I carry my camera with me just about everywhere I go, because you never know what interesting, blog-worthy things you will see. Case in point: as Tawn and I were driving down Soi Phom Phong (Sukhumvit 39) we saw a group of laborers driving piles for the construction of a guard shack.
No large pieces of machinery for these construction workers. No pile driver banging away with an incessant “clang”, “clang”, “clang.” Instead, the scene was all smiles and song.
I pulled the car over and walked back to take some pictures and shoot some video. Here, in 90 seconds, is a taste of Thai pile driving.
Neat, huh?
christao408 
wow..that was neat!
I have never known that piles can be driven that way! Very funny. Thanks for sharing.
it does make you marvel at how many ancient sites, like the pyramids, were built… oh, the power of people
Very neat. Reminds me of India, when the women in the paddy fields would sing while picking the sheaves of rice or even while planting them. No technical help needed there either. Thanks for posting this.
Classic.. that is why good journalists always have a camera ready.
lol that’s awesome!!!
@AppsScraps – Yeah, it is interesting what the human body (armed with a few effective tools) can do.
@maxwebr – Not only good journalists, but paparazzi, too! =)
@Worldlyme – @choyshinglin – @ZSA_MD – @yang1815 – Glad you liked it. I’m always tickled by the interesting things I see here.
Amazing that they were all able to keep balanced by each keeping a stick. So I gather the singing is to help them coordinate their movements? I hope they are not building a high rise with this technique!