# Bangkok Instagram pilot — first five processed

Processed from `bangkok-urls-collected.txt`, items 1–5. Extraction used Instagram's public captioned embed plus downloaded public media. No logged-in browser session, password, cookies, or account settings were used.

## 1. Gala Bangkok — immersive fine dining

- Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMFj2qfJvb5/
- Creator: `@carlytravely`
- Type: Reel, 31.1 seconds; 51,177 views at extraction
- Caption: “Save this for your Bangkok trip” with Bangkok/fine-dining hashtags.
- Media findings: surreal, color-changing dining room; plated food presented as edible art.
- Place/entity: **Gala Bangkok** — recovered from on-screen text.
- On-screen claim: dinner only; **5,900+ THB / person** (also shown as about US$180).
- Confidence: high for creator, format, place name and visual theme; medium for price/opening-hours claim because it comes from the creator’s video and was not independently verified.

## 2. Thailand “secret places” travel reel

- Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNXa_IdxBIU/
- Creator: `@itsalexbentley`
- Type: Reel, 14.3 seconds; 26,673 views at extraction
- Caption: “But you’re ruining it … No. This is our planet. FOLLOW for more insights on life in Thailand and Asia.”
- On-screen destinations:
  1. **Ko Kradan** — white sand, turquoise water, “no crowds”, “best beach in the world”.
  2. **Phu Langka** — above-the-clouds views, sunrise, “no tourists”.
  3. **Thi Lo Su** — described as Thailand’s biggest waterfall, deep in the jungle, hard to reach.
- Confidence: high for the three names and the fact that these are creator claims; low-to-medium for “no crowds”, “best”, “biggest” and “100% worth it”, which are promotional claims rather than verified facts.

## 3. Chenin — pizza at a wine bar

- Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DPY5oMUk4il/
- Creator: `@micocruz`
- Type: Reel, 57.6 seconds; 293,436 views at extraction
- Caption: says the best pizza in Bangkok is at a vibey wine bar on Sukhumvit and identifies **Chenin**, `@chenin.bkk`, at **1st floor, 29/4 Sukhumvit 31, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110**.
- Media findings: pizza-like dish heavily topped with grated cheese and orange sauce; food-focused restaurant visit.
- Confidence: high for place/address as captioned; low for the superlative “best pizza”. The public embed exposed the cover image but not a downloadable video URL in this pass.

## 4. Hannibal Bar — Chinatown rooftop bar

- Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQ05-wyDz6j/
- Creator: `@travisleon1`
- Type: Reel, 55.3 seconds; 120,099 views at extraction
- Caption: identifies **@hannibalbar.bkk** in **Chinatown Bangkok** and calls it an unusual hidden bar.
- Media findings: nighttime arrival through/inside a mall, rooftop setting, strong purple lighting, a large Chinese-style statue, and cocktails.
- Confidence: high for venue and Chinatown association from the caption; medium for “hidden” and any claim about uniqueness.

## 5. Animal-themed waterside café — venue unresolved

- Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQnEtYZCE4Y/
- Creator: `@withlaya`
- Type: Reel, 15.0 seconds; 81,056 views at extraction
- Caption: none exposed in the public embed.
- Media findings: on-screen title **“Cutest Cafe in Bangkok”**; sheep, waterside seating, small themed electric cars and floating vehicles. A background sign appears to begin “I LOVE …”, but it is not legible enough to store as a venue name.
- Place/entity: unresolved; do not infer a café name from this post alone.
- Confidence: high for the visible features; low for venue identity and any current operating details.

## Pilot verdict

The extraction approach is viable: captions, creator, media type, view count, place names, addresses and useful on-screen text can be recovered for public posts. The next improvements should be:

1. automatic frame sampling + OCR for every Reel;
2. optional local audio transcription for speech that captions omit;
3. entity resolution against maps/official venue pages before treating prices, hours or superlatives as facts;
4. a separate `claim` versus `verified_fact` field so influencer language does not become trusted data.

Audio transcription was not run in this five-item pass because the local Whisper runtime is not installed yet.