Guest Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 Anyone been there? Comments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted September 15, 2002 Report Share Posted September 15, 2002 Which one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 out of interest where is it ? or should I say or where are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 Maybe he's asking of Bang Kwan? This is in Nonthaburi. Or River Kwai/JEATH museum? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 Bang Kwan in Nonthaburi is on Chaeng Wattana road and very close to Viphavdi Rangsit... I am correct on this....? SB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 Is it worth a visit? What can I expect there as a visitor? I have been to two prisons (museums!) so far: The most impressive was Toul Sleng/ "S21" (sp.?) in Phnom Penh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibblies Posted September 16, 2002 Report Share Posted September 16, 2002 If you mean the Corrections Museum in Bangkok, on the site of a former prison (which is now a park), yes! I saw it mentioned in Farang magazine, together with the "babies in bottles"/"mummified cannibals" museums at Siriraj hospital. I decided to make a sick day of it, seeing both. It makes a strangely refreshing day out. It's free and yet no one goes there. It shows instruments of torture and execution (some of the exhibits were actually really used) and gives other interesting titbits of information about the Thai prison life. There's not that much to see - it takes about 30 minutes to 1 hour to look around, depending on how fascinated you become. Go with your girlfriend. It adds to the fun - mine was being spooked out by the thought of all those ghosts! The museums at Siriraj are also free, uncrowded and worth a look. They're most unlike western museums in that they don't care what they exhibit. Look for the criminal pathology museum which houses the notorious cannible See Uey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Thank you. This is exactly what I was after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 17, 2002 Report Share Posted September 17, 2002 Hi, I think this Musem is in Lumphini park, right? At least that is what I figured out where I was when my girlfriend asked me if I wanted to go there. Haven't done so yet though. Greetings, Wouter Dijkslag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibblies Posted September 18, 2002 Report Share Posted September 18, 2002 No, it's nowhere near Lumpini. It's on the site of the former prison that has been turned into a park. I can't remember the details. Mahachai Rd rings a bell, but don't hold me to it. That could be some other sick attraction.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.