Thailand communities have always been defined and sometimes erased by the nation’s waterways. Here is something about the rarely mentioned expat community of the past that was washed away by the Chao Phraya River: Washed Away: The lost city of New Amsterdam
Also: City’s river roots washed away – Bangkok Post, October 30, 2011
The water-based culture that adapted to life alongside rivers and canals has been drowned by modernity, and our ability to cope with floods has gone with it…