The old fifteen hundred foot long Saphan Mon Bridge in Thailand's Sangkhlaburi town was, until it collapsed in July of this year, the second longest bridge of it's type in the world. Not only was the bridge necessary for their daily activities, it was also a well known tourist attraction.Knowing full well that the authorities would take forever to fix the situation, the two peoples on either side of the Song Kalia River, the Thais and the ethnic Mon people, were determined to show they were a united community. Five hundred folk from the two villages built this beautiful bamboo bridge and completed this wonderful piece of floating engineering in only six days.
People can make the impossible happen...
