royal barges

I found it by accident. I did not even realize that the barges were located somewhere in Samsen. I just decided to go back to this soi we entered by mistake during the Holy Week when I was visiting the old churches of Bangkok. After taking pictures using my Holga, I went to the river and found black boats and beyond were some of the Royal Barges. I saw the sign in the piers that on certain days, the express boats will not be passing by some piers because of the rehearsals of the Royal Barges to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the ascension to the throne of HM the King. The minders of the place allowed me to take pictures. But then he commented why I was taking pictures when the sun is going down. I took his advise and came back the next day with my Canon 30V and a roll of film. It was a bit cloudy with light being diffused but bright enough and I went and took as many picture that my roll would allow without me falling into the water. These are just scans of the negatives. I will be definitely be making hand prints of these pictures. © 2006 Bangkok, Thailand, daddywasabi, all rights reserved.