On the Klong to Lat Krabang

The klongs arount Bangkok often are covered with plants and hyacinths which makes a go on drive through the cannel very difficult or sometimes impossible. The man tries to clean the surface of a part the klong without getting any success.

Beside a klong in Minburi outside Bangkok. The heavy stork bird finds its placre on the smallest bough. Its rearl, not edited or fixed with computer technic. It seems that the bird likes shaking in the tree.

In the few places remaining klongs are, though pungent, still picturesque. Old bridges survive, crooked houses still crowd the waters edge. Outside the capitel of Bangkok still are some beautiful khlongs which survived draining or filling the chanal because of the risk of cholera they posed, or to make way for badly needed roads.

Most of the famous canals in Bangkok are gone forever, just outside the city still they are. Klongs were used for transportation and for floating markets, but also for sewage disposal. The local resident rowing his boat on the canal is planting water vegetable and several varieties of leafy greens.

Real nice atmosphere happen in Minburi where still the Klongs survived destruction. But ther is nearly no traffic on the water due the handicap of water hyacinths on the water surface.

The hyacinth field serves as an ideal resting place for a variety of birds. Seen and captured in center of an industry area at Minburi a suburb of Bangkok.

A catch with a net like this has become impossible there. Local residents do not the fish net anymore.

A spectator who barked a "Hey you" from the bridge.

Slum huts along the Klong in Minburi a suburb of Bangkok. The satellite dish seams to be fixed everywhere on almost every hut.