I remember that river now. it has the "bridge on the river Kwai" further upstream and comes out just down the coast from Bangkok towards Hua Hin. I took a train from Wong Wien Yai (Taksin statue circle across the river in Thonburi) to Mahachai (Samut Sakhon), crossed anothe river and took the train again for another hour to Samut Songkhran at the mouth of the Mae Klong. The train runs on isolated routes not connected to the main system and costs Bht10 for each leg of the journey. The legs take 1 hour each. Makes a great day out and very fine fish restaurant at Mahachai(half way point) market with one or two cute waiters. Mostly market people and school kids on the train.
Photharam is actualy west of Bangkok on the Phetkassem road route to Hua Hin.
From Fattman's directions on Dragoncastle, the resorts are probably at 13 41 59.85N and 99 50 51.83E on Google Earth. The brothel mentioned also by Fattman is probably at 13 41 41N and 99 51 48E but is hidden/sensored? by cloud on Google!!
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