Samut Prakan was established in March 1946. It is part of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. Neighbouring provinces are Bangkok to the north and west, and Chachoengsao to the east. This is the provincial hall which is located alongside the Chao Phraya River. In the parade ground you can see local scouts who are taking part in a ceremony marking King Rama VI’s death.
Richard Barrow's first website about Thailand was launched in 1998 making him among the first of the travel bloggers in Thailand. Twenty-five years later, he is the most well-known of the bloggers in the Kingdom of Thailand. Ambassadors and government ministers are known to be among his followers. During the series of protests and the big flood, expats, tourists and the world media looked to him for accurate and up-to-date information.
