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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Motor scooters at a rail crossing in Phnom Penh. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The bamboo train in back pushes the bamboo train in front after the first one ran out of gas on the tracks in central Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers ride a bamboo train in rural Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers ride a bamboo train while the train driver (center) operates it in rural Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A man drives a bamboo train in central Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A passenger crawls through the window into a passenger car on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train in rural Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train ride on a flat car. Passengers on the train ride where ever there is space, the passenger cars, the flat cars and the boxcars are all packed. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train ride on a flat car. Passengers on the train ride where ever there is space, the passenger cars, the flat cars and the boxcars are all packed. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers in the Phnom Penh, Cambodia, train station wait for the weekly train to Battambang to depart. It is the only passenger train in Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the 1970's and late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The main terminal in the Phnom Penh train station. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The main terminal in the Phnom Penh train station. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Men eat and socialize in front of their home, an abandoned train boxcar in the Phnom Penh train station. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A passenger car on a Cambodian train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers ride a bamboo train in rural Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Train drivers put together a bamboo train in central Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. When two bamboo trains meet, the lighter train is taken apart to allow the heavier one to pass. Both drivers take apart and put together the train. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Train drivers put together a bamboo train in central Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. When two bamboo trains meet, the lighter train is taken apart to allow the heavier one to pass. Both drivers take apart and put together the train. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A passenger on a bamboo train gives free advice to the train driver in central Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers wait for a bamboo train to get underway in central Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers sit on the floor and in hammocks they bring with them when they ride in the boxcar on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Barbecued meat vendors on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train in rural Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A train security officer watches the Cambodian countryside roll by on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers sit on the floor and in hammocks they bring with them when they ride in the boxcar on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. Passengers sit wherever they can find space - in the few passenger cars on the train, the flat cars and the box cars. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers sit on the floor and in hammocks they bring with them when they ride in the boxcar on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. Passengers sit wherever they can find space - in the few passenger cars on the train, the flat cars and the box cars. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers sit on the floor and in hammocks they bring with them when they ride in the boxcar on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. Passengers sit wherever they can find space - in the few passenger cars on the train, the flat cars and the box cars. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers sit on the floor and in hammocks they bring with them when they ride in the boxcar on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. Passengers sit wherever they can find space - in the few passenger cars on the train, the flat cars and the box cars. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers sit on the floor and in hammocks they bring with them when they ride in the boxcar on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. Passengers sit wherever they can find space - in the few passenger cars on the train, the flat cars and the box cars. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A train security officer with his AK-47 on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train as it rolls through rural Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A train security officer watches the Cambodian countryside roll by on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train ride on a flat car. Passengers on the train ride where ever there is space, the passenger cars, the flat cars and the boxcars are all packed. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A man stands in the doorway of a passenger car on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train ride on a flat car. Passengers on the train ride where ever there is space, the passenger cars, the flat cars and the boxcars are all packed. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A passenger leans out the door of the Phnom Penh - Battambang train as it travels through rural Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Boys ride the Phnom Penh - Battambang passenger train in Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The Phnom Penh - Battambang passenger train passes huts on the side of the tracks in Phnom Penh. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A girl and her mother on the train from Phnom Penh to Battambang, Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers in the Phnom Penh, Cambodia, train station wait for the weekly train to Battambang to depart. It is the only passenger train in Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the 1970's and late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers in the Phnom Penh, Cambodia, train station wait for the weekly train to Battambang to depart. It is the only passenger train in Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the 1970's and late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers in the Phnom Penh, Cambodia, train station wait for the weekly train to Battambang to depart. It is the only passenger train in Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the 1970's and late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: HON VOEAN, 48 years old, in her home, an abandoned boxcar in the Phnom Penh train station. Hon lost her home when her husband died and moved into the boxcar, which has been her home for six years. Hundreds of people live in the Phnom Penh rail yards, some in abandoned train cars, others in small shacks they have built near the tracks. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: HON VOEAN, 48 years old, in her home, an abandoned boxcar in the Phnom Penh train station. Hon lost her home when her husband died and moved into the boxcar, which has been her home for six years. Hundreds of people live in the Phnom Penh rail yards, some in abandoned train cars, others in small shacks they have built near the tracks. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A cow grazes in an abandoned freight flatbed car in the Phnom Penh train station. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A cow grazes in an abandoned freight flatbed car in the Phnom Penh train station. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Rail workers wait for work in the Phnom Penh train station. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Workers unload cement from Thailand from a freight train in the Phnom Penh train station. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: The interior of a boxcar on a Cambodian train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers ride a bamboo train in rural Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A woman rides the "Bamboo Train" in rural Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A bamboo train on the tracks in central Cambodia. The "bamboo trains" run along the government tracks in rural Cambodia. Bamboo mats are fitted over wheels which ride on the rails. The contraption is powered by a either a motorcycle or lawn mower engine. The Cambodian government would like to get rid of the bamboo trains, but with only passenger train in the country, that runs only one day a week, the bamboo trains meet a need the government trains do not. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A train passenger with his dog and chickens. Passengers on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train ride on a flat car. Passengers on the train ride where ever there is space, the passenger cars, the flat cars and the boxcars are all packed. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Barbecued meat vendors on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train in rural Cambodia. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A passenger walks through the Cambodian countryside roll by on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers sit on the floor and in hammocks they bring with them when they ride in the boxcar on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. Passengers sit wherever they can find space - in the few passenger cars on the train, the flat cars and the box cars. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Passengers sit on the floor and in hammocks they bring with them when they ride in the boxcar on the Phnom Penh - Battambang train. Passengers sit wherever they can find space - in the few passenger cars on the train, the flat cars and the box cars. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A girl in a hammock on the Phnom Penh - Battambang passenger train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A Buddhist monk sits in the hammock he brought for the Phnom Penh - Battambang passenger train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 01 JULY 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A Buddhist monk sits in the hammock he brought for the Phnom Penh - Battambang passenger train. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: A vendor grills corn while a freight train pulls through the yards in the Phnom Penh train station. Hundreds of people live in the train station, some in abandoned train cars, others in small shacks near the tracks. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 30 JUNE 2006 - PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: HON VOEAN, 48 years old, in her home, an abandoned boxcar in the Phnom Penh train station. Hon lost her home when her husband died and moved into the boxcar, which has been her home for six years. Hundreds of people live in the Phnom Penh rail yards, some in abandoned train cars, others in small shacks they have built near the tracks. While much of Cambodia's infrastructure has been rebuilt since the wars which tore the country apart in the late 1980s, the train system is still in disrepair. There is now only one passenger train in the country. It runs from Phnom Penh to the provincial capitol Battambang and it runs only one day a week. It takes 12 hours to complete the 190 mile journey.  Photo by Jack Kurtz / ZUMA Press
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A small ferry crosses the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A small ferry crosses the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A small ferry crosses the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A small ferry crosses the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  An offering on the bow of a small ferry that takes people acrss the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: BOM, the operator of a small ferry on the River Kwai near Kanchanaburi, chats with one of his passengers. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: BOM, the operator of a small ferry on the River Kwai near Kanchanaburi, chats with one of his passengers. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A passenger on the small ferry that goes across the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A passenger on the small ferry that goes across the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  An offering on the bow of a small ferry that takes people acrss the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  An offering on the bow of a small ferry that takes people acrss the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A passenger sits with BOM, the operator of a small ferry on the River Kwai near Kanchanaburi. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A passenger on the small ferry that goes across the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A passenger on the small ferry that goes across the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: BOM, the operator of a small ferry on the River Kwai near Kanchanaburi. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A passenger on the small ferry that goes across the River Kwai. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A woman riding a small ferry across the River Kwai takes off her motorcycle helmet. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: A woman riding a small ferry across the River Kwai takes off her motorcycle helmet. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND:  Motorcyclists riding a ferry across the River Kwai leave the ferry it docked on the west side of the river. The ferry goes across the River Kwai downriver from downtown Kanchanaburi, the site of the famous "Bridge on the River Kwai." Small ferries like this, once common on Thai river crossings, are disappearing because Thailand has dramatically improved its infrastructure since this ferry started operating about 50 years ago. The ferry operator said his grandfather started the ferry, with a small raft he would pole across the river, in the late 1960s. Now his family has a metal boat with an inboard engine. There are large vehicle bridges across the river about 5 miles north and south of this ferry crossing, but for people in rural communities on the west side of the river the ferry is still the most convenient way to cross the river.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2019 - PHRA PRADAENG, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  Passengers on  motrbikes check their smart phones on a motorcycle and vehicle ferry crossing the Chao Phraya River in Phra Pradaeng. The use of vehicle ferries across the river has gone down as the government has built bridges to connect communities on both sides of the river. The Phra Pradaeng ferries are the busiest vehicle ferries in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Since the BTS Skytrain now comes close to the ferry, the number of commuters going into Bangkok that use the ferry has increased.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2019 - PHRA PRADAENG, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A passenger with a Chihuahuadog on a motorcycle and vehicle ferry that crosses the Chao Phraya River in Phra Pradaeng. The use of vehicle ferries across the river has gone down as the government has built bridges to connect communities on both sides of the river. The Phra Pradaeng ferries are the busiest ferries in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Since the BTS Skytrain now stops a few kilometers from the ferry, the number of commuters going into Bangkok that use the ferry has increased.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2019 - PHRA PRADAENG, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A man reads his morning newspaper on a motorcycle and vehicle ferry that crosses the Chao Phraya River in Phra Pradaeng, in the suburbs south of Bangkok. The use of vehicle ferries across the river has gone down as the government has built bridges to connect communities on both sides of the river. The Phra Pradaeng ferries are the busiest vehicle ferries in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Since the BTS Skytrain now comes close to the ferry, the number of commuters going into Bangkok that use the ferry has increased.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 22 JANUARY 2019 - PHRA PRADAENG, SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  A man reads his morning newspaper on a motorcycle and vehicle ferry that crosses the Chao Phraya River in Phra Pradaeng, in the suburbs south of Bangkok. The use of vehicle ferries across the river has gone down as the government has built bridges to connect communities on both sides of the river. The Phra Pradaeng ferries are the busiest vehicle ferries in the Bangkok metropolitan area. Since the BTS Skytrain now comes close to the ferry, the number of commuters going into Bangkok that use the ferry has increased.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 09 JANUARY 2019 - KANCHANABURI, THAILAND: Thai students on a school field trip run in front of a train stopped in the station at the "Bridge On the River Kwai" in Kanchanaburi. Hundreds of thousands of Asian slave laborers and Allied prisoners of war died in World War II constructing the "Death Railway" between Bangkok and Rangoon (now Yangon), Burma (now Myanmar) for the Japanese during World War II.  The bridge is now one of the most famous tourist attractions in Thailand.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 06 DECEMBER 2018 - SAMUT PRAKAN, THAILAND:  The Erawan Museum on the newly opened east expansion of the BTS Skytrain in Samut Prakan. The Erawan Museum is a landmark in Samut Prakan. The 12.6 kilometer (7.8 miles) east extension of the Sukhumvit Line of the Bangkok BTS Skytrain goes into Samut Prakan, a town east of Bangkok.  The system is now 51 kilometers long (32 miles), including the 12.6 kilometer extension that opened December 06. About 900,000 people per day use the BTS.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 OCTOBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Commuters wait to board subway trains (called the MRT in Bangkok) in the Sukhumvit MRT station.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 26 OCTOBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Commuters wait to board subway trains (called the MRT in Bangkok) in the Sukhumvit MRT station.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 15 OCTOBER 2018 - INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA: A robot, designed and built by South Korean electronics conglomerate LG, helps travelers navigate Incheon International Airport near Seoul. The robots understand and speak four languages; Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese, and were introduced before the South Korean 2018 Winter Olympics.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: along the main set of train tracks that leave Bangkok and go into the Thai provinces.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: along the main set of train tracks that leave Bangkok and go into the Thai provinces.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: along the main set of train tracks that leave Bangkok and go into the Thai provinces.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: along the main set of train tracks that leave Bangkok and go into the Thai provinces.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: along the main set of train tracks that leave Bangkok and go into the Thai provinces.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: along the main set of train tracks that leave Bangkok and go into the Thai provinces.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: along the main set of train tracks that leave Bangkok and go into the Thai provinces.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 SEPTEMBER 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Travelers get free haircuts at Hua Lamphong train station in Bangkok. Barber schools set up in the station and offer free haircuts to travelers.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 16 JULY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Maintenance workers repair and clean third class train cars in the railroad yard at Thonburi train station in Bangkok.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 10 MAY 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: Belgian and Thai flags on the Thai Belgian Bridge in Bangkok. The bridge is an overpass over a congested Bangkok intersection and was built with Belgian aid money. The flags were flying to mark 150 years of diplomatic relations between Belgium and Thailand.        PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 11 APRIL 2018 - BANGKOK, THAILAND:  Hua Lamphong train station in Bangkok on the first day of the Songkran travel period. Songkran is the traditional Thai New Year and is one of the busiest travel periods of the year as Thais leave the capital and go back to their home provinces or resorts in tourist areas. Trains and busses are typically jammed the day before the three day Songkran holiday starts. The government has extended the official holiday period through Monday, 16 April because one day of the Songkran holiday fell on the weekend, giving many workers a five day holiday.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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