#chao praya river

[mrtraveljourney]

สีสันสองฝั่งเจ้าพระยา

[poomphuripan]

yyds_ent: Ming! Hang in there!!(🎤Woh…oh…oh..) - [The tumultuous story of the teenagers at a house next to the river 🌊]

not someone singing Lady Gaga's Bad Romance in the background. this production is unserious as hell 😭 i love them (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

update: apparently the singing is by random tourists on a boat passing by the Chao Praya river where Joe's house is located 😭😭😭😭 (source)

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

basa please antthing about them i love them

Okay!

Daily fish fact #618

Basa catfish!

It makes its homes in the rapids and flooded plains and forests of Mekong River and Chao Praya River basins in Asia. They can grow quite big, reaching 120 cm (~4 feet).

[got7ent]

jaybnow.hr: Chao Praya River🌊🌊🌊

[atlasshrugd]

↳ Chapter 5 of WHITE NIGHTS is up!

(Read on ao3)

Somewhere beyond the motel, the Chao Praya flows huge and ocherous, glittering like diamonds in the patches caught in the floodlights; and beyond the river stretches great wastes of concrete buildings and porous oolitic limestone. A tropical entropy always seems to prevail here, defeating grand schemes even as they are realized. It makes Porsche think of his demented, seductive dreams, how they're always suffused with a vortical tension. “What are you waiting for?” he asks, seeming still trapped in the spin. Kinn’s hot black eyes linger on the lights. “For the storm to pass.” A hard crack of thunder fizzles the sky and a wiry bolt of white spreads upward in a star-like formation. Porsche feels it in his bones and tries to stop his shiver. He never did like storms. “You’ll be waiting a long time,” he says without thinking. He doesn’t notice Kinn’s eyes on him until he looks back. “I know,” he says.

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A TOURIST IN OLD BANGKOK

I’m in Bangkok again, I have a free Sunday, the sun is brighter than ever, the sky clear and blue, the humidity tolerable for once, so I decide to go visiting three of the most famous attractions of this incredible city: Wat Arun, Wat Pho and the Royal Grand Palace, leaving time for a few diversion along the way. I’ve seen them already, more than once, alone and with friends and family, but one thing I learnt travelling is that, more often than not, the way your mind experiences and remembers a foreign land is affected by your mood, the light, the time of the day, the season you visit, and the same place in the end is always different. “Same-same but different”, Thais say about fake goods mimicking the famous brands that you can buy at the market. And I think it applies to travelers and places too.

Wat Arun, the temple of Dawn

I get there early and I’m almost alone, which is a plus since the steep steps of the central prang (tower) are tricky and I’m grateful to have some space. Did I mention how steep they are? Because they REALLY are, and yet the view over the Royal Palace and the Wat Pho, on the opposite bank of Chao Praya river, deserves the dizzy climb (and descent).

Guarding the entrance are Thotsakan, the green stone giant, and its buddy, the white giant Sahat Decha, both on a prime location to admire fantastic sunrises and sunsets. A large party of Indonesian tourists, who enters the Wat Arun soon after me, all dressed in Thai traditional costumes, stops for some chit chats and a shoot together before I go on to my next destination.

Kudi Chin

Wat Arun is close to the neighbourhood of Kudi Chin where, on a short walk, I visit the Catholic Church of Santa Cruz, the Chinese Taoist temple of Kuang An Keng, the small museum of Baan Kudi Chin and a delicious bakery which specialises in Portuguese desserts made of eggs and sugar. Santa Cruz was built by the Portuguese in this part of Thonburi, on the Western bank of Chao Praya, in 1720 and restored at the beginning of Twentieth Century by Italian architects. The ground that houses the Church had been granted to the Portuguese by King Taksin as a reward for their military support in the wars against the Burmese invaders who had seized the old capital, Ayutthaya.

I’m not particularly interested in churches, especially when in Asia I look for the exotic, but this building is set in a fascinating district of old wood houses, mosques and temples and it talks of a romantic past, when Bangkok was the Venice of the East, a city of 1-floor floating houses, endless fields and narrow alleys that always ended in a klong (a canal).

Wat Pho

While the sun is rising on the horizon, I leave Kudi Chin and cross the Chao Praya River to go visit one of the most ancient temples in the city, Wat Pho, which existed even before Bangkok became the Capital of King Rama’s Kingdom. It houses the largest collection of Buddha images in all Thailand, including the Sleeping Buddha, a 46-metre long, 15-metre high splendid statue that attracts huge crowds of visitors. As you probably guessed, Bangkok is a city of temples, but if you choose to see only a few of them, the two I’m writing about in this article are a must. Wat Pho was the first public university in Thailand and it’s still a school of Thai Traditional Medicine, and the place where Thai massage was born.

If you love massages, this is the place to be: you can receive a treatment (thirty, sixty or ninety minutes) from students who are learning and practicing the traditional Thai massage. The rates are a little higher that what you’d pay in any average massage centre around the city, but here you are guaranteed the hands of professionals. Don’t expect essential oils and a soft touch, though: a strong pressure is applied to the body and the massage is more often painful than pleasant, but the result’s exceptional in the end. I’d love to take a massage today, but my schedule is quite tight, so I go on.

Royal Grand Palace

As the sun rises, the heath becomes challenging for me too, a lowho is at her happiest when the thermometer reaches 35° C, but I keep going until I reach the Royal Grand Palace, the glittering complex of buildings, gardens, halls and pagodas that used to be the Royal Residence of the Kings of Siam since 1782. It’s not their official residence anymore after 1946, when Rama VIII (eldest brother of the beloved King Rama IX who died a few years ago) was found dead in his quarters inside the Grand Palace; nevertheless the complex is still used for official celebrations and State dinners, and it’s beautifully maintained.

Within the Royal compound, one of the most popular – and crowded- attractions is the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. My advice is to avoid it at weekends for a chance to soak up the mystical atmosphere without the noises and annoyances of the crowd.

Today, I stay only a few minutes inside this temple, and spend the rest of my visit wondering around aimlessly among the golden domes, the sharp spires, the mosaics, the Naga snakes and the semi-divine Apsara princesses that embellish this spectacular complex in the hearth of the old city.

A few tips

How to dress for the Grand Palace and Wat Arun? A long sleeved (at least until the elbows), non-transparent shirt, long trousers or skirts (ankles should be covered) and a hat since the sun can be very strong. If your legs and shoulders are not properly covered and you are wearing sandals or open shoes without socks, you’ll be stopped at the entrance and asked to rent a sarong and a stole to cover your shoulders, and the queue for renting these clothes might be long.

At Wat Pho the 100 THB ticket includes a bottle of water. Drink as much as you can, every time you can!

Next to the Sleeping Buddha there are 108 bronze bowls which represent his virtues. For 20 baht you can buy a bag of 1 baht coins and toss them in the bowls, making wishes while you do so. Dropping the coins in makes a nice ringing sound and even if your wishes don’t come true, you are contributing to the temple maintenance.

[southeastasiadiary]

Day Twenty-Seven, Part Four: An Excursion to Ayutthaya

Outside Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit is a statue that worshippers can adorn with small pieces of gold leaf. Some people put the leaf wherever the statue is bare. Others put it near a place where they themselves are having a health problem.

Instead of riding back in the van, we traveled by boat along that Chao Praya river.

On ourway, we passed many other temples, with some golden Buddhas,

and others with Buddhas painted all in white.

We also passed the new parliament building.

As we were coming into Bangkok, I took the only selfie I allowed myself on this trip.

With the river running high from the rainy season, we barely cleared some of the bridges. For once, being rather short (5'8") was a rather good thing.

We docked at River Center, an intriguing art center in Bangkok. Here, there are easels people can rent in order to paint along the river,

and a soundproof music study where one can make recordings. Notice all the harps.

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pasan…where the ping and nan rivers converge to create the chao praya river (at พาสาน) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClbFsZWJb94/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[goldpeninsula]

Pinyo Pukpinyo, 50, remembers the first time he was sent to remove a snake from someone's house. It was a 14 1/2-ft. python, high up in the rafters waiting for its prey 16 years ago.

"There were four of us, and I was really scared," he says. "We didn't have any experience, but we wrestled him down and got the hoop around his neck" — a kind of snare — "but he was very strong. And after we put him in the sack, we had to remove the hoop from his head, and that's the dangerous part, because at any time he's ready to bite you."

This one didn't — though by Pinyo's count, he's been bitten over 20 times since, mostly by pythons, which are non-venomous but can still hurt.

He's also been bitten by a king cobra and a pit viper, which are venomous. Both were "dry bites," in which no venom was released. But he says each one was a learning experience on how not to get bitten the next time.

[paulpingminho]

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Chao Praya, Bangkok, Thailand 

The Chao Praya River is an interesting landmark to see in Bangkok. It’s not absolutely necessary, however as a traveler, it’s difficult to avoid. To get anywhere touristy such as Wat Arun and Wat Pho, you have to cross the Chao Praya. I recommend taking the tourist ferry for this as it offers a guided commentary on the major sites and drop off points along the river for tourists (and it’s…

[colourme-feral]

You may have seen my original KinnPorsche locations IRL masterlist.

If you wanted a masterlist sorted by their actual locations, then this alternate KinnPorsche locations IRL masterlist is for you!

Banyan Tree Bangkok’s dinner cruise boat

- The boat where Kinn asks Porsche to be his bodyguard and Porsche jumps off instead

- The finale scene on the boat with visual call backs

The Rama VIII Bridge Bhumibol Bridge that crosses the Chao Praya River

- The we’ve-got-company bridge

Iron Balls Parlour & Saloon

- Hum Bar (Yok’s Bar)

- Kinn and Porsche celebrate their relationship + Kim protects Chay who is in his unhinged era

Gigi - Dining Hall & Bar

- Kinn running for his life before getting to Hum Bar (Yok’s Bar) and asking Porsche for help

Sing Sing Theater

- The undercover casino scene

- Post-shoot out party at Vegas' home

- The back of Hum Bar (KP's first meeting & declaration of love + VP's meeting after Pete's escape)

- Their "mutual masturbation" scene

Wat Arun

- Ferry pier first kisses

- Ending their first date at their first kiss spot + Kinn's first love makes his unwanted appearance

Chan Ta Then Waterfall

- Kinn and Porsche on their honeymoon in the jungle

Grand Canyon Chonburi

- The quarry part of Kinn and Porsche's honeymoon (and probably the truck and not-Not Me jump)

Sri Hua Lamphong Hotel

- Entrance to the minor Theerapanyakul family's home

- The minor family's torture chamber

Near Bang Rak Market

- Vegas tries to go on a date with Porsche but gets cockblocked

Camelots Studio

- The Theerapanyakul horny jail

- Arm's work room, aka Team Porsche's HQ

Hotel Muse Bangkok Langsuan - MGallery Collection

- Porsche and Tawan talk about... milk

- The first bathroom Kinn and Porsche make memories in, together with Kinn's assassin

- Kimlock Holmes' home

-That first sex scene

- That auction

- Room where the main family strategises + the mafia prince declares his love for a certain bodyguard

- Kinn and Porsche play footsie

PTT Station (Suwinthawong Outbound)

- "Jom" takes Kinn's watch

Hilton Sukhumvit Bangkok

- The hospital, where Tankhun is iconic and dramatic, Kinn and Porsche are loving and Vegas, Pete and Macau have a group hug

Underpass tunnel beside Nonsi Witthaya School

- The underpass tunnel that Kinn and Big run to while being pursued

Studio 28

- Kim's personal rehearsal room

Portobello & Désiré | Home : Garden : Café

- Porsche's instagram boyfriend era + Kinn and Porsche's cafe date

The Manor Studio

- Mes' house + Kinn makes an animal friend

- Vegas and Pete's poolside scene

- Kinn goes to meet the loansharks, who were making Porsche pay back his (fake) uncle’s loans

Kasem Bundit University Romklao Campus

- Scenes at the fictional Ananthamekha University

- Porsche’s Mulan training sequence with Team Porsche + Kinn and Porsche’s underwater kiss

Wat Kalayanamit Woramahawihan

- Kinn and Pete watch Porsche and Vegas zoom away on Vegas' bike

- Have no fear, Kimlock Holmes / Detective Wikachu is on the temple case!

- Either Pete needs more lessons on how to follow or Vegas and Macau just have great observational skills

- Kinn and Porsche make merit together but are interrupted by a not so dead Tawan

 Baan Ramkhamhaeng 118 Studio house

- Porsche and Porschay's home

Shooting Range Wangkanon Suppression Division

- The shooting range where Kinn made Porsche put an apple on his head to shoot at

Radisson Blu Plaza Bangkok

- Mr. Don makes gelato talk with “People say I’m more like my mum” Kinn

- The iconic scene where Tankhun hits Vegas with a tray

Crowne Plaza Bangkok Lumpini Park

- Tawan's room

- Porsche and Pete's bedroom

- Porsche and Pete's room minus their bedroom

- Porsche catches up on sleep during his training with Chan

- Porsche's orientation and introduction to the main Theerapanyakul's other bodyguards

The House on Sathorn, W Hotel

- Vegas' clothing-optional office

- The minor Theerapanyakul family's home

Red Brick Kitchen by Chef Aue

- The red brick portion of the main Theerapanyakul house

- The room where Namphueng was kept (featuring the players on the chessboard)

Perfect Strangers

- Jeff Satur's Why Don't You Stay music video

The Atheenee Hotel

(- Minor building cameo: the Atheenee Hotel, which is beside The Deutsche Bank building)

- A quick wrap up for the locations that were not included

Not my posts, but highly relevant

- Rosewood Bangkok (notably for its exterior, but many scenes were also filmed within) by @prdsd4na

- Deutsche Bank? Deutsche Bank! (The building that watched over Kinn and Porsche) by @biwichapas

My original KinnPorsche locations IRL masterlist