In this episode of TravelsWithBert we explore the town of Tak, a place where history and scenery come together. Our journey takes us to:
Mani Banphot Swamp – a peaceful nature spot.
Trok Ban Chin – an ancient alley that was once the bustling heart of trade, now faded with time.
Rattanakosin Memorial Bridge – built to mark Bangkok’s 200th anniversary, offering sweeping views of the Mae Ping River.
Sai Thong Beach – a quick stop by the riverbank.
Wat Khok Chedi – home to a handsome old chedi with stories lost to time.
Lake Mai Ngam – an attractive spot to round off the day.
Join us as we uncover the charm, history, and atmosphere of Tak Province, Thailand.
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Locations:
Mani Banphot Swamp 16.876901, 99.127300
Trok Ban Chin Alley 16.866533, 99.124963
200th Anniversary Rattanakosin Memorial Bridge 16.878243, 99.120657
Sai Thong Beach 16.879978, 99.115225
Wat Khok Chedi 16.877653, 99.105330
Lake Mai Ngam 16.895400, 99.119350
2025年9月26日星期五
2013年6月1日星期六
刺激来兴观光 旅游局推拜佛游
刺激来兴观光 旅游局推拜佛游
泰国旅游局来兴府【Tak】办事处主任素林昨天（31日）表示，该办事处准备推出多个路线「拜佛游」，吸引国民在观光淡季期间，更多到该府旅游，探访多元民俗文化，并以弘扬佛教为主题，让佛教善信体验返璞归真的乡间礼佛之乐。
素林表示，来兴府地处泰国北部，与缅甸接壤，是一座拥有多元民俗特色的观光府治，不仅大自然景点丰富，而且拥有大量的与佛教文化相关的景点，例如拉恒佛寺等等。素林指出，该办事处将让游客体验当地丰富多彩的乡村生活风情，泰缅边境风光、周边府区风景名胜等。同时还可以传承艺术、文化和当地寺庙的历史。在游览过程中和朋友家人一同做功德祈福。整个游览行程从石景山寺庙开始，该寺庙的特色是在寺庙内有修建在石头上的佛塔，以及圆寂高僧长期不朽之躯体。
在参观石头上的佛塔之后，还可以继续前往参观泰国团结寺，寺庙位于当地首个旅游开发村内，膜拜「及时应验祖师佛」，参观木刻博物馆，欣赏当地技师精湛的雕刻技术，选购各种工艺品。接着参观哇塔拉兰寺，膜拜缅式佛寺的佛祖。此外还可以到玛尼派颂寺膜拜銮帕多大佛像，该寺庙内塔上塔，在主塔上有233座小塔，塔内有佛像51万2028尊。在整个7天活动当中都可以参观当地的寺庙和拜佛做功德。
素林表示，举办游览来兴府各大寺庙拜佛之旅，旨在促进当地的旅游业发展，因为到当地旅游不但可以体验来兴府与缅甸接壤的多元文化，还可以观赏到当地的秀奇风光，以及不同的文化艺术特征。此次活动将于6月21-23日进行。
～以上新闻转载自世界日报～
泰国旅游局来兴府【Tak】办事处主任素林昨天（31日）表示，该办事处准备推出多个路线「拜佛游」，吸引国民在观光淡季期间，更多到该府旅游，探访多元民俗文化，并以弘扬佛教为主题，让佛教善信体验返璞归真的乡间礼佛之乐。
素林表示，来兴府地处泰国北部，与缅甸接壤，是一座拥有多元民俗特色的观光府治，不仅大自然景点丰富，而且拥有大量的与佛教文化相关的景点，例如拉恒佛寺等等。素林指出，该办事处将让游客体验当地丰富多彩的乡村生活风情，泰缅边境风光、周边府区风景名胜等。同时还可以传承艺术、文化和当地寺庙的历史。在游览过程中和朋友家人一同做功德祈福。整个游览行程从石景山寺庙开始，该寺庙的特色是在寺庙内有修建在石头上的佛塔，以及圆寂高僧长期不朽之躯体。
在参观石头上的佛塔之后，还可以继续前往参观泰国团结寺，寺庙位于当地首个旅游开发村内，膜拜「及时应验祖师佛」，参观木刻博物馆，欣赏当地技师精湛的雕刻技术，选购各种工艺品。接着参观哇塔拉兰寺，膜拜缅式佛寺的佛祖。此外还可以到玛尼派颂寺膜拜銮帕多大佛像，该寺庙内塔上塔，在主塔上有233座小塔，塔内有佛像51万2028尊。在整个7天活动当中都可以参观当地的寺庙和拜佛做功德。
素林表示，举办游览来兴府各大寺庙拜佛之旅，旨在促进当地的旅游业发展，因为到当地旅游不但可以体验来兴府与缅甸接壤的多元文化，还可以观赏到当地的秀奇风光，以及不同的文化艺术特征。此次活动将于6月21-23日进行。
～以上新闻转载自世界日报～
2013年4月17日星期三
New bus service: Mae Sot - Samut Sakhon
New bus service to Mae Sot from Samut Sakhon
A new public bus route was launched on Wednesday to help migrant workers returning home to Myanmar travel from Samut Sakhon to Mae Sot on the border.
A new public bus service begins running between Samut Sakhon and Mae Sot district, Tak. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin)
Sawit Kaewvan, secretary general of the State Enterprises Workers Relations Confederation of Thailand (SERC), said the 54-seat bus travels directly between Mahachai in Samut Sakhon's Muang district and Mae Sot district in Tak.
It was a cheap, convenient alternative for the many migrant workers employed in factories in Samut Sakhon.
On average, about 200 people a day catch a bus from Bangkok's Mor Chit station bound for Mae Sot. This number swells during Songkran and other long holidays, said Mr Sawit.
Only one bus a day was planned for the Mahachai-Mae Sot service at first, to test its viability.
The service would be of benefit not only to migrants in Samut Sakhon but also neighbouring provinces such as Petchaburi, Ratchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan, said Mr Sawit.
If migrants in Ranong were interested in a direct route to Myanmar, then maybe it could be worked out with the Transport Company later on, he added.
Wuthichart Kalayanamitra, president of Transport Co, said the new Mahachai-Mae Sot route was the result of collaboration between the SERC and Transport Co. If it proved propular it would be continued.
Transport Co was also negotiating with Myanmar to open two cross-border routes, between Mae Sot-Myawaddy and Chiang Rai-Keng Tung in Myanmar, said Mr Wuttichart.
He hoped agreement could be reached on one of the two routes this year.
He said the bus on the new Mahachai route was relatively new and should provide both safe passage, comfort and convenience for travellers.
Maung Maung, 30, a worker at a Charoen Pokphand affiliate, arrived to by buy five tickets, for himself and family members, for Wednesday 8pm departure.
He said the big bus was not only cheaper but safer and more convenient.
The other options were a shuttle bus service from Mahachai to Mae Sot, which cost about 600 baht a person. The new public bus costs 500 baht. The VIP bus from Mor Chit to Mae Sot costs 666 baht and normal buses 333 baht and 428 baht.
"It is awkward for us if we have a lot of stuff carry back home. The shuttle bus operators do not want us unless we rent the whole vehicle.
"And if we travel to Mor Chit, the ticket maybe be cheaper but it is time-consuming and very tiring, especially with children," said Maung Maung, who has been working in Thailand for five years and returned home twice.
Sein Htay, adviser to the Migrant Workers' Rights Network (MWRN), said the 54-seat public bus was a welcome alternative for migrants. The shuttle buses had been involved in some accidents.
With the public bus launched, competition should also result in better service, said Mr Sein Htay.
Importantly, migrants could now travel with some dignity as they would face only one or two checkpoints along the way, and officials would get on a bus to check their documents. When traveling on the shuttle bus or by pickup truck they had to get off the vehicle for checks at five or six stops, or even more, said Mr Sein Htay.
"Some are also harassed and humiliated, as if migrants are mere objects for discrimination even of they carry proper documents," he said.
The new bus service is the result of collaboration between the SERC, MWRN and the Transport Company, which is a state enterprise.
Migrant rights activist Andy Hall, who is facing two lawsuits due to his research on the plight of workers at a canned fruit juice producer in Prachuap Khiri Khan, also took part in the launch of the bus service on Wednesday morning.
Mr Hall said on his Twitter page that he he'd had a "productive" meeting with British Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent.
He said the ambassador made clear the embassy's support and commitment to his personal safety and for his many years of work on behalf of migrants in Thailand.
～News courtesy of Bangkok Post～
A new public bus route was launched on Wednesday to help migrant workers returning home to Myanmar travel from Samut Sakhon to Mae Sot on the border.
A new public bus service begins running between Samut Sakhon and Mae Sot district, Tak. (Photo by Pawat Laopaisarntaksin)
Sawit Kaewvan, secretary general of the State Enterprises Workers Relations Confederation of Thailand (SERC), said the 54-seat bus travels directly between Mahachai in Samut Sakhon's Muang district and Mae Sot district in Tak.
It was a cheap, convenient alternative for the many migrant workers employed in factories in Samut Sakhon.
On average, about 200 people a day catch a bus from Bangkok's Mor Chit station bound for Mae Sot. This number swells during Songkran and other long holidays, said Mr Sawit.
Only one bus a day was planned for the Mahachai-Mae Sot service at first, to test its viability.
The service would be of benefit not only to migrants in Samut Sakhon but also neighbouring provinces such as Petchaburi, Ratchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan, said Mr Sawit.
If migrants in Ranong were interested in a direct route to Myanmar, then maybe it could be worked out with the Transport Company later on, he added.
Wuthichart Kalayanamitra, president of Transport Co, said the new Mahachai-Mae Sot route was the result of collaboration between the SERC and Transport Co. If it proved propular it would be continued.
Transport Co was also negotiating with Myanmar to open two cross-border routes, between Mae Sot-Myawaddy and Chiang Rai-Keng Tung in Myanmar, said Mr Wuttichart.
He hoped agreement could be reached on one of the two routes this year.
He said the bus on the new Mahachai route was relatively new and should provide both safe passage, comfort and convenience for travellers.
Maung Maung, 30, a worker at a Charoen Pokphand affiliate, arrived to by buy five tickets, for himself and family members, for Wednesday 8pm departure.
He said the big bus was not only cheaper but safer and more convenient.
The other options were a shuttle bus service from Mahachai to Mae Sot, which cost about 600 baht a person. The new public bus costs 500 baht. The VIP bus from Mor Chit to Mae Sot costs 666 baht and normal buses 333 baht and 428 baht.
"It is awkward for us if we have a lot of stuff carry back home. The shuttle bus operators do not want us unless we rent the whole vehicle.
"And if we travel to Mor Chit, the ticket maybe be cheaper but it is time-consuming and very tiring, especially with children," said Maung Maung, who has been working in Thailand for five years and returned home twice.
Sein Htay, adviser to the Migrant Workers' Rights Network (MWRN), said the 54-seat public bus was a welcome alternative for migrants. The shuttle buses had been involved in some accidents.
With the public bus launched, competition should also result in better service, said Mr Sein Htay.
Importantly, migrants could now travel with some dignity as they would face only one or two checkpoints along the way, and officials would get on a bus to check their documents. When traveling on the shuttle bus or by pickup truck they had to get off the vehicle for checks at five or six stops, or even more, said Mr Sein Htay.
"Some are also harassed and humiliated, as if migrants are mere objects for discrimination even of they carry proper documents," he said.
The new bus service is the result of collaboration between the SERC, MWRN and the Transport Company, which is a state enterprise.
Migrant rights activist Andy Hall, who is facing two lawsuits due to his research on the plight of workers at a canned fruit juice producer in Prachuap Khiri Khan, also took part in the launch of the bus service on Wednesday morning.
Mr Hall said on his Twitter page that he he'd had a "productive" meeting with British Ambassador to Thailand Mark Kent.
He said the ambassador made clear the embassy's support and commitment to his personal safety and for his many years of work on behalf of migrants in Thailand.
～News courtesy of Bangkok Post～
2013年4月5日星期五
Nok Air unveils Myanmar routes
Nok Air unveils Myanmar routes
Nok Air plans to operate two new routes from Tak's Mae Sot district to Myanmar in preparation for the establishment of the Mae Sot special economic zone and the Asean Economic Community (AEC).
Nok Air’s fourth B737-800, named Nok Naanfah, joins the fleet in July 2012. (Fiile photo)
Nok Air board director Somchainuek Engtrakul and chief executive Patee Sarasin on Sunday led 20 airline executives to board a Nok Air survey flight from Mae Sot to Myanmar's Mawlamyine (formerly Moulmein) ahead of the airline's plan to operate services on that route.
The budget airline also plans to introduce flights between Mae Sot and Yangon.
The move follows a recent agreement between Thailand and Myanmar to permanently open the Mae Sot border checkpoint to boost cross-border trade and tourism. It also aims to capitalise on the 2015 launch of the AEC.
~News courtesy of Bangkok Post~
Nok Air plans to operate two new routes from Tak's Mae Sot district to Myanmar in preparation for the establishment of the Mae Sot special economic zone and the Asean Economic Community (AEC).
Nok Air’s fourth B737-800, named Nok Naanfah, joins the fleet in July 2012. (Fiile photo)
Nok Air board director Somchainuek Engtrakul and chief executive Patee Sarasin on Sunday led 20 airline executives to board a Nok Air survey flight from Mae Sot to Myanmar's Mawlamyine (formerly Moulmein) ahead of the airline's plan to operate services on that route.
The budget airline also plans to introduce flights between Mae Sot and Yangon.
The move follows a recent agreement between Thailand and Myanmar to permanently open the Mae Sot border checkpoint to boost cross-border trade and tourism. It also aims to capitalise on the 2015 launch of the AEC.
~News courtesy of Bangkok Post~
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