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Si Thep Historical Park
Wikipedia: Si Thep Historical Park is an archaeological site in Thailand's Phetchabun province. It covers the ancient city of Si Thep, a site inhabited from around the third to fifth century CE until the thirteenth century, spanning cultural periods from late prehistory, through Dvaravati, to the golden age of the Khmer Empire. Si Thep was one of the largest known city-states that emerged around the plains of central Thailand in the first millennium, but became abandoned around the time the Thai-speaking cities of Sukhothai and later Ayutthaya emerged as new centers of power in the Chao Phraya River basin.
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Wat Arun takes its name from Aruna, the Indian god of the dawn, hence the common name The Temple of Dawn. Locally called Wat Chaeng or Wat Arun. It is an ancient temple in Bangkok located on the Maenam Chao Phraya River, dating back to the Ayutthaya period. In the Thonburi period, it used to be called Wat Makok. When the king of Thonburi moved the capital from Krung Si Ayutthaya to Krung Thonburi, he also brought the Emerald Buddha from Vientiane to Wat Arun, before it was later transferred to Wat Phra Kaew, in the Grand Palace. In the Rattanakosin period, Wat Arun was restored and renamed Wat Arun Ratchatharam by King Rama II. As an important temple in Thailand's history, there are many unique attractions at Wat Arun in Bangkok, most notably the central prang, a stupa-like pagoda inlaid with colorful glazed porcelain tiles and shells, giant statues, the ordination hall, bell tower and many Buddha statues. The imposing Khmer-style prang or tower is 104 meters high and decorated with pieces of porcelain that were used as ballast by boats coming from China. It is surrounded by four smaller prangs. Construction of the prangs was started by King Rama II and completed by King Rama IV. The central balcony is an ideal place to look out over the river to the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha.
Wat Arun is a temple that rises from the Chao Phraya River's banks.The Chao Phraya is the major river in Thailand. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. On many old European maps, the river is named the Mae Nam, the Thai word for motherly water or river. Long-tail boats are often used for transport passengers accros the river. A long-tail boat uses an automotive engine. The driveshaft must be extended by several metres of metal rod to properly position the propeller, giving the boat its name and distinct appearance. Advantages to the inboard engine with a long driveshaft include keeping the engine relatively dry. There is much variation among these boats, some have evolved from traditional craft types. As Wat Arun is a Buddhist temple, visitors must wear culturally appropriate clothing to visit. In front of the high Khmer-style prang there two notable ancient Chinese guardian sculptures. Steep stairs lead to the top, from where there are amazing views of the Chao Phraya River.
Wat Arun dankt zijn naam aan Aruna, de Indiase god van de dageraad, vandaar de algemene naam The Temple of Dawn. Lokaal genaamd Wat Chaeng of Wat Arun. Het is een oude tempel in Bangkok gelegen aan de Maenam Chao Phraya rivier, die dateert uit de Ayutthaya-periode. In de Thonburi-periode heette het vroeger Wat Makok. Toen de koning van Thonburi de hoofdstad liet verhuizen van Krung Si Ayutthaya naar Krung Thonburi, bracht hij ook de Smaragdgroene Boeddha uit Vientiane naar Wat Arun, voordat deze later werd overgebracht naar Wat Phra Kaew, in de Grand Palace. In de Rattanakosin-periode werd Wat Arun gerestaureerd en omgedoopt tot Wat Arun Ratchatharam door koning Rama II. Als een belangrijke tempel in de geschiedenis van Thailand, zijn er veel unieke attracties in Wat Arun in Bangkok, met name de centrale prang, een stupa-achtige pagode ingelegd met kleurrijke geglazuurde porseleinen tegels en schelpen, gigantische beelden, de wijdingshal, de klokkentoren en vele Boeddhabeelden. De imposante prang of toren in Khmer-stijl is 104 meter hoog en versierd met stukjes porselein die als ballast werden gebruikt door boten die uit China kwamen. Het is omgeven door vier kleinere prangs. De bouw van de prangs werd gestart door koning Rama II en voltooid door koning Rama IV. De Chao Phraya is de belangrijkste rivier in Thailand. Het stroomt door Bangkok en vervolgens in de Golf van Thailand. Op veel oude Europese kaarten wordt de rivier de Mae Nam genoemd, het Thaise woord voor rivier. Longtailboten worden vaak gebruikt om passagiers over de rivier te vervoeren. Een longtailboot maakt gebruik van een automotor. De aandrijfas moet met enkele meters metalen staaf worden verlengd om de schroef goed te positioneren, waardoor de boot zijn naam en onderscheidende uiterlijk krijgt. Voordelen van de binnenboordmotor met een lange aandrijfas zijn onder meer dat de motor relatief droog blijft. Er is veel variatie tussen deze boten, sommige zijn voortgekomen uit traditionele ambachtelijke typen. Omdat Wat Arun een boeddhistische tempel is, moeten bezoekers cultureel geschikte kleding dragen om te bezoeken. Voor de prang in hoge Khmer-stijl staan twee opmerkelijke oude Chinese krijgsmannen. Steile trappen leiden naar de top, vanwaar je een fantastisch uitzicht hebt op de Chao Phraya-rivier.
Bang Phlat District in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Chao Phraya river, is known for its riverside temples like Wat Awut Wikasitaram, a centuries-old royal monastery adorned with golden nāgas guarding the ornate entrance. There's a bustling food market on the street around nearby Wat Panu Rangsi, while ChangChui Creative Park has trendy cafes among its contemporary art installations and a monthly food and craft fair. The green Rama VIII Park has jogging trails and a playground.
Bang Phlat District in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Chao Phraya river, is known for its riverside temples like Wat Awut Wikasitaram, a centuries-old royal monastery adorned with golden nāgas guarding the ornate entrance. There's a bustling food market on the street around nearby Wat Panu Rangsi, while ChangChui Creative Park has trendy cafes among its contemporary art installations and a monthly food and craft fair. The green Rama VIII Park has jogging trails and a playground.
Bang Phlat District in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Chao Phraya river, is known for its riverside temples like Wat Awut Wikasitaram, a centuries-old royal monastery adorned with golden nāgas guarding the ornate entrance. There's a bustling food market on the street around nearby Wat Panu Rangsi, while ChangChui Creative Park has trendy cafes among its contemporary art installations and a monthly food and craft fair. The green Rama VIII Park has jogging trails and a playground.
Bang Phlat District in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Chao Phraya river, is known for its riverside temples like Wat Awut Wikasitaram, a centuries-old royal monastery adorned with golden nāgas guarding the ornate entrance. There's a bustling food market on the street around nearby Wat Panu Rangsi, while ChangChui Creative Park has trendy cafes among its contemporary art installations and a monthly food and craft fair. The green Rama VIII Park has jogging trails and a playground.
Bang Phlat District in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Chao Phraya river, is known for its riverside temples like Wat Awut Wikasitaram, a centuries-old royal monastery adorned with golden nāgas guarding the ornate entrance. There's a bustling food market on the street around nearby Wat Panu Rangsi, while ChangChui Creative Park has trendy cafes among its contemporary art installations and a monthly food and craft fair. The green Rama VIII Park has jogging trails and a playground.
Bang Phlat District in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Chao Phraya river, is known for its riverside temples like Wat Awut Wikasitaram, a centuries-old royal monastery adorned with golden nāgas guarding the ornate entrance. There's a bustling food market on the street around nearby Wat Panu Rangsi, while ChangChui Creative Park has trendy cafes among its contemporary art installations and a monthly food and craft fair. The green Rama VIII Park has jogging trails and a playground.
Bang Phlat District in Bangkok, Thailand, by the Chao Phraya river, is known for its riverside temples like Wat Awut Wikasitaram, a centuries-old royal monastery adorned with golden nāgas guarding the ornate entrance. There's a bustling food market on the street around nearby Wat Panu Rangsi, while ChangChui Creative Park has trendy cafes among its contemporary art installations and a monthly food and craft fair. The green Rama VIII Park has jogging trails and a playground.
I never get tired of this view from the Riverview Guest House – they have a nice restaurant on the 8th floor with sweeping views of the Chao Phraya River
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Don Khon island which sometimes is mistaken for the larger Don Khong island to the north is a small island in the Mekong river located in the South of Laos close to the border of Cambodia. Coconut palm trees are cultivated on the island. This island is a major tourist centre in the south of Laos major in relative terms and has many bungalows still without electricity. On the west side of the island are the Tat Somphamit rapids. We stayed at the Seng Ahloune Guesthouse. This family-run guesthouse has been operating for ten years under the able Captain Cu of Thep. When he is around, things hum. Checks every box: great value for money, comfy bed, clean, heaps of character: carved wooden doors, hammocks, on stilts over Mekong. Restaurant serves tasty Lao food. Watching village life from our veranda, we saw children cycling to school on bikes too big for them, just able to turn the peddles, but legs not long enough to let them reach the seat. Women walked by with long bamboo poles, a hook at one end, to poke the mangoes high in the trees and shake hard until one or two ripe green fruits tumbled to the ground. From the riverbank we saw children swimming and playing in the water using large coconuts as floats. A monk took his bath in front of us with his soap, washcloth and river water. The island beauty is best appreciated by riding a bicycle around the few sights, swinging in a hammock, reading a book and chatting with locals and travellers alike. How is it that time seems to pass so quickly when you haven't really done that much. Our time on Don Khon, a palm fringed island in the middle of the Mekong River in southern Laos was like that.
We enjoy the daily life out here women in the paddy fields and Fishermen in the Mekong river. There are many different minorities here. They have their own language, cultures and life styles. What can be seen here are rustic thatch huts, local agricultural practices, the century-long traditions and the still-primal way of life. A chance to meet the Lao people and learn a little bit about their habits and culture.
A peaceful view on the Mekong river taken on Don Khon island, Laos. The boy is paddling is his dugout canoe along the mighty Mekong river while a Buddist monk is taking a bath & soap in the river. Laos is traversed by a thousand rivers that teem with life. The Mekong river is like an important artery, and means life in the jungle, it means water for drinking, washing, and irrigation. It means a disposal bin, playground for children, agriculture, and food. It also provides for a magnificent view of the countryside. The rivers in Laos are the lifeline of rural communities.
Don Khon is een oase van rust want gemotoriseerd verkeer is er nog vrijwel onbekend. Je kunt hier heerlijk wandelen langs tempeltjes, rijstvelden, lotusvijvers en kleine dorpjes. Don Khon is wel een beetje een backpackers paradijs met goedkope bamboehutjes, pancakes en frans stokbrood. Je kunt Don Khon per boot bereiken vanaf Ban Nakasang. Don Khon heeft geen electriciteit. Met een oude Franse spoorbrug die het eiland met Don Det verbindt, heeft Don Khon nog een aantal andere opmerkelijke overblijfselen uit de Franse periode: vervallen villa's, de Franse steiger aan de andere kant van het eiland en de karkassen van een oude stoomlocomotief. Ook zijn er de grote Phi Li waterrval, ook vaak de Tat Somphamit genoemd. Deze stroomversnelling ligt op 20 minuten wandelen ten zuiden van de spoorbrug. Vanaf een zandplaat iets ten zuiden van de oude Franse steiger in Ban Khon Tai maak je de meeste kans de zeldzame Irrawaddy zoetwaterdolfijnen te zien. We zijn hier gekomen om het lekker rustig aan te doen, dus huren we na het eten meteen fietsen om in het heetst van de dag de omgeving te bekijken. Soms begrijp ik niet goed wat ons bezielt, maar rustig aan bij ons, loopt altijd weer uit op één of andere activiteit. Je wilt natuurlijk niets missen. Het leven gaat hier rustig z'n gangetje, zo rustig als de stroming van de modderige Mekong rivier. Ik geniet van de alledaagse dingen die er te zien vallen in het dorp. Het gewone leven van de Lao langs de rivier. De mensen zitten vlakbij het water en doen hun dagelijkse dingen zoals groenten wassen, de vaat en hun kledij wassen. Allemaal in het water van de Mekong. Er valt zoveel te zien langs deze rustige slingerende majestieuze Mekong rivier.
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Bangkok is the capital and the most populous city of Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (กรุงเทพมหานคร, pronounced [krūŋ tʰêːp mahǎː nákʰɔ̄ːn] ( listen)) or simply About this sound Krung Thep (help·info). The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in Central Thailand, and has a population of over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. Over fourteen million people (22.2 percent) live within the surrounding Bangkok Metropolitan Region, making Bangkok an extreme primate city, dwarfing Thailand's other urban centres in terms of importance.
Bangkok traces its roots to a small trading post during the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 15th century, which eventually grew in size and became the site of two capital cities: Thonburi in 1768 and Rattanakosin in 1782. Bangkok was at the heart of Siam's (as Thailand used to be known) modernization during the later nineteenth century, as the country faced pressures from the West. The city was the centre stage of Thailand's political struggles throughout the twentieth century, as the country abolished absolute monarchy, adopted constitutional rule and underwent numerous coups and uprisings. The city grew rapidly during the 1960s through the 1980s and now exerts a significant impact among Thailand's politics, economy, education, media and modern society.
The Asian investment boom in the 1980s and 1990s led many multinational corporations to locate their regional headquarters in Bangkok. The city is now a major regional force in finance and business. It is an international hub for transport and health care, and is emerging as a regional centre for the arts, fashion and entertainment. The city's vibrant street life and cultural landmarks, as well as its notorious red-light districts, have given it an exotic appeal. The historic Grand Palace and Buddhist temples including Wat Arun and Wat Pho stand in contrast with other tourist attractions such as the nightlife scenes of Khaosan Road and Patpong. Bangkok is among the world's top tourist destinations. It is named the most visited city in MasterCard's Global Destination Cities Index, and has been named "World's Best City" for four consecutive years by Travel + Leisure magazine.
Bangkok's rapid growth amidst little urban planning and regulation has resulted in a haphazard cityscape and inadequate infrastructure systems. Limited roads, despite an extensive expressway network, together with substantial private car usage, have resulted in chronic and crippling traffic congestion. This in turn caused severe air pollution in the 1990s. The city has since turned to public transport in an attempt to solve this major problem. Four rapid transit lines are now in operation, with more systems under construction or planned by the national government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.