Foreign Friday

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Laundry Day
near Bangkok, Thailand
December 1979
I loved gently gliding down the river and snapping photos of the surroundings. As you can see the water was smooth and slow moving.

friendly children gliding down the river
near Bangkok, Thailand
December 1979
The river was so calm that it wasn't unusual to find children maneuvering boats to go on errands or to just have some fun.

I loved this area of Thailand: gorgeous scenery and friendly people

Comments

  1. Changes in the windApril 8, 2016 at 7:55 AM

    They seem so young to be commanding a canoe.

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  2. kathy bApril 8, 2016 at 8:34 AM

    Ohhhhh ahhhhh the nervous peds nurse wants a flotation device on them asap!

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  3. Cranberry MorningApril 8, 2016 at 9:08 AM

    I love the sweet photo of the kids, especially!

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  4. KatherineApril 8, 2016 at 10:17 AM

    The water is so beautiful that it looks unreal. I love the photo of the clothes hanging on lines! I remember helping my mother hang clothes on the line while we talked about things that were happening in my life. It is a lost fellowship that mothers and daughters rarely share these days.

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  5. AnonymousApril 8, 2016 at 7:25 PM

    Can you imagine the outrage if anyone let their children do that here???

    I was basically living on my own by age 14. Now my parents would be in jail ---- well, maybe they should have been way back then too. But, nobody thought it odd that my parents would go away for two or three weeks and leave me home alone.

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  6. A Joyful CottageApril 9, 2016 at 7:46 AM

    I can see why you loved this area, Nancy. It's beautiful. The children are really cute and look so happy. Reading the previous comments I have to say that I live in Oregon where it wasn't uncommon for children to come and settle on their own. One family's grandfather was 12 when he came here with his 14 year-old brother and settled.

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  7. Judy April 10, 2016 at 7:17 PM

    The water looks so pretty and I love the laundry hanging to dry by the river.

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  8. Tracy BatchelderApril 11, 2016 at 10:08 AM

    I can see why you loved it here. We've gotten away from giving children responsibilities like these children seem to have.

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  9. elnsApril 11, 2016 at 12:44 PM

    I love these photos. Chao Phraya River!

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