BangkokBoats
21 NOVEMBER 2012 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: The ticket taker makes change for a passenger on a pedestrian ferry on Khlong Saen Saeb in Bangkok. There are only a few ferries that cross the Khlong. They use a winch to pull the boat across the Khlong. The fare is 2 Thai Baht, about $0.10 (US). Bangkok used to be criss crossed by canals (called Khlongs in Thai) but most have been filled in and paved over. Khlong Saen Saeb is one of the few remaining khlongs in Bangkok with regular passenger boat service. Khlong Saen Saeb was dug in 1837 to be a military supply line from Bangkok to Siamese armies battling Annamese (now Vietnamese) forces in what is now Cambodia. Boats and ships play an important in daily life in Bangkok. Thousands of people commute to work daily on the Chao Phraya Express Boats and fast boats that ply Khlong Saen Saeb. Boats are used to haul commodities through the city to deep water ports for export. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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- © Jack Kurtz
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