The Incredible Story of the Village Surrounding Thailand's Biggest Airport

Before the airport, there was a highway. Before the highway, a railroad. Before the railroad, a canal, and before the canal...a thousand years of ethnic Mon habitation and a critical part of what would become today's Thailand.

This week, we're exploring the long and winding road that led to the construction of Suvarnabhumi International Airport, visiting the old sites, exploring rare and fascinating immigrant communities and eating everything we can, as we try to figure out just what's out there, in the fields and developments around the worlds 17th-busiest airport.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:31 - Hua Takhe
3:42 - Rama V's Canal
5:38 - Udomphol Morning Market
7:11 - Burmese Food and 100-Year Old Snacks
9:33 - The Railroad
11:59 - Tai Yai
13:18 - The Lost Battalion
15:17 - Shan State-Yunnan-Northern Thai Feast
16:42 - And Then Came the Airport
19:40 - Don't Call Me Shirley
21:48 - The Impact of Suvarnabumhi
24:02 - Watching the Planes Land

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