A photo, and a little history:

 

“We are going to attack Chantaburi tonight. Destroy all the food and utensils we have, for we will have our food in Chantaburi tomorrow morning.”

This quote was made by King Taksin the Great on the night of June 15, 1767 before he and his soldiers made an attack. After they successfully took control of Chanthaburi, it was here at the present day King Taksin Camp where he raised his army to later fight and win back the country from the Burmese invaders.

In 1893, after years of abandonment, this camp was used again by the French Army occupying Chanthaburi while forcing Thailand to give up the land next to the two countries. 

Although the Taksin camp is now used as a base for the Royal Thai Marine Corps, the evidence and remnants of the past still remain - from the old city wall to the area where Prince Tak’s troop destroyed all their pots and pans, to the French-styled buildings constructed during the 10 years that they were here. 

 

There are also seven recently restored buildings from the French occupation on the site, including:

 

 

 

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Rest stop at Laem Sing beach Chanthaburi, on my favourite 56km loop ride from Tha Mai through Chan city, Laem Sing for a meal break before the last 21km home, or have a longer option thru Chao Lao, takes it up to just over 70km. Once past Chan city it's quiet riding, rural roads till this section of the coast highway which has marked cycle lanes

From a small bridge, about 1km inland from Paknam Khaem Nu on the Chanthaburi coast this morning, a lone fisherman hoping for lunch?

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Rest area at Paknam Khaem Nu, Chanthaburi coast, between Laem Sing and Chao Lao

 

Our local Tha Mai school gets a repaint during the school holidays

School holidays and we're at Chao Lao beach at breakfast time

Moored on the Chanthaburi River at Samet Ngam, the WWII British navy minesweeper HMS Minstrel, later HTMS Phosamton, appears to have taken on water and settled on the riverbed. Restoration has been abandoned, this was a project funded by our previous government in 2011, not a priority for the current administration

Local colour, Tha Mai, Chanthaburi, May 2017

 

Khung Krabaen environmental area,  estuary on Chanthaburi coast approx 3.5 x 2.5km, this is first time we have seen a tide low enough to uncover the mudflats

 

Khung Krabaen Non-Hunting area on the Chanthaburi coast, conservation reserve on north side of Paknam Khaem Nu bridge. The road follows the coast through the trees, over a short steep hill and a slower incline to the southern end of Chao Lao beach 
There is a public campground, tent areas plus bungalows available to rent

 

This second photo not mine, a drone pic gives a good perspective of the road through the trees. To the right the bridge and fishing village at Paknam Khaem Nu; over the hill to the left is the southern end of Chao Lao beach

New addition to our local fitness park, T-Rex won't be doing many weights with those little arms

Tha Mai, Chanthaburi, 2 July 2017

Storm about to hit the beach last night

 

7 July 2017 7.15am, road between our place and Tha Mai, that's the entrance to Tesco-Lotus to the left. No other option for us, had to get to the other side...this is worse than the 2012 floods here. Cleared by last night.

Lost my Favorite. It was a PC Screen in Tesco Lotus. THIS IS NOT A GENUINE WINDOWS. !!?


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Wat Charg Yai is 200m off the main highway Chanthaburi to Trat, near Namtok Phliu National Park

Great place to wander under the trees, peaceful and quiet escape, surrounded by statues representative of different aspects of Buddhism

Monks live in the rooms under some of the statues, as per photo two

Allow an hour or two to walk the grounds

 

 

these are just a couple of photos I took with my drone, have many more of Buddha yai, wat arun and others. Printed off a few on a4 for my mam in UK she loves them :-)

 

Coffee Way, nice little cafe on Sukhumvit Rd at Noen Sung, Chanthaburi, between home and office

 

August, rain season but between showers still good times at the beach, this is at Chao Lao beach (Chanthaburi, 30km from Chan city) yesterday, clear and warm for swimming

View from Wat Khao Sukim on Wednesday 30 August, as a rain shower moves across the hills

Too much in the way of clouds and the full red was hidden but managed these two in the clould breaks. Not brilliant though. Similar to happy snaps. ?

Recent trip to Sa Kaeo province, Khao Chakan is a small town on highway 317, about 180km for us from Chanthaburi

 

Main road through town

 

An aged fleet of boneshaker tuktuks

 

And an unusual house just out of town

 

More from Khao Chakan in Sa Kaeo, we were at Wat Khao Chakan.

 

 

 

 

Fishing boats, from the bridge at Paknam Khaem Nu, Chanthaburi coast

 

 

On Saturday we visited the Kasorn Kasivit buffalo training centre, about 10km from Sa Kaeo town.  Interesting place to wander around, educational for farmers to use traditional methods of farming

 

 

 

 

East of Soi Dao in Chanthaburi province, limestone hills along the border with Cambodia

 

 

 

 

 

Driving from Watthana Nakhon in Sa Kaeo, this route south to Chanthaburi is an alternative to the main highway 317. A little longer, slower, but more scenic and little traffic, favoured by touring cyclists for traffic, less hills too