Comments on: Soi Arab: A Crossroads Of Two Cultures

By: Boswell Perkins

Boswell Perkins — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:40:54 +0000

Restaraunt Petra in Soi Arab is an absolute gem. It only seats about 12 people downstairs and another 12 upstairs but it is so homely, the elderly Arab owner so entertaining in his interaction with his young staff and the food is the best Middle Eastern food i have ever tasted. The food and service is a a million miles away from the overpriced, poorly cooked crap that masquerades as London’s “Arab Street” of Edgeware Road.

By: JOE D. TRAVELLER

JOE D. TRAVELLER — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:02:04 +0000

What about the after hours club in the bottom of the Grace hotel, located under the ramp … I think …

It’s a dinner or fast food place that opens after 2 am … it had two juke boxes and used U.S.A. quarters for payment.

I was there drinking all night till 8 am …

This was May 2003.

Everything is closed early now and I find no reason to return to a dull locked city.

By: aaron

aaron — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:52:11 +0000

After our conversation, I really wasn’t concerned about the image anymore.

After you linked to my blog post about Kuppa months ago for use in your story about the Bangkok Sandwich Bible, I simply figured you were an occasional reader of my blog. Guess I got this wrong and I’m sorry about that!

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:12:52 +0000

… the images I use are either (mostly) my own or pop up in simple image searches. You most likely got this wrong.

I took your image down, respecting your concerns. But please be aware that everything uploaded to the internet becomes public domain. Not an ideal world, but one of the workings of the internet.

Why don’t you watermark your images.

BangkokDan

By: aaron

aaron — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:53:13 +0000

Dan
Thanks for your reply. This is a really interesting issue actually. I can understand the pull of doing things the way everyone else is doing things on the internet. I know that sometimes it is hard or impossible to site a proper source. But if you know where something came from, from someone in basically the same blog community, doesn’t it make sense to do what you can? Or did that photo just show up on a search, not linked to my flickr account? Maybe I’ve got this all wrong.

Aaron

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:48:02 +0000

Hey aaron, no ill intent meant.

I’ve seen my texts and images used at so many sites without proper references, so I usually give it a go with images available on the net.

But I’m more than happy to take the shot down and replace it with an own one.

I like though this shot’s combination of the two worlds.

Really appreciate your comment and “alert,” thanks for getting back to me on the matter.

BangkokDan