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Viral Clip Shows Foreign Man Swimming in Bangkok’s Filthy Khlong Saen Saep


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Kids swim in it all the time. And yes, they are likely killing themselves. 
That khlong could be one of the city's great treasures. 

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  On 12/2/2024 at 4:58 AM, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

These khlongs are a great filthy reminder why I'm grateful every time I go back to America and can actually swim in the water and breathe clean air.

 

What happened to the days when BKK was the Venice of the East and there was pride in the waterways here? What a joke!

 

As for the farang he's stoned off his nut.

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Back when Bangkok was known as The Venice of the East did it actually have a proper sewage system? Although I suppose the population would've been massively smaller in those days.

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There was/is a constant fish kill in Khlong Saen Saeb - my guess from fish swimming in an area where toxin was released and then drifting downstream. I also saw a dead 9ft (including tail) crocodile floating by one day. Big enough to take a young child or dog.

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  On 12/2/2024 at 5:17 AM, neeray said:

I see that he is an experienced diver and swimmer but was he somehow aware of what might have lurked below the surface, ie laundry machines, stoves, cars, sunken boats, various steel structures? Boat traffic is not a fair measure as they only require a couple feet of water.

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Exactly.

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  On 12/2/2024 at 5:17 AM, neeray said:

I see that he is an experienced diver and swimmer but was he somehow aware of what might have lurked below the surface, ie laundry machines, stoves, cars, sunken boats, various steel structures?

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That's probably why he didn't go in head first.

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I felt into that Klong once while getting off the boat at the Wittayu stop, lost one of my shoes and luckily managed to keep my head off the water. climbed up with my backpack and my laptop also got fried...

was walking home bare foot and fully soaked in black water 😄

 

That water is a very high risk to contract either a GI infection, like rotavirus. I got rotavirus once, it's so bad. with that water you can even get a urinary infection.

 

The water in many canals in Thailand do have a lot of ecoli and rotavirus, because it gets a lot of sewage released from overflow in most households. The houses around the canal discharge sewage straight into the canals.

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  On 12/2/2024 at 5:25 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

I know.  Re-read my mistyped post that was edited before you posted.

"That's probably why he didn't go in head first.

Edited 3 minutes ago by Liverpool Lou"

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Hmm. I posted that after watching the video two more times to make sure of what I was seeing, AND I posted it before you corrected your errant post. It's okay, mistakes happen.

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