There was very little action on Sukhumvit Road this week. Most of the bars and restaurants have closed due to the renewed Covid restrictions. That also includes massage shops.

This extraordinary behaviour (where the whale treads water) is thought to have developed because pollution has made the Gulf of Thailand a hypoxic environment.

Sewage outflows from the land have caused all the oxygen in the water to be used up, except at the surface. This means the whale’s fish prey can only live in this surface layer.

By treading water and keeping the corners of their mouth below the surface, a flow is created pulling the fish into the whale’s mouth.

In the panic, some of the fish also seem to jump out the water and into the whale’s mouth

This clip is from the BBC series “A Perfect Planet, episode 4 “Oceans”, narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

Sukhumvit Stories – Washington Square bars and celebrities, The CIA in Bangkok at The Rex Hotel & Chokchai Building,

Bangkok Pat goes undercover at Villa Supermarket to see if the building is still used as the CIA Club.

Also The Rise & Fall of Soi 22 plus more.

00:00 Intro / Washington Square Pt 1
05:27 The CIA Connection in Sukhumvit
08:54 Washington Square Pt 2
13:22 The Rise & Fall of Soi 22
15:50 Wokstar Express & The Captain’s Pub

f you want an extra fix of Washington Square here is the full video from which Pat took clips.