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Tour: WKT 016F BKK –
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Exciting adventures in and around Bangkok & River Kwai From The Metropolis to the Jungle |
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Bangkok & River Kwai Jungle Raft Resort Package Stay *5 days-4 nights – start every day of the
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WKT 016F |
Per person with 2-3 persons |
THB 11.600 |
Price in shared
double room(s) THB 3.800 single surcharge |
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Per person with 4-6 persons |
THB 10.200 |
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View from Royal River Hotel |
Meet and
greet in The rest of
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In the
evening we recommend the Set BBQ Dinner on Night at
Royal River Hotel / Upgrade to big DLX Riverfront
Room with direct river view +THB 750 Pick up place
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OPTIONAL CHOICE
OF THE DAY: Guided tour to
Grand Palace & Wat Poo
incl. transport and entrance fees THB +1.350 per
person - please give your order to us in advance. (minimum 2 persons) +++ Set BBQ Dinner
at Royal River Hotel. Has to be ordered in advance / Menu: Buffet Salad Bar –
Soup of the day with Dinner Rolls - Mixed Grilled BBQ – Fresh Fruits in Season
– Coffee or Tea. THB +890 per person
– please give your order to us in advance. |
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Bangkok is best seen from the river.
We have rediscovered the old 09:00 The English speaking local
guide will be waiting for you in the lobby. First a short walk to the pier.
Here we take the express boat to Nonthaburi about
30 minutes up river. Here we hire our own long tail boat
and will be sailing down the main “street” where you will see bathing
children and women washing their hair |
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in the river. We see a different Night at The Royal River Hotel |
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OPTIONAL CHOICE OF THE DAY: THB +1.650 THB per person incl. guide
assistance. +++ Visit The
Worlds Larges Jewelry Store. Transport T/W from your hotel FREE of
Charge. |
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Book now – get what you want most
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Day 3 – The Bridge on
the River Kwai (B, L, D) Overnight
on River Kwai Jungle Raft or Kwai
Resotel |
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Before we depart
for our 2 day/ 1 night tour to the River Kwai we
pack a bag containing the most necessary things. The rest of our luggage will
be stored at the hotel. We start early
so we can avoid most of We visit the war
memorial and museum. Afterwards we drive to the legendary railway bridge spanning the River Kwai, build during the 2nd. World War. Japanese occupational
forces needed a link of transport between Later we departure
onboard a long-tailed boat to the River Kwai
Jungle Rafts. Along the
way we pass through an unspoiled mountainous landscape of dense jungle,
rivers valleys with a rich fauna. The
nature at Check-in on arrival
at River Kwai Jungle Rafts. Lunch will be served.
After lunch we ones again take the exciting boat ride – this time downstream
to Resotel Pier and continue to visit to the Hell
Fire Pass Memorial. Well back at the
raft again it’s time to relax and enjoy paradise. Hint: Anyone with
just a minimum ability to swim should not deny himself or herself the thrilling experience to throw oneself into the river wearing a life west. You
float with the current along the floating raft houses. Important though is to
grip on to one of the last rafts. The river water is brownish, it is supposed to be and it does not mean that the water is dirty. The color comes from sediment
carried along by the river Dinner at
the raft house restaurant followed by traditional Mon tribal dance show. Night at
River Kwai Jungle Rafts Fabulous raft resort in the jungle on the River Kwai near the Burmese borderline. A cozy floating hotel with simple facilities – bungalows built on bamboo floats – all rooms have bath/toilet. You will not find electricity here only fireflies and kerosene lamps will light up the dark. All the sounds of the jungle are clearly heard when darkness falls. Overnight at River
Kwai Resotel
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In the jungle - near the
Mon-tribes village is River Kwai Jungle Raft.
Primitive in a nice way. |
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OPTIONAL CHOICE at extra
night stay only: +1 night River Kwai Jungle
Raft incl. dinner and breakfast THB 1.900 per person. Single surcharge THB 900 +++ Tour 7.1 – TIGER TEMPLE +THB 2.350 per pers. |
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Tour 7.2 – ERAWAN NATIONAL PARK
WATERFALL THB 3.800 per person +++ Tour 7.3 – SAIYOKE WATERFALL & LAWA CAVE THB 2.100 per person +++ Tour 7.4 – Three in one - SOFT
ADVENTURE: Canoe, Elephant Trekking & Mountain Bike. THB 2.400 per person |
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Tour 7.5 – SPA HARMONY: Solar Bath, Traditional
Thai Massage, herb bath, Herbal Pad, Herbal Garden Visit, Thai Cooking Course
& lunch. THB 3.200 per person |
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Reservation – Book or write
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Remember! If you’re
just four people or more, it pays to make your own tour with private minivan
and guide. Everything can be added if it is physically possible. Contact us
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Day 4 – Mon tribe village & "Death of Railway" (B,
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After a healthy breakfast we will visit the nearby ethnic Allied prisoners of war and local
forced labor built the 415 km long railway. Because of the inhumane nature of
the work 16.000 war prisoners and 100.000 locals perished during
construction. The train will move
slowly and “squeaking” across the old wooden construction midst the green
jungle. The adventure in Night in Royal River Hotel (Night can be cut if you want late
flight “departure after 20:00” to an other destination) The Bridge on the River Kwai from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. |
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OPTIONAL
CHOICE OF ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED THE ITINERARY: All
additions must be pre-ordered / From Resotel TwoWay boat incl. +THB 300 p.p. |
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Tour 6.2 – Elephant Trekking through bamboo forest
and Mon tribe village (60 min.) |
THB 900 per person Minimum 2 persons |
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6.3 - Bamboo Rafting (60 min. for 2- 4 persons) |
THB 500 per person Minimum 2 persons |
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Tour 6.4 – Elephant Trekking & Bamboo
Rafting (90 min.) |
THB 1.150 per person Minimum 2 persons |
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Tour 6.5 – Canoeing from Jungle Raft to
Resotel (40 min.) |
THB 450 per person Minimum 2 persons |
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Day 5 – Last day & Check out Royal River Hotel
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Large buffet breakfast
in the hotel. Leisure time until check out before noon where the rooms must
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THE BEAUTIFUL & ORIGINAL
BANGKOK The WKT 016E - Lunch incl. &
personal guide. |
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3.250 |
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2 days / 1 night
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ON THE RIVER KWAI. Itinerary as described in day 3
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![iver and canals network See also: Category:Crossings of the Chao Phraya River An elaborate network of canals known as khlongs gave Bangkok the nickname "Venice of the East" at a time when most transportation was by boat. Today, nearly all of the canals have been filled in and converted into streets. While many khlongs still exist with people living along them and markets often being operated along the banks, most are severely polluted.[19] A notable khlong market is the floating market in Taling Chan district. Through downtown Bangkok runs the Khlong Saen Saeb, which has a canal boat service. The wide river Chao Phraya, flowing through the city, has several cross-river ferries and the Chao Phraya Express Boat with as many as thirty stops along the both banks extending as far as the northern suburb of Nonthaburi.
[edit]Roads Several elevated highways, newly rebuilt intersections, and many partially finished road and rail projects dot the landscape around greater Bangkok, but have done little to overcome the notorious traffic jams on Bangkok's surface roads as private vehicle usage continues to outstrip infrastructure development. Due to a large number of traffic jams in Bangkok, the elevated highway (Thai: ทางด่วน, RTGS: thang duan, "express way"), linking most road networks in Bangkok together, is another choice for the rush. However, tax is to be paid for utilizing the highway depending on size of the vehicle. This highway also leads to some outskirts of Bangkok including Suvarnabhumi International Airport.
[edit]Inner-City Buses A regular bus service is provided by the Bangkok Mass Transit Authority (BMTA) and it operates throughout Bangkok as well as to adjoining provinces around the clock on certain routes. Public buses are plentiful and cheap, with a minimum fare of 7 baht to most destinations within metropolitan Bangkok. Air-conditioned buses have minimum and maximum fares of 11 and 24 baht, respectively. Air-conditioned micro-buses charge a flat fare of 25 baht all routes. A bus route map is available at bookshops. [edit]Rail systems Bangkok Rapid Transit System BTS Sukhumvit Line BTS Silom Line MRT Blue Line Airport Link (system trials) MRT Purple Line MRT Orange Line MRT Yellow Line MRT Brown Line MRT Pink Line SRT Dark Red Line SRT Light Red Line
BTS, Skytrain over Sala Daeng Intersection On the birthday of HM King Rama IX, 5 December 1999, an elevated two-line Skytrain (officially called BTS) metro system was opened. The remains of the failed BERTS (Hopewell) project can still be seen all the way from the main railroad station out towards Don Mueang Airport. Due to the Asian financial crisis of 1997 construction was halted and the concrete pillars were left unused. The MRT subway system opened for use in July 2004. The MRT connects the northern train station of Bang Sue to the Hua Lamphong central railway station near the city centre, while also going through the eastern part of Bangkok. It connects to the BTS system at BTS stations Mo Chit, Asok, and Sala Daeng. A new high speed elevated railroad called the Suvarnabhumi Airport Link, currently under construction, will link the city with the new Suvarnabhumi Airport. The announced opening date has been pushed to back to December 2009, then later to March 2010. The Airport Express railway is to be operated by the State Railway of Thailand. It will provide a 28.5 km (17.7 mi) link between the new airport and the City Air Terminal (CAT) at Makkasan with connections to the BTS at Phaya Thai and MRT at Phetchaburi. There are plans to extend the line to Don Mueang and Rangsit (SRT Dark Red Line), but again, this is very dependent on the political situation. Plans have been approved for a further extension of the BTS Silom line from Wongwian Yai to Bang Wa (4.5 km/2.8 mi), Samrong to Samut Prakan (8 km/5.0 mi), Mo Chit The river is chiefly known from the Pierre Boulle novel and David Lean film The Bridge on the River Kwai, in which Australian, Dutch and British prisoners of war were forced by the Japanese to construct two parallel bridges spanning the river](WKT016%20dbd-price%20eng%20BKK-River%20Kwai_files/image032.jpg)
![angkok (wörtlich übersetzt: Dorf im Pflaumenhain, thail. offiziell Krung Thep Mahanakhon [kruŋtʰêːp máhǎː-nákʰon], Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร ( anhören?/i), kurz Krung Thep, กรุงเทพฯ – meist übersetzt mit Stadt der Engel) ist seit 1782 die Hauptstadt des Königreichs Thailand und ein besonderes Verwaltungsgebiet. Es hat den Status einer Provinz (Changwat) und wird von einem Gouverneur regiert.
Die Hauptstadt hat 7,025 Millionen Einwohner (2009). Sie ist die mit Abstand größte Stadt des Landes. In der Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR), der größten Metropolregion in Thailand, leben insgesamt 12,177 Millionen Menschen (2009).[2]
Die Stadt ist das politische, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Zentrum Thailands mit Universitäten, Hochschulen, Palästen und über 400 Wats (buddhistische Tempelanlagen und Klöster) sowie wichtigster Verkehrsknotenpunkt des Landes. Das Nationalmuseum in Bangkok ist das größte seiner Art in Südostasien.
In Bangkok ist auch die Wirtschafts- und Sozialkommission für Asien und den Pazifik (UNESCAP) beheimatet.
Die Zeit zu UTC beträgt +7 Stunden. Der Zeitunterschied zu Mitteleuropa beträgt +6 Stunden im Winter und +5 Stunden im Sommer, da es in Thailand keine Sommerzeit gibt. Bangkok hat mit erheblichen Umweltproblemen zu kämpfen. Eine dichte Wolke aus Abgasen liegt permanent über der Stadt. Experten haben festgestellt, dass in den Hauptverkehrsstraßen die Luftverschmutzung bereits gesundheitsschädliche Werte erreicht hat. Seit dem Bau der Hochhäuser ist die Ventilation der Straßen nicht mehr gewährleistet, so dass die Konzentration der Giftstoffe dramatisch ansteigt.
Über Bronchitis, Asthma oder Erschöpfung klagt bereits jeder siebte Bewohner. Besonders Belastete, wie Motorrad-Boten, Tuk-Tuk-Fahrer, Verkehrspolizisten und Straßenhändler, tragen häufig Atemschutzmasken. Probleme bereitet Bangkok auch die Wasserversorgung. So besitzt die Stadt kein zentrales Wasserversorgungsnetz. Auch der Aufbau eines Abwassersystems steht erst am Anfang. Bis in die 1990er Jahre leiteten die Industrie und private Haushalte das Abwasser zentral ohne jegliche Säuberung in den Fluss Chao Phraya. Die Abfälle verschmutzen die Luft und vergiften häufig jegliches Leben in den Gewässern. Zahlreiche Fabriken in der Metropolregion – darunter auch in vielen ohngebieten – dürfen eigene Brunnen zur geregelten Wasserversorgung errichten, was zu einem kontinuierlichen Absinken des Grundwasserspiegels beiträgt. Bangkok bildete ursprünglich nur ein kleines Fischerdorf am östlichen Ufer des Chao Phraya. Um 1680 gab es südlich des Dorfes nur drei bewohnte Plätze: ein Zollhaus, die von den Holländern 1622 angelegte Faktorei namens Fort Amsterdam sowie den Ort Ban Va. Der Ursprung des heutigen Bangkok liegt in der Kleinstadt Thonburi, heute Teil der Hauptstadt, am westlichen Ufer des Chao Praya. General Taksin machte Thonburi im Jahr 1772, nachdem die Hauptstadt des Königreiches Ayutthaya 1767 im Krieg mit Birma weitgehend zerstört worden war, zur neuen Hauptstadt. Zehn Jahre später verlegte der neue König Rama I., Begründer der bis heute regierenden Chakri-Dynastie, den Regierungssitz auf das östliche Ufer und begann damit das Gebiet namens Rattanakosin, mit dem damals vor allem von Chinesen bewohnten Dorf Bang Kok ( บางกอก?/i), eigentlich wohl Bang Makok (บางมะกอก), was jeweils „Dorf der Wildpflaume“ (Spondias mangifera) bedeutet, nach dem Vorbild der früheren Residenzstadt zur Hauptstadt auszubauen. Der offizielle Name der Stadt lautet seit damals in der Kurzform Krung Thep ( กรุงเทพฯ?/i) – also „Stadt der Engel“. Das ist jedoch nur eine Kurzform des vollständigen Namens, des weltweit längsten Städtenamens (siehe oben Der Name der Stadt). Westliche Händler und Reisende verwendeten statt dessen den Namen des Dorfes Bangkok, woraus die heute international bekannte Bezeichnung wurde.
Die Stadt der Kanäle Rattanakosin wurde durch einen Kanal, den Khlong Lot, zu einer künstlichen Insel in einer Biegung des Chao Phraya in deren Zentrum der neue Königspalast und der königliche Tempel, der Wat Phra Kaeo mit dem Smaragd-Buddha (Phra Kaeo), dem Nationa](WKT016%20dbd-price%20eng%20BKK-River%20Kwai_files/image034.jpg)
![rung Thep mahanakhon amon rattanakosin mahintara ayuthaya mahadilok phop noppharat ratchathani burirom udomratchaniwet mahasathan amon piman awatan sathit sakkathattiya witsanukam prasit
sa signification : « Ville des anges, grande ville, résidence du Bouddha d'émeraude, ville imprenable du dieu Indra, grande capitale du monde ciselée de neuf pierres précieuses, ville heureuse, généreuse dans l'énorme Palais Royal pareil à la demeure céleste, règne du dieu réincarné, ville dédiée à Indra et construite par Vishnukarn » Ce nom a été composé à partir de deux anciennes langues indienne, le pali et le sanskrit. L'appellation courante de Krung Thep ou Krung Thep Mahanakhon est reflétée dans un chant populaire (กรุงเทพมหานคร/Krung Thep Mahanakhon par อัสนี-วสันต์ โชติกุล/Asanee-Wasan Chotikul). Le Livre Guinness des records le note comme le nom de lieu le plus long au monde1. Une des explications pour le nom de Bangkok (mais il y en d'autres) est qu'il serait la contraction de Bang Ma-Kok qui se traduit par « lieu planté d'oliviers » ; bang est souvent utilisé dans le nom des villes situées au bord de la mer ou d'une rivière, Ma-kok désigne la prune de Java2. Une autre hypothèse vient du khmer Beung Kok : "terre inondable (beung) aux roseaux (kok) Bangkok (aujourd'hui le quartier de Thonburi) était un village situé sur la rive est du fleuve Chao Phraya. Après la destruction par les Birmans de la capitale Ayutthaya en 1767, le général Taksin, devenu roi, se replia en aval sur ce site et décida d'y fonder la nouvelle capitale. Devenu dément, il fut assassiné et remplacé par le général Chakri qui, sous le nom de Rama Ier, devint le premier roi de la nouvelle dynastie Chakri, qui règne encore aujourd'hui. En 1782, il décida, pour des raisons de défense, de transférer la capitale sur la rive gauche et commença des constructions fortifiées, aujourd'hui le Grand Palais. C'est cette date qui est retenue comme fondation de la ville.
Le nom de Bangkok n'a plus été utilisé par les Thaïlandais depuis la fondation de cette capitale. Certains habitants des provinces les plus reculées du pays n'ont même jamais entendu parler de ce nom. Pour des raisons inconnues, ce changement n'a semble-t-il jamais été perçu par les étrangers, qui persistent, plus de 200 ans plus tard, à considérer à tort que le nom officiel est Bangkok La population officielle de Bangkok est de 6,5 millions d'habitants. Ce nombre est toutefois considéré comme très sous-estimé, puisqu'il ne prend en compte que les habitants de la ville officiellement enregistrés dans celle-ci et non leur nombre réel (bon nombre de thaïlandais restent enregistrés dans leur ville de naissance). Les estimations les plus sérieuses, bien que spéculatives, estiment que la population vivant dans les limites de la province de Bangkok est de 12 millions d'habitants.
La superficie de cette province est de 1 568,7 km2, dont l'essentiel est considérée comme constituant la ville de Bangkok, ce qui en fait une des plus grandes villes du monde. Elle n'est située qu'à 2 mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer, ce qui provoque des inondations en période de mousson. De plus, construite sur une zone autrefois marécageuse, la ville s'enfoncerait de 5, voire 10 cm par an.[réf. souhaitée]
Bangkok est traversée par le fleuve Chao Phraya qui détermine deux grandes zones, la rive droite (l'ancienne Thonburi) qui est restée plus traditionnelle, parcourue de nombreux khlong, réseau de canaux reliés au fleuve et qui avaient valu à Bangkok le surnom de Venise de l'Asie, et la rive gauche, plus développée, là où se trouvent presque tous les attraits touristiques, le centre des affaires, le réseau de métro et les grandes tours modernes. Le climat de la ville est un climat tropical marqué par 2 saisons : la saison sèche de novembre à avril et la saison des pluies de mai à octobre. Bangkok a sans doute été l'une des villes les plus bruyantes et les plus polluées du monde par une circulation automobile anarchique, la plupart des canaux ayant été recouverts de voies rapides. L'urbanisation par quartiers et la présence de l'a](WKT016%20dbd-price%20eng%20BKK-River%20Kwai_files/image035.jpg)
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