Floating Market, Kanchanburi.

Adventures in Kanchanburi, Thailand.

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May 1st 2007
This morning I got up early and boarded a bus to an area south of Bangkok, Kanchanburi, after around one and a half hours I came to the floating market, which is a predominately Chinese area. All of the canals were dug by the immigrating chinese who wanted to feel a little closer to home. Now days there are really no cars in this area, and most households have at least one "James Bond Boat" which ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more