Month: January 2025

Honoring Princess Dararasmi 1

January 6, 2025
by James Geier
2025 Thailand

Sunday 15 December 2024 Excursion to Mae Rim to Wat Pa Darapirom and Darapirom Palace Museum This is a long post with many pictures, so it will be in two parts. First some background history followed by many pictures.Also note that the Princess’ name is commonly written in English four different ways: Dararasmi, Dararasmee, Dara Rasmi, Dara Rasmee. I will use the first, Dararasmi. Princess Dararasmi History Princess Dararasmi was the daughter of Prince Intavichayanon […]

Railway Station Walk 5 – Wat Mueang Kai

January 3, 2025
by James Geier
2025 Thailand

Tuesday 16 December 2024 Walking east to see flood damage Walking away from the railroad I was going west towards the road to the Iron Bridge to get back to a more familiar part of Chiang Mai. I forgot to mention in my post about the Railway Station that the State Railways of Thailand is facing a challenge with the railroads regarding gauge. Railroad gauge is the distance between the insides of the two rails. […]

Railway Station Walk 4 – The Railway Station

January 3, 2025
by James Geier
2025 Thailand

Tuesday 16 December 2024 Walking east to see flood damage Chiang Mai Railway Station I have arrived! The Chiang Mai Railway Station. The station was first opened in 1922. In 1943, while the Japanese occupied Thailand, Allied bombings destroyed it. The current station was finished after the war in 1948. The station: Inside a picture of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V (fifth king of the Chakri Dynasty), is seen: Chulalongkorn was a significant king, reigning from […]

Railway Station Walk 3 – Wat San Pa Khoi

January 2, 2025
by James Geier
2025 Thailand

Tuesday 16 December 2024Walking east to see flood damage Continuing east from the Nawarat Bridge, I turned right onto San Pa Koi Road to visit the small, neighborhood temple Wat San Pa Khoi again, as I did on this same walk last year. There was some evidence that the area had been flooded with dried mud on some sidewalks, but the area is generally well cleaned up. Wat San Pa Khoi I entered the temple […]

Railway Station Walk 2 – Nawarat Bridge

January 2, 2025
by James Geier
2025 Thailand

Tuesday 16 December 2024 Walking east to see flood damage Over the Nawarat Bridge Tha Phae Road ends at the Nawarat Bridge and the road becomes Charoen Muang Road which eventually continues east to San Kamphaeng. This year, the Nawarat Bridge will be closed for the New Year’s Countdown celebration, and fairly massive decorative structures have been added. When I walked by the Nawarat Bridge on December 1, none of this decorative structure was there, […]

Railway Station Walk 1 – Wat Upakut

January 2, 2025
by James Geier
2025 Thailand

Monday 16 December 2024 Walking east to see flood damage Being a little cooler than recent days, I decided to go for a longer walk east of the old city to the area around the Chiang Mai Railway Station. This is a longer walk of over 11 kilometers (7 miles) during which I passed places I visited a year ago and wanted to revisit, so this post will be in five parts. Here is the […]