16 FEBRUARY 2017 - THEPHARAK, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND: Passengers in a small boat that serves as a ferry taking people across Khlong Samrong, in the Bangkok suburbs. The boatman pulls it across using a system of ropes and pulleys. The boatman has been working on the boat since he was a child. Small ferries like this used to be common in Bangkok but many of the khlongs (the canals that used to crisscross Bangkok) have been filled in and bridges have been across the remaining khlongs. Now there are only a handful of the ferries left. This ferry charges 2 Baht (the equivalent of about .06¢ US) per person to take a person across the khlong.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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