Klong Taxi

This is the boat assistant and fare collector. He walks along the sides of the boat collecting fares, and he also jumps onto the platform each time the boat docks to help bring it to the pier and assist passengers. It looked as if all the assistants wore helmets, which I don't recall from the past. Passengers can use a pulley to pull up the plastic sheet to avoid being splashed with the lovely Klong water.

Ex Machina

August 21st 2017
A few years ago, I learned about a field in the eastern side of Bangkok where several aircraft had been abandoned. I immediately knew I had to experience this myself. When planning this flashpacking trip, I blinked in disbelief when I saw on united.com that I could fly Singapore-Bangkok-Sydney and return on Thai Airways for a paltry 70,000 miles, with BKK-SYD in First Class and the rest of the sec ... read more

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