Thread: MV doulos, in Klon thoey - RAMA 4 - The Floating Library

MV Doulos is in town, a few days allready !

The biggest floating library is in Bangkok, came in end of July and more shoudl be found here:

Doulos - Bringing Knowledge, Help and Hope - Home

GBA Ships e.v.

Doulos was purchased in 1977 by GBA Ships e.V. (previously known as Good Books for All), a private, non-profit, charitable organisation registered in Germany.
Over 20 million visitors have been welcomed on board for tours, programmes and visits to the floating book fair. With stops in over 500 ports of call, this unique ship has visited more than 100 countries in including Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and many island nations.
Doulos is recognised in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest active ocean-going passenger ship.

Schedule - Current Port Friday, 29 June 2007 Port information for visit to Bangkok, Thailand

arrival date: 2009-7-29 00:00 departure date: 2009-8-24 00:00 opening date: 2009-7-30 closing date: 2009-8-23 opening hours:

So, this sounded good enough to make a day out for the family....



We got up the Borom elevated and drove the 17km strech leading to Khao San Road area...



Crossing the Chao Praya and entering town to be stuck in traafic as it is Mother's Day over here...



Plenty of blue shirt people around Kaho San Area, traffic totally stuck !



The river way seems to be easier, option taken as we have to head to Klong Thoey, way down the Chao Praya, here a view from the pier near Khao San Road...

Linux and the Teakdoor gallery seem to have some incompatibility issues.

Never seen some instruction for us, user of legal softs with a clinch...

So, if one cares to upload this pics from the gallery to the thread i will then bring you inside the motor room of the MV Doulos eventually...

Khao San is a bit westich side of Bangkok and the harbour is probably south south east, quite a journey across town to reach the place...

The Boat bus charged us 18 thb per adult and free for the 2 kids, nice and cheap, the speech men on board is almost not to be understood, the only thing audible was if you wanna leave the boat at this pier, go to the back of the boat and leave it, this while we cruise the river. Nobody jumped after repeating proposals....










Some view of the Chao Praya...

The Peninsula Hotel and his Cross River Jonk...

Nearing end station, CENTRAL, then a taxi for the last 15 km or so to reach the Harbour....


MS DOULOS, there Glorious waiting to be boarded for the very modest sum of 10 thb per visitor,and kids probably were welcomed aboard for free !

the MV Doulos will move to Malysia on the 23 of august...

saw her in Labuan , sign at the foot of the gangway indicated no Muslims may go aboard .

Excellent thread

Good stuff. I'm envious of the cheap books you got, i ordered some from Amazon a while back and the shipping cost as much as the books did.