Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Unlikely Bangkok photo ops: Bhumibol Bridge

Bhumibol Bridge

Even though the construction of Bangkok's Bhumibol Bridge was featured on the Discovery Channel, it seems that since its opening in 2006 it has had very little fanfare. 

A prime example -- it wasn?t until four years after its opening, in late 2010, that the bridge was serenated with an elaborate ceremony complete with pyrotechnics and watched over by His Majesty the King Bhumibol Adulyadej (who the bridge was named after).

Even after this nationally-televised and well-documented event, a large percentage of Thai people and foreigners living in Bangkok still have not even heard of this marvelous structure, let alone had a chance to take it in in person.

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