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The Main Canal  
   

The Main Canal

After lunch, I changed from the little canal / little boat to the main canal and a larger boat. Here on the main canal were the homes of the people at work in the market.
Floating Market, Samut Songkhram, Thailand

May 10th 2008
Geo: 13.3288, 99.9275I booked a day trip with my Guest house to visit the Floating Market about an hour outside of Bangkok. (The pick up was at 7am! I guess the market is only open in the morning. Ugh!) I understand floating markets are an endangered form of exchange in Thailand as many village people are migrating to use larger markets in the cities. So there are fewer of these left, and I ... read more
Asia » Thailand

Thai Flag 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
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