Koh Kret, Thailand An island with it’s own culture The Chao
Phraya river slowly snakes it’s way through Bangkok and into the
mouth of the sea. For centuries it has been a primary
transportation method, including the movement of products and of
people. Just as a vein twists and turns through your body,
pumping the vital life nutrients and oxygen throughout, rivers
have a very similar 2 dimensional twists and turns. Some of
these twists almost appear as if the river will fold back in on
itself on the return. This switchback navigation is of course
not ideal, as the fastest way from point A to point B is a
straight line. You can imagine how much slower and strenuous
that would be moving upstream, especially before the days of
motors! This begins the story of how Bangkok’s very own island
of Koh Kret was born into the world. (Variations of the spelling
include Ko Kret, and Koh Kred). Slavery, sadly, has at one point
or another found it’s way to nearly every corner of the world.
In Thailand’s past, it was the indi