Phra Fort Traditional Cache
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CACHE REACTIVATED BY ZBangkok, thanks :]
CACHE REACTIVATED BY dex4 (THANKS :))
Fort Phra Sumen
last citadel on the Chao Phraya
One of the two remaining forts in old Bangkok, Fort Phra Sumen was constructed in 1783 to fortify the old city during the reign of King Rama I. When Bangkok was established as the new capital, forts were built to cover the Chao Phraya River. The defensive rings of canals protected the old city to the east.
The fort is sited at the confluence of the Chao Phraya River and the Banglamphu Canal which was the second ring of canals to be built around the old city of Bangkok in 1782. The first canal was Lord Canal just east of the Grand Palace.
The Banglamphu Canal joins up with the Ong-Ang Canal and extents all the way to the Chao Phraya River to the south, forming a moat to the east of the old city. With the Chao Phraya River to the west, the old city is virtually an island, thus the name Rattanakosin Island.
The fort has two levels of battlements where cannons are deployed and an observation tower. It covers the bend of the Chao Phraya River at the northern end of Rattanakosin Island. The old cannons are still in place.
Our first Thai cache
IN: From geokrety.org: B&B's Bambi, Princess Elizabeth - there is looooooooooooooooooooooooooot of 1 cm frogs :)
black nano plastic bottle with fishing line in the post for the sign for the fort and tied it to the top so that it can be pulled up
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Small note on cache maintenance: "Bangkok Corkscrew" agreed to be a local maintainer. Thanks!
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