Life at a Klong in Samutprakarn

Full speed on the Klong

Crossing the klong bridge in Samutprakarn

For sale in Bangkok

A bridge over nasty water

Primitive living conditions. Many are poor in Thailand.

Crossing the Klong with the 'ferry' 

The entrance and bridge to a home at the Klong... 

Typical simple home along the klongs in Thailand. 

Along a klong outside Bangkok.

Along a klong outside Bangkok.

A traditional 'Klong House' with fishing net outside Bangkok. 

Klong house in Samutprakarn. 

A Thai women washing her feets in the dirty klong water. There are many living along the canals or klongs as they are called here in Thailand. Most of them quite polluted.

Another mailbox at a klong house entrance. Bangkok. 

Thai children having fun in the klong outside Bangkok. 

A lonely mail box at a klong house entrance in outside Bangkok. 

A klong (canal) fisherman just coming up from a swim in the dirty klong water. Under a bridge in Samutprakarn provice, just outside Bangkok city. 

Sailing on a canal or Klong as it is called here in Thailand. In the Samutprakarn province. 

Cleaning up in the boat. Do not make to many sudden movements in that boat... 

The mailbox seems OK, but the entrance is a bit challenging...specially late in the evening. 

Fishing with net in the klong (canal) outside Bangkok City. 

Details from a wall in China.

Typical ice delivery truck to restaurants early in the morning in Bangkok.

A security fence at a klong bridge in Bang Phli.

A house entrance at a klong in Samutprakarn province. You need to watch your step coming home late here...

A quiet evening at the klong in Bang Phli. 

A klong in Samutprakarn. 

A Klong brigde, not for heavy duty og big loads. Samutprakarn in Thailand. 

The orphan children of Takuapa in Kao Lak area after the Tsunami. See their web site http://www.tsunamirelieffundthai.org/

Photo Knut Skaar

Living at the Klong...

Photo Knut Skaar

A Swiss farm house

Switzerland has had its coldest winter in 25 years. Here a farm hous in the winter landscape. All the fire logs are needed now!