Thailand Geography Test

[jackcorbett 2]

Here's the picture. http://www.alphapro.com/showcase/beach.JPG Where was this taken? In the Chiang Rai area or in the Sattahip area not that far from Pattaya?

 

Also, what are the reasons for your choice?

[sinbinjack 251]

I got it Right before I saw the pic,but only because I read the question wrong,I thought it said ,is the Sattahip area close to Pattaya or near Chiang Rai?

[jackcorbett 2]

I got it Right before I saw the pic,but only because I read the question wrong,I thought it said ,is the Sattahip area close to Pattaya or near Chiang Rai?

 

 

Here is the question. Was this picture taken near Sattahip right before New Year's Eve or was it taken near Chiang Rai. I've never been to Chiang Rai although I've been to Chiang Mai. I did not take the picture. So I don't know the correct answer myself. However........the reason I've started this pole is not just fun and games. Basically I am asking everyone here who would like to participate to play private detective.

 

I lean towards this being near Sattahip. There is for one thing a place along the coast before you get there called Bon Serai. I've been there and there are big similarities in this picture from what I've seen before. Also....I think Chiang Rai is a bit cold and I'm thinking not many Thais are in their shirt sleeves. But at least a couple are in the picture. I believe there is a river near or in Chiang Rai. This could be along the banks of that river but upon close scrutiny it appears the channel of water is narrow towards the right of the picture and that this channel progressively widens as your eye wanders from right to left in the picture. Ultimately it appears as if there is open ocean way off to the left. I recollect a point that goes far off to the left, farther than you would expect along this portion of the coast and on a clear day you can see part of the Jomtien skyline over that point.

 

there is no ocean near Chiang Rai. And I would expect a river to be somewhat uniform in its width and to be not very wide. But I'm not sure of any of this. That's why I am asking everyone else.

Edited January 4, 2008 by jackcorbett

[Eneukman 1]

I got it Right before I saw the pic,but only because I read the question wrong,I thought it said ,is the Sattahip area close to Pattaya or near Chiang Rai?

 

I read the poll wrong as well!

 

Alan

[Regyai 415]

Chiang Rai

 

 

Unless this has as trick to it that I cant spot

 

 

Sattahip has no continuous landfall that close to its shores....so its a big river

 

 

 

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[jackcorbett 2]

On the contrary........and do keep in mind that when I started this poll I didn't know the answers myself and that's why I started it.....to get help from the rest of you. I distinctly recall coming back from Sattahip on my motorbike, seeing a scene in the distance where the land mass continues way off to the West (left in the picture). Far more than I would have ever expected and far off I could see the Jomtien skyline. I believe this might have been Bon Serae.

 

Ok........Recently I've seen pictures of the Chiang Rai area and there's mountains or large hills all around you. The area in this picture is flat. Also.....one of my pals pointed out to me that rivers up North including the CHiang Rai area are brown in color. The sea is blue he pointed out. Also he pointed out to me in that picture that the sea appears off to the left in this picture without a hint of any shoreline whatsoever. This friend is an ex ship captain in the Norwegian Coast guard and he's now a chief inspector in the Coast Guard so I consider him an expert on the sea.

[dogblower 3]

Definitely not Chiang Rai. No idea if it's Sattahip or not.

[Bullfrog 2,224]

I have a mate that lives in CR and have spent many Xmas's there...You state that it was taken near NYE So if this is correct it definately ain't CR...It is too bloody cold for t-shirts!!

 

It also doesn't look like Satahip but thats what I voted for..

 

 

If no choice was given I would have guessed Port Dickson south of KL....

[jackcorbett 2]

Thanks for everyone's replies and votes. As I originally posted, I was not at all sure where the picture was taken from. Now I am 100 percent sure. It is in the Sattahip area. In fact I could ride my motorbike there and no doubt find the exact spot the picture was taken. In fact I think I have been within 100 to 200 meters from the spot. That's 100 percent, not 99 percent. There is a riddle or mystery behind this one. Perhaps I'll tell it one day in a book.

 

Bulfrog....your comment about the shirt sleeves is dead on. It's one of the first things I noticed on analyzing the picture. My Norwegian Coast guard pal also said...rivers in northern Thailand are brown, never blue. The waters in that picture are blue. And the photographer had to be in either Chiang Rai or Sattahip, certainly not Phuket or Krabi and so on. But that's part of the riddle I've unraveled.