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Across the Chao Phraya River from Chinatown are old neighbourhoods steeped in history. Over a hundred years ago, one of them was the home and playground of a goldsmith's daughter who decades later become the mother of two beloved monarchs. But the late Princess Srinagarindra was not the only historical figure who once called this area home.
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Old World Bangkok - A walk through history
Old World Bangkok - A walk through history
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Re: Old World Bangkok - A walk through history
Thanks, great photos and history lesson.
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It's interesting how peaceful it looks in the photos. My experience of Chinatown is quite the opposite: traffic jams and lots of people walking on narrow paths.
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We were there last week and it was exactly as you remember it BG!!Bamboo Grove wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:04 pm It's interesting how peaceful it looks in the photos. My experience of Chinatown is quite the opposite: traffic jams and lots of people walking on narrow paths.
Re: Old World Bangkok - A walk through history
The OP's post was not about Chinatown = Old Bangkok "across the river from chinatown" = interesting and worth a look-seeby barrys » Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:27 pmWe were there last week and it was exactly as you remember it BG!!Bamboo Grove wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 11:04 pm
It's interesting how peaceful it looks in the photos. My experience of Chinatown is quite the opposite: traffic jams and lots of people walking on narrow paths.
by PeteC » Thu Oct 31, 2019 2:30 pm
30 plus photos at link, and brief stories.
Across the Chao Phraya River from Chinatown......