Kayaking up the creek in Bangkok again

Kayaking up the creek in Bangkok again
March 30th, 2009
Its school holidays now so our team was free to take two groups of teenagers to the swamp opposite our slum. The first day Chris neighbourhood teens from Rom Glao did 11km throught the swamp and back up the river. The second day it was the guys from my hood Lok 4 taking the same route as before but this time exploring a new way back through the swamp to avoid the downstream tide of the main river. We still had 2km upstream paddling against a quickly emptying swamp. Apparently they close the tide gates on the weekends only for the floating market. We went in the middle of the week.

I hope these photos convey some of the fun and trials we went through. The boys are all asking whats the next challenge. Open sea? Deserted islands? Stay tuned for the next adventure. Click on the photos for a description.