For Today's Trip Out,

Diana, Mum a Dad,

 went to Rajabhakti Park, 

it is a historically themed park honouring past Thai kings from the Sukhothai period to the current royal house of Chakri,

 it is in Hua Hin, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, 

 and was built by the Royal Thai Army, 

  with approximately one billion baht (US$28 million) in funds donated by the public and private sectors,

  King Bhumibol Adulyadej gave the historical park the name "Rajabhakti Park", which means "the park that has been built with people's loyalty to the monarchs",

 the park occupies an area of 222 rai (355,200 m2 or 36 ha), 

 the statues are of seven notable Thai kings, they are King Ram Khamhaeng (reigned 1279-1298) of the Sukhothai period, King Naresuan (1590-1605) and King Narai (1656-1688) of the Ayutthaya period, King Taksin (1767-1782) of the Thonburi period, and King Rama I (1782-1809), King Mongkut (1851-1868), and King Chulalongkorn (1868-1910) of the Rattanakosin period, each statue is made of bronze, with an average height of 13.9 meters, they were designed by Thailand's Fine Arts Department, casting of the statues and construction of the multi-purpose plaza took 10 months, from November 2014 to August 2015, there are plans to add statues of two additional kings in the future,

 next stop Phraya Nakhon Cave,

it is located in the Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, a 45 minutes drive south of Hua Hin, first step to reach the cave is to drive to the small village of Bang Pu located by the beach, and from there decide if you'd rather rent a boat to take you around the cape to Laem Sala beach, 

 or walk a 30 minutes trek above the hill leading to the same Laem Sala beach, no prizes for guessing what Diana did! the boat ride cost Diana 400 for the three of them, and 200 baht each to enter the national park,

 and then there are the steps,

 and it was hard going

 I could not have made the climb, 

 Diana said that there were over 400 steps,

 entering the cave in this area the roof has collapsed, 

 allowing sunlight and water to enter the cave,

 so trees and plants, 

can grow in the cave itself,

 the Kuha Karuhas pavilion in the main chamber

 the pavilion was built at the end of the 19th century, for the visit of King Chulalongkorn the Great (Rama V),

 it looks just magical, 

 the main chamber contains the signatures of both King Rama V and King Rama VII on the wall,

 a rock slide, but it appears this happened a long time ago,

I would love to go there, but I know my knees would give out and that would be me scuppered! tomorrow they are off again, this time to Bangkok, for a sight seeing tour to some of the cities many attractions.