Pak Kred

Pak Kred Town

The area by the water in the town centre was now under water. Children seemed to enjoy playing in the water. Nearby a concert was going on, less than 50m. Boy it was loud

Water Level Comparison

These pictures show how high the water has risen in the last 6 weeks, and how high the water is now. Again please note these pictures were taken at low tide.

Sunset by the River

Whilst eating our food we were treated to a brilliant sunset with light beams appearing to eminate from the large Buddha statue at Wat Ban Jak.  Stunning, simply stunning.

Boats

I found it hard to eat as there were so many opportunities to practice panning shots of the passing boats.  They passed at all speeds, slow with rice or fast like a dragon boat

Helicopter Recovery

A Robinson R44 helictoper crashed into the pier at Wat Klang Kred after the tail rotor caught electrical wires in bad weather.  The following day rescue services recovered the chopper.

Flooding in Pak Kred 21 Oct 2010

Right on cue, the river levels rose in Pak Kred as predicted, due to rainfall and flooding further north.  After wandering around Pak Kred town centre, I headed to Wat Sanam Nua and saw the start of the flooding first hand

Wat Klang Kred

The wat seemed quite well protected, but the water levels were sufficiently high that sandbag protection was needed.

Fery at Wat Klang Kred

Although the boat was still running to Kok Kred once could expect to get wet feet getting to it

Flood Prevention

If Bangkok Metropolitan Association cannot make enough sandbags you have to make them yourselves. We came upon a group of people doing just that.

Resuce Team Donations

Just as we were leaving we saw around 15 vehicles with sirens blazing heading the direction we were. Some massive event hadn't happened, but the vehicles contained donations heading to Kok Kred

Flooding in Pak Kred 20101026

The river was due to peak at 09:09, I arrived around 30 mins after to see water much higher than I had seen the day before

Flooding October 8th 2011

There were many reports of flooding in riverside areas in Nonthaburi so it was no surprise to see that the aerobics area by the pier under Rama 4 bridge was flooded.  I have not previously seen this area having higher flood water.

Flooding is on the Way

There has been some severe flooding in the Northern half of Thailand and slowly the water is heading South.  The Chao Phraya has been high for a number of days now, and with the opening of the dam in Chainat the water level can but only increase.