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    Back to the fork in the road, right, leads to Ao Krathing viewpoint with stairs leads to the beach below. Not a swimming beach, rocks, we've been snorkeling at the north end but wouldn't bother again

    View from the top


    Take the stairs


    Our photogenic guide:

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    Ao Krathing






    Almost stood on this, would really have ruined my day a nasty one, Malayan Pit Viper in sand under the trees

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    In Laem Sing, the French prison Khuk Khi Kai, and more recently, a full-scale replica built in Chanthaburi city on Tha Chalaep

    1890s


    2019

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    Any pictures from Suan Ban Kaew - Museum of Queen Rambhai Barni (wife of King Rama VII) in Chanthaburi?

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    Quote Originally Posted by prawnograph View Post
    Almost stood on this, would really have ruined my day a nasty one, Malayan Pit Viper in sand under the trees

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    Quote Originally Posted by prawnograph View Post
    the French prison Khuk Khi Kai
    Interesting place.

    The name comes from Old Matey being held at the bottom, then the chickens above them, thus they ended up showered in chicken shit every day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    Any pictures from Suan Ban Kaew - Museum of Queen Rambhai Barni (wife of King Rama VII) in Chanthaburi?
    I go there often, taxi service for our lodger uni student at Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University (RBRU) in what as formerly the Queen's home; wonderful grounds/gardens and rarely-used golf course. I could start a thread.

    But for now:


    The gardens at Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University (RBRU), Ta Chang, 6km from Chanthaburi city.
    It was originally Suan Ban Kaew Palace, the private residence of her Majesty Queen Rambhai Barni, the Queen of King Prajadhipok (also known as Queen of King Rama VII).
    This Palace was donated to Thailand’s Ministry of Education on 15th May 1972.
    Back to Laem Sing, a stolen/borrowed drone pic

    When we first visited, mid-2010 the bridge was completed but road unsealed north-ish (to the right) for about 12km.

    To the right, then, the side road leads past the white temple Wat Laem Sing, driving past there goes past a Chinese temple, road forks left for Phairi Phinat and the Siam/French memorial, right fork to the beach at Ao Krathing, which being 'upstream' from the coastal drift tends to have clean water, but rocky, less suitable for swimming.

    Left, south-ish the township, Laem Sing beach which may look attractive on tourism websites but reality in 8yrs here I've never seen it clean enough that I'd swim there as constantly murky from the outflow of the Chanthaburi River. The Kuk Khi Kai prison and Tuek Daeng the red building once French army barracks are here.

    Top centre in the distance is Koh Proet, interesting history (for anyone with an interest in history) I'll get to that some time. Chinese, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, all part of KP's background

    Tuek Daeng
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    Island off Laem Sing beach, Lion Rock



    Second picture from French naturalist Henri Mouhot, 1864 (Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos, during the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860)

    We first visited here on holiday May 2010, changed a lot since then with many more resorts - the coast highway and bridge were still being completed. What hasn't changed is the beach itself, being at a rivermouth the water is constantly murky from silt washed downstream, though the beach sand area is kept cleaner than any other area along this coast


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    Laem Sing beach








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    Nice. Thanks for the update.

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    Laem Sing is on my regular bike ride,can 55km loop along the coast then back around the edge of Chanthaburi city; Laem Sing the ideal place to stop, 7-11 eats, or this cafe - they have goats!!






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    Prawn, I like it there, quiet especially mid week and imho not worth travelling the extra miles to Chao Lao. Its 25 mins from my Mrs brother's place, In May when we were there we got a boat out to near Lion Island to scatter her fathers ashes. The Seafood restos aren't too bad along the beach too.

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    On the water rather than in it ... the annual New Year's Day carnival at Laem Sing,boat races during the day, evening the standard music/dancers/food etc
    I like seeing the boats, there's a series after this sea event there are lake races a few weekends apart each January February; sea calm for these pics but they get a lot of air with just a small swell. Best of the lake events is Klong Khut, narrow enough for spectators to get sprayed at the turns, short-course of 800m laps








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    Shade at the Laem Sing beach rest area, cyclist gets one to himself






    Google maps is useful

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    Quote Originally Posted by NamPikToot View Post
    Prawn, I like it there, quiet especially mid week and imho not worth travelling the extra miles to Chao Lao. Its 25 mins from my Mrs brother's place, In May when we were there we got a boat out to near Lion Island to scatter her fathers ashes. The Seafood restos aren't too bad along the beach too.
    When we were here 2010 it was a scouting expedition, Ms P had option of a transfer her job with Viriyah Insurance to Chan city and neither of us were keen on living in the city. The water at Laem Sing put us off, also a longer commute than she wanted, next we spent time in Chao Lao, 3 trips there, and almost rented a place, but again the commute, would have been 25km, so we settled on mid-way when we moved in 2011, outskirts of Tha Mai, 15km to Chao Lao and 12km to her office in the city, she's since left them and works a little closer, 9km to office on Sukhumvit Rd and we've built, celebrated a year in the house in April.
    Chan city's not an attractive place and apart from biking through, the occasional movie (no, no subtitles here), restaurants, I don't have the need to go there too often; like the coast though, great for biking and we have our favorite swimming areas
    Not been out to that Lion island, wondered how clear the water would be for snorkeling?
    We (daughter is a fish) either go up the coast, reefs off Khung Wiman, or 10km south of Laem Sing, get a boat from Proet to a little island Ko Kwang, get dropped off and picked up 2hrs later.

    Ko Proet ( cheating, no longer an island) and a glimpse of Ko Kwang

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    Good on you. I gave up sea swimming years ago, apart from diving and i don't do much of that now - had a time when over a year got all me three fillings blown out with trapped gas.

    I like that part of Thailand, not just because her family live there but its quiet most of the time, like the other place i go on the other side of the gulf Prachuap / Bang Krut area.

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    Very good, P. Cheers.

    Looks very clean.

    Nice place to be based for sure.

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    Yep, thanks for the *bump*, P.

    Not seen the original thread, enjoyed DD's intro and your update.

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    More on Proet

    Proet Island (Ko Proet) is located in Laem Sing District, Chanthaburi province, 11km from the township of Laem Sing; it has two smaller satellite islands, Ko Nang Ram and Ko Kwang. In 1975-6 a raised road connecting the coast and the island was built under the direction of then Prime Minister Kukrit Pramoj.


    Local story is Chinese traders came to Thailand on their junks from 13th century, they would rest at this island as the sea in this area was open, that is why they called it by its original name Koh Perd (Open island). Later, Chinese who had started living on the island and built houses on it suffered a malaria and cholera epidemic, those who survived fled never to return.




    I'll stay with 'Proet' as that seems most commonly used however appears also variously as Proert, Perid, Pert, Perd
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    In more recent history, Proet was the site of refugee camps 70s, 80s, for Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees, known as Camp Laem Sing, at times over 5000 people. Little to show for that part of history now, some memorials and remnants of small concrete structures now overgrown as nature claims it back.






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    The book First They Killed My Father, later made into a movie. The author Loung Un was in this camp

    Genocide survivor Loung Ung (center) holds an identification card as she stands with her eldest brother Meng Ung (left) and sister-in-law Eang Ung in 1980 in the Laem Sing Refugee Camp in Chanthaburi, Thailand.


    Laem Sing Refugee Camp was a camp only by name. There were no housing or barracks, it was a barren peninsula where thousands of Vietnamese stayed for refuge from 1976 to 1981. Essentially a shanty town built of makeshift shelters of tin scraps and wood, life there was extremely difficult. We were fortunate as we found shelter underneath a crematorium, away from the elements. There was a food ration every day of rice and fish, and water, but aside from that everyone had to fend for themselves. Sometimes there might be small pieces of chicken or a single egg to share among the three of us.
    There were at least 5,000 refugees at the camp by my count and more were coming each week. Each time new refugees came, there was much excitement and people would run to greet them in the hopes of finding a familiar face, a family member, or friend who might have escaped safely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by prawnograph View Post
    Ao Krathing

    Almost stood on this, would really have ruined my day a nasty one, Malayan Pit Viper in sand under the trees
    You can guarantee that wherever I am in the world I'll come across a snake, but this is bigger and much more dangerous than the last one I nearly stepped on. Fuck that!

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    Wat Ko Proet, on the hill




    And a Vietnamese refugee family there in 1980-81



    View to the mainland from the temple, hills are part of Namtok Phliu National Park

    Chinese temple is at the entrance to Proet from the mainland

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    Proet fishing boats





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    500 baht minimum, or 100 per person, gets this man and his boat for a drop-off and later pick-up to Ko Kwang, snorkeling time






    for good fortune

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