Many term them Jim Thompson houses, after the legendary U.S. silktrader, and in fact the houses had been moved by Thompson for a friend who owned them.
Travel on this canal for designer (and knockoff) shopping at Siam Square and visit the Jim Thompson House, the beautiful teak museum home of an American silktrader, and other central Bangkok sites such as the Bo Bae wholesale clothing market or the hip Thonglor neighbourhood, full of boutiques and cafes.