Reams of black wiring suspended between poles, haphazardly bundled into nest-like knots, and often hanging at head height are a common sight in Bangkok, and has become almost synonymous with the city.
“If you walk around my area, there are many wire bundles hanging down to human height or sitting on the ground along the pedestrian walkway,” says Kullapa Sakkaravech, a language teacher from Bangkok.
She lives in what is considered “the new central business district” of Bangkok yet says “clouds of wire bundles” still hang in front of her apartment. “Apart from being unappealing, this can potentially be dangerous for kids and especially hazardous during flood or raining season.”
However, following a tweet by actor Russell Crowe, that could be about to change.
In a post captioned “Bangkok dreaming”, Crowe, who was in Thailand throughout September and October filming a…
