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Published: July 22nd 2017
Geo: 13.7185, 100.518Today we decided to see the other side of Bangkok. We chartered what is known here as a Long Tail Speedboat. It is a long narrow boat powered by an unusual variation of an outboard motor. Basically it is an automobile motor (no muffler or pollution controls) with a very long shaft which extends into the water with a propeller which can be tipped into the water. They are very f...
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Hope you kept your mouth shut while riding the long boats as the water spray can be quite toxic. I always got a kick out off seeing some people along the river have their feet in the river water while watching tv. The tv had to be mounted h
igh on the walls in their homes as their abodes would be flooded by seasonal rains or waves made by boats as they pass.