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Post 370: Bangkok Ghosts II

A few weeks ago, I mentioned the Hopewell Towers running towards Don Meuang Airport in Bangkok, the Ghosts of a mass transit system that was never completed. They've stood for fifteen years and are made from concrete, so should probably stand for a little while longer......



Unfortunately the few sections that had horizontal platforms in place were supported with metal scaffold. Metal prices must be rising because somebody came along and started to steal it .....

....... and on Sunday, just like the Asian economy that had brought them to their current status, it collapsed.

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