Bangkok Urban Adventure
Pra Pradaeng/Bang Krachao
July 4 and 18, 2010

a short bike ride from downtown to Bangkok's 'green lung'

a random little green space detour

heading down towards the river

crossing the train tracks

Bart and Marcus near Rama IV intersection

wife beater on a building

Ferry dock at Wat Klong Toei Nok temple

our 20 baht ferry boat from Wat Klong Toei Nok
across the Chao Praya River to Pra Pradaeng

pra pradaeng pier

within minutes we were riding thru banana and beetle nut groves...
(saw a blue kingfisher here!)

...and backyard coconut agroforests

one of the peninsula's attractions--the Siamese fighting fish gallery

King Rama IV in 'The Courage Court'--
has to be seen with one's own eyes...

beautiful boutique homes for rent for only 150,000 baht (~$5K) a night

riverside vegetation
saw a giant 2-m monitor lizard near here

some hi-so houses being built in the marshes

Herrera, send your water quality experts ASAP!!

one of the many labyrinthine elevated trails

awesome backyard gardens

nice homestay house for rent...hmmm...

back across the river