Current Bangkok Time : May 19, 2012
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Jim Thompson House & Suan Pakkad Palace
Jim Thompson House is comprised of six lovingly maintained teak houses. The exterior is so very Thai: the lyrical tropical garden, the boldly upswept roof eaves, the spirit house offering protection in a shadeless corner. But step inside and you find a stunning home/museum that flaunts the exquisite taste and high-cultural leanings of its Asiaphile owner, Jim Thompson.
He was a former architect and US intelligence officer who after WWII fell in love, not with Thailand's beaches or its women but its lustrous, hand-woven silk. In between reviving this ailing cottage industry - which today thrives largely thanks to him - he spent his days snapping up Southeast Asian antiques. Some truly eye-popping paintings, pottery, furniture and sculptures are also put up inside the house.
Suan Pakkad Palace, the tour's second stop, is the perfect companion-piece to the Jim Thompson House - more low-key but no less a teaky treat.
Its name means 'cabbage patch' - a reference to the days when this land was nothing more than that. Today, however, it's as it has been for over 50 years: a lush, preened tropical garden dotted with eight traditional Thai houses, each brimming with fine arts, antiquities and oddities belonging to Prince and Princess Chumbhot.
The Jim Thompson house and Suan Pakkad Palace is one of the most ideal tourist spot in Bangkok as it is always crowded by all the first time visitors in Bangkok.
He was a former architect and US intelligence officer who after WWII fell in love, not with Thailand's beaches or its women but its lustrous, hand-woven silk. In between reviving this ailing cottage industry - which today thrives largely thanks to him - he spent his days snapping up Southeast Asian antiques. Some truly eye-popping paintings, pottery, furniture and sculptures are also put up inside the house.
Suan Pakkad Palace, the tour's second stop, is the perfect companion-piece to the Jim Thompson House - more low-key but no less a teaky treat.
Its name means 'cabbage patch' - a reference to the days when this land was nothing more than that. Today, however, it's as it has been for over 50 years: a lush, preened tropical garden dotted with eight traditional Thai houses, each brimming with fine arts, antiquities and oddities belonging to Prince and Princess Chumbhot.
The Jim Thompson house and Suan Pakkad Palace is one of the most ideal tourist spot in Bangkok as it is always crowded by all the first time visitors in Bangkok.
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