WILL the 329-year-old dream, dating back to the time of King Narai the Great, of connecting the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea become a reality in the not-so-distant future?
The answer is probably yes, it seems, especially with the price of oil rising the way it has in the past months. The economic imperative of opening the route has suddenly sidelined centuries-old security concerns, but there are still lots of hurdles to be overcome.
