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A photo, and a little history:

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“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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Please if you are a photographer and use the forum to try to upload your images.

 

Would you please try to help us resolve some issues, which have been plaguing uploads lately... we hope it will help pin point some problems.

 

Please take a few minutes to help!

 

https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/978331-survey-to-find-how-members-post-images-on-thaivisa-forums/#comment-11796726

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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.

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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

 

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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

 

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

 

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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

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