Phantom51red Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted December 13, 2022 Author Share Posted December 13, 2022 Dolphin Bay area,and some from small mountain at Khao tao where I like to exercise,couple from blueport. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Very nice pics Phantom....thanks for posting up. Wifey is talking a Hua Hin trip for Valentines day for a few days...Ok by me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 12 hours ago, Glasseye said: Great pic. Very cool tree. Any idea what kind of tree it is ? Thanks to Google Image search was able to put a name to the tree. Couroupita guianensis, also known as the Naga Linga Tree, or Cannonball Tree. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couroupita_guianensis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 (edited) The Palace or mansion was originally built by a Chinese - Thai Businessman named Patpongnavich, this gentleman was responsible for the famous Patpong redlight district in Silom, Bangkok. Patpongnavich was building the grand structure for his wife as a gift, but Patpongnavich was not happy with just one woman in his life. He met a wealthy American woman named Shirley-Anne, who became his mistress. At some point in this love triangle Patpongnavich's wife was made aware of her husband's infidelity. The wife was furious that her husband had been cheating on her and she planned to have the American mistress raped, then murdered. Side view of the ghost palace Now the owner of the guesthouse wasn't 100% about the next part, but he said that the wife was either caught conspiring to have the American mistress raped and murdered, or the event took place. Either way the wife was arrested by the police and locked away for her crime. It was at this point construction work took a halt and was never to be finished. The palace has been sold a few times, but no-one has ever done anything with the magnificent structure. Locals believe that the ghost of Shirley-Anne haunts the property and this could be why nobody sticks around to finish the project. Coincidence or Curse? My friend returned to the same guesthouse 3 or 4 months later and the owner had changed. He enquired about the previous owner and was told that he just left one day. Perhaps the haunted house had become too much for him, perhaps he hadn't paid his bills? Perhaps the spirit of Shirley-Anne was not happy with his presence? Perhaps he was an adulterer too? Edited December 19, 2022 by Phantom51red 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 Miscellaneous photos. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 Headed back down to ao manao to climb Khao Lom Muak,great views again,spotted 4 army helicopter s still searching for the missing crewmen from the navy boat that sank the other day,hope they find them,I did see 4 ambulance s whizzing into the base as I was leaving so heres hoping. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted December 20, 2022 Author Share Posted December 20, 2022 Still had some energy so popped up to yellow temple the back route non tourist way,just to view the mountain from there and chill for a while. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted December 20, 2022 Share Posted December 20, 2022 Looks amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Great pics TFP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phantom51red Posted December 23, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) After dropping off ting tong at her work I headed back down to Sam roi yod and got there before 9am,the ocean was calm enough so hired canoe and went to the 2 island s. The first island is a national park,200bht entrance but the guy who hired me the canoe told me no one will be there yet,so made the dash,he was right no one there,lots of debris on the beach,didn't notice a path anywhere just some swing hanging from a nearby tree,so 200 bht just to sit on this beach hmm,not much of a beach either as high tide. Made on over to the other smaller isla d,has a shrine on it,rocky shores so didn't land as noticed some monkeys in the shrine,last thing I'd need is the little buggers making off with bag,wind was pickin up a bit so was the swell so headed back,that was the worst bit as against the tide,if I stopped to take photos I'd find myself about another 10 metres or so back so had to continue paddling away,good exercise but was knackered by time hit shore,stopped in by khao khalok for lunch. The 2 Islands from shore . Edited December 23, 2022 by Phantom51red 7 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Really nice pics...great read and scenery too. Keep up the good work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phantom51red Posted January 12, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 12, 2023 Happy belated new year to everyone,hope all well,I've been up in chang rai,mai sai the cave is only 7klm from there,recommended if yer up there,spent 2 days chang mai,drove scooter to doi inathon,long drive and was ok but cave a better trip. Lots of hiking around hua hin cha am. Regarding the cave chamber1 is as far as you're meant to go,but just a small railing supposed to stop u from going further,easily climb round it ,went a little bit further but didn't have torch and started to get to dark and narrowed quick,amazing what the pulled of in there tho 9 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yessongs Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 Great pics buddy...well done. Caves scare the shit out of me....check your ego at the door LOL! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 On 1/13/2023 at 9:29 AM, Yessongs said: Great pics buddy...well done. Caves scare the shit out of me....check your ego at the door LOL! Thanks,scafe the shit outta me too lol,it's well worth a visit tho,I'd been in mai sai twice before years ago and never heard a out it back then only 7klm from there,took something drastic to bring it to the world's attention,was surprisingly quite tho,not another falang in site. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 1/13/2023 at 9:29 AM, Yessongs said: Great pics buddy...well done. Caves scare the shit out of me....check your ego at the door LOL! Yep.... I was thinking the same thing. Not sure if I could handle that nowadays. When I was a kid I used to explore drainage systems. Looking back I shudder at the memory. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phantom51red Posted January 19, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2023 Spent the past few days at sam roi yod again and kang krachang national parks,just great to be outdoors and beautiful areas. Made the viewpoint,temple cave and porcupine cave,and half way inside kae cave but came back out as phone died and it's pretty sketchy noting like the tourist y temple cave,hoping to go back and complete it tho as apparently you come out at other end top of small mountain so hopefully,a park ranger follows a short distance behind you just in case. Made a trip to Pala u waterfalls just to climb past lvl 5 the no go zone last point,nothing special to see just more of the same. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 You're lucky you didn't meet that pissed off looking monkey in the cave when your knee gave out. lol Kind of shit gives me nightmares. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 2 hours ago, Glasseye said: You're lucky you didn't meet that pissed off looking monkey in the cave when your knee gave out. lol Kind of shit gives me nightmares. Reminds me of my good mate, Andy. December 2021, he was walking the hill with the temple at Khao Tao when he was attacked by about 5 monkeys. He had never seen monkeys on that outcrop before but in being attacked, he thought he was going to die (he was 70 at the time). He doesn't remember much but did find himself about 30 meters down the hill with cuts mainly all over his legs but with other cuts over his body. He had rolled down the hill he now remembers with monkeys attacking him. The temple monks got him a car to the hospital where he spent the night and had all his wounds dressed. A course of Rabies jabs and about a week of rest and he felt better except for some pain in his knee and hip. Insurance kicked in to pay for his needs but he just wanted to be back to the UK. On return he felt better and agreed with the insurance company that they could close the claim. Silly decision, as within weeks he began to have difficulty in walking, he had pains in his knees and hip and needed to go to his own doctor who ordered x-rays etc. He had torn ligaments in his knee and his hip was badly damaged. 13 months later he is awaiting a hip operation and knee reconstruction. He walks now only with a stick and has to live downstairs as he can not get upstairs without great difficulty. He pees in a bowl, he is quite incapacitated. Luckily he has now had a pre op assessment and due to his condition, he has got emergency funding which means he expects to have hip surgery within 2 months from now. The knee op will follow after a short time. He would normally be in Thailand now and is stuck in Northampton very depressed, his last trip saw him in a wheelchair and now he can't travel. I have seen him over the last 13 months and the deterioration is incredible, this is a guy who could walk Hin Lek Fai (steep hill in Hua Hin) regularly and now can not walk 10 yards without aid. Moral of story, keep those monkeys well away from you. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 14 hours ago, Horizondave said: Reminds me of my good mate, Andy. December 2021, he was walking the hill with the temple at Khao Tao when he was attacked by about 5 monkeys. He had never seen monkeys on that outcrop before but in being attacked, he thought he was going to die (he was 70 at the time). He doesn't remember much but did find himself about 30 meters down the hill with cuts mainly all over his legs but with other cuts over his body. He had rolled down the hill he now remembers with monkeys attacking him. The temple monks got him a car to the hospital where he spent the night and had all his wounds dressed. A course of Rabies jabs and about a week of rest and he felt better except for some pain in his knee and hip. Insurance kicked in to pay for his needs but he just wanted to be back to the UK. On return he felt better and agreed with the insurance company that they could close the claim. Silly decision, as within weeks he began to have difficulty in walking, he had pains in his knees and hip and needed to go to his own doctor who ordered x-rays etc. He had torn ligaments in his knee and his hip was badly damaged. 13 months later he is awaiting a hip operation and knee reconstruction. He walks now only with a stick and has to live downstairs as he can not get upstairs without great difficulty. He pees in a bowl, he is quite incapacitated. Luckily he has now had a pre op assessment and due to his condition, he has got emergency funding which means he expects to have hip surgery within 2 months from now. The knee op will follow after a short time. He would normally be in Thailand now and is stuck in Northampton very depressed, his last trip saw him in a wheelchair and now he can't travel. I have seen him over the last 13 months and the deterioration is incredible, this is a guy who could walk Hin Lek Fai (steep hill in Hua Hin) regularly and now can not walk 10 yards without aid. Moral of story, keep those monkeys well away from you. Heck of a story, and thanks for sharing. Covers a lot of stuff when you think about it. Particularly how life can change on a dime. I once went up that hill in HH where all of the monkeys are. I forgot what the place is called, it's just a sliver past that fishing village (place stinks like hell) on the water. I was really looking forward to it as I planned the visit, seemed like an opportunity to do something interesting and different, a nice little half day side trip. So I get there, walking up the hill seeing more and more monkeys with each turn. Pregnant ones, big ones, curious ones, and even a couple that looked like they had their assholes ripped out. It kind of reminded me of a drive through Chicago's West Side on a Sunday afternoon. Except this time I wasn't driving, I was on foot. I grabbed a bunch of bananas from a vendor like a six pack form a corner liquor store. I was ready to party. Man.... that turned into a party I wished I hadn't crashed ! I was absolutely mobbed, like I was a rock star showing up at an afterhours with an ounce of cola. Climbing all over me, on top of my head, you name it. Long story short..... I got the hell out of there and won't be going back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Glasseye said: Heck of a story, and thanks for sharing. Covers a lot of stuff when you think about it. Particularly how life can change on a dime. I once went up that hill in HH where all of the monkeys are. I forgot what the place is called, it's just a sliver past that fishing village (place stinks like hell) on the water. I was really looking forward to it as I planned the visit, seemed like an opportunity to do something interesting and different, a nice little half day side trip. So I get there, walking up the hill seeing more and more monkeys with each turn. Pregnant ones, big ones, curious ones, and even a couple that looked like they had their assholes ripped out. It kind of reminded me of a drive through Chicago's West Side on a Sunday afternoon. Except this time I wasn't driving, I was on foot. I grabbed a bunch of bananas from a vendor like a six pack form a corner liquor store. I was ready to party. Man.... that turned into a party I wished I hadn't crashed ! I was absolutely mobbed, like I was a rock star showing up at an afterhours with an ounce of cola. Climbing all over me, on top of my head, you name it. Long story short..... I got the hell out of there and won't be going back. Khao Takiab is the place. Hin Lek Fai also has its fair share of monkeys but both places have monks or people feeding them and they appear docile to those around them although if you are carrying the food too long, they will climb all over you to get to it. Happened with me in Ao Manao on the Air Force base in Prachuab Khiri Khan. Got some bags of fruit for the Dusky Langurs and held onto the fruit for a little longer than expected. I had those bloody monkeys all over me, one on my head. Just let the bags go and the monkeys were away. My mate wasn't expecting to see monkeys and had no food. The monks believed the monkeys were looking for food and had come to the area as they were hungry, they were not usually close to the temple. My mate was in the wrong place and suffered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Phantom51red Posted January 24, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2023 Interesting story's about the monkeys guys,sad about daves friend,if I'm off the beaten path I always carry a stick just in case. Back to kaew cave,arrived about 11am no one there apart from the old lady at gate house or box who I showed my park ticket too,as I was walking towards the cave entrance I heard another motor bike,it was the park ranger ,I guess he wad probably sleeping or fishing somewhere along the dirt road and he noticed me ,anyway he followed behind with his safety pack and let me lead the way once in cave. Surprisingly quite a few sketchy areas as what could only be described as cave crevasses or sink holes,be carefully I heard the voice behind repeat a few times,eventually found the way through to otherside,and only had to crawl once when the ceiling was about 3,4 ft from floor,it was a brilliant experience tho ,after that I went to sai cave,first some screenshot s from keaw cave,as was easier just to make video instead of stopping from photos. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasseye Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Awesome post mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 Here's some from lublau cave and sai cave,spent a bit to long in lublau cave as kept going the wrong way to find the way through to other side,got there eventually, couple of sections where the roof came down to about 3,4 ft from the floor,panicked a bit as air felt thin and torch from Mr diy seemed to be fading,bloody glad found the exit,no lights no arrows to guide you through,most people I'd imagine just come take a few photos in first chamber then leave same way,that I recommend. Sai cave is the one with tarpaulin and board with nazi,symbols,both great caves. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom51red Posted January 26, 2023 Author Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) 096f3859cd38c423a1d6ad282e3e0272.mp4 Here's the video 40 minutes condensed into 6,a lot of times i had to use my hands so was impossible to hold torch and film. Up in kanchanaburi now,visited hellfire pass and some caves yesterday,walked to the end of hellfirepass,lots of Bush fires,captive cave,lawa cave,and another cave also visited,walked around 30klms,on the road from 6,30 am to 6pm was a long day,off in 20 minutes to visit some more caves and temples,beautiful here tho,post pics later. It was bloody freezing yesterday morning driving to hellfirepass,until about 9am anyway,that was with a jacket on,was on a nmax scooter. Edited January 27, 2023 by Phantom51red 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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