Tag: Thonburi
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 14: Welcome to the Jungle, and the Winery
January 11 was another early morning. We ate a big breakfast at the hotel, then coated ourselves in bug spray and jumped into the Party Van for the ride into the park. At the Khao Yai visitor center we were introduced to a veteran park ranger who was going to lead us on a five-kilometer…
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The Great Indochina Expedition, Episode 10: Boating Around Bangkok
January 6 was another lovely day, though not quite as busy. We rode aboard the Party Van to the west bank of the Chao Phraya river for a visit to the Wat Arun temple complex in the Thonburi district. Wat Arun can be translated as “Temple of Dawn” and sits just across the river from…
The Cambias Digression 