Ronald & Tony

The dragon of the canals

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Wide view from a passenger long-tail boat on the Chao Phraya River. Wat Arun on the far bank, its pale ceramic-covered central prang unmistakable, four smaller prangs and Thai orange-roofed temple buildings. Ronald and Tony foreground; Karen and Harly seated, Chai at the stern. All human boat occupants wear orange life jackets. : Caption: Bangkok, Thailand. Tony: Now that is a tower! Chai: Wat Arun. The Temple of Dawn.

Closer on Tony and Ronald; Wat Arun still across the river. Tony cranes his neck. : Tony: Does someone live at the top? Ronald: It is part of a Buddhist temple. That tower is called a prang.

Later, the boat enters a quieter Thonburi canal, wooden waterside houses and red-and-gold Thai temple roofs, laundry and potted plants. Chai steers carefully. : Chai: These canals are called khlongs. Harly: A whole neighbourhood beside the water.

At a wooden landing, Mali waits anxiously beside an empty mooring and a loose rope. Boat safely tied, team looking up toward her. : Mali: Chai! My boat is gone. Chai: And the puppets? Mali: Still aboard.

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Wide view from a passenger long-tail boat on the Chao Phraya River. Wat Arun on the far bank, its pale ceramic-covered central prang unmistakable, four smaller prangs and Thai orange-roofed temple buildings. Ronald and Tony foreground; Karen and Harly seated, Chai at the stern. All human boat occupants wear orange life jackets.
Caption: Bangkok, Thailand. Tony: Now that is a tower! Chai: Wat Arun. The Temple of Dawn.

Closer on Tony and Ronald; Wat Arun still across the river. Tony cranes his neck.
Tony: Does someone live at the top? Ronald: It is part of a Buddhist temple. That tower is called a prang.

Later, the boat enters a quieter Thonburi canal, wooden waterside houses and red-and-gold Thai temple roofs, laundry and potted plants. Chai steers carefully.
Chai: These canals are called khlongs. Harly: A whole neighbourhood beside the water.

At a wooden landing, Mali waits anxiously beside an empty mooring and a loose rope. Boat safely tied, team looking up toward her.
Mali: Chai! My boat is gone. Chai: And the puppets? Mali: Still aboard.