Following Bangkok?s canals, or khlongs, is an instructive experience. Running like arteries through the city, they still act as a transport network. But they can also represent a sort of visual fissure, a direct symbol of some of the city?s fractures.
The Chao Phraya River, which feeds the khlong system, proudly boasts river-view apartments and luxury hotels. Indeed, a sunset reflected in its hazy surface, seen from any number of buildings that hug its banks, is still something everyone should experience at least once.
Klong-side is far less romantic. The clogged-up waterways often double as sewers, putrid in the summer sun, a haven for mosquitos in the cool of the evening.
Source: http://www.cnngo.com/bangkok/shop/photo-gallery-curiosities-and-altruism-khlong-lod-market-031652
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