whitter45
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some pics from Bangkok - will update this thread and create new ones for each location we visited
We had great time in Bangkok and managed to get alot in considerign the King had died and 10,000+ Thai people visited Bangkok each day t o queue at the grand palace to pay respects
Day 1 we arrived around 1300 so just explored the city and went Patpomg at night
Hotel location - Fantastic hotel
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room view
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Was able to get the free hotel ferry every day to the BTS skytrain terminal
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Hang over film made this famous
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Used Tuktuks alot - great fun
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Street food was great
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Patpong Night market
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market sold typical shite but bars were good fun if not very weird with young girls dancing on table tops while you had a drink
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Day 2 - morning we went to the floating market around 90 min drive from Bangkok
Made a friend on the way after ot had just swallowed a whole chicken
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Some wood carving
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Long boats with bloody big derv turbos 
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On the way
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Some artistic shots
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Arriving at the market
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Managed to pick her out quickly - much need beer
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Local food
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Like the M25
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Onto the paddle boats
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Trying to be James Bond?
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Afternoon we went back to the city and braved the grand palace with all the locals queuing
MOD for Thai
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Grounds of the palace
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Various TEmples for the Emerald Buddha - could not take pics inside unfortuntely
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Emerald Buddha Temple itself
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Grand Palace
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Reclining Buddha
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Golden Temple
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At night we venture to Asiatique Market
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whitter45
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Day 3 - Sunday at Chatuchak Market - one of the worlds biggest markets with 1500+ stalls
Skytrain out of the city
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Market with great food!!
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Famous Fernado
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Day 3 - afternoon - keeping the Mrs happy we went Mall Shopping
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To my surprise they had car dealerships on the top floor so left the Mrs to it
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whitter45
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Day 4 - full day out at the River Kwai and Hellfire Pass
Took around 2.5hrs drives to get to the memorial - really nicely preseetd and really brings home the travesty the Japanese military inflicted during WWII in which some 100,000 people lost their lives building the 400km railway in less than 16 months
Memorial
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Japanese rail wagon
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Original railway
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Famous Bridge
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We then took the 90 min train ride along the original railway to the last terminal in the National Park - Wang Pho
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on the train - some stunning scenery
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Piles of original tracks
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Famous pass
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Last stop
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We the headed onto Hellfire pass which is based on a military base
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A good walk down to the original track through
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Original wooden planks still exist
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Hard to imagine the POWs dug there way through solid rick to make the passage
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Memorial
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way back into Bangkok
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The next day we then headed out to Krabi - will create a separate thread for that
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