a functioning primary school.

[diznax]

A kind request: I was wondering if anyone knows of abandoned sites that might make for interesting pictures in the gulf area around Cha-am/Hua Hin/Prachuap?  I'm headed down for a few days for a short holiday & would like to try and shoot an abandoned beach condo or residence if there is one to be found(I've heard that there are). Thanks for any info if anyone has any to share.  Cheers

[helbob]

Abandoned resort on a mountain with a wonderful outlook

[diznax]

abandoned restaurant I found on Friday in Bangkok, air con ducts over the bar look like a stick-man stuck in a spider web

[Halfaboy]

A housing project abandoned during construction. No idea how long ago. Located in Pattaya at Naklua Road (opposite Lumpini Ville Condo - Soi has no name).