Makruk at Thailand Bus Driver's Station (Thong Lo)

I was walking around the Thong Lo area to see some design stores and galleries. Our last stop was at H1 and across the road from it sat a queue of buses waiting to be dispatched, drivers were sitting in the buses sleeping. On the road side I saw a wooden board game lying around. It is called Makruk I found out.

Makruk info:
Unlike Korean and Burmese Chess, Makruk or Thai Chess is presently thriving well in its home country where proponents outnumber those who play European Chess by a huge proportion and the game is a nationally televised attraction. It is played in Cambodia as well as Thailand, although this country sports yet another historical variant - Cambodian Chess. The game is related to both the Japanese and Burmese versions of Chess and many people believe that Makruk predates both these other games.

The attractive pieces are shaped like the Stupas or Thai temples that are found throughout Siam, as Thailand used to be called. In the past, pawns were often represented by cowrie shells, mouth down until promotion when they were turned upwards.
Also visit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makruk

Shot by SX-70 with filter and 600 film in Thailand