hai oarsmen row during the Royal barge ceremony along the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok on December 12, 2019. (Photo: AFP/Lillian SUWANRUMPHA)

BANGKOK: Flanked by more than 2,000 oarsmen rowing to a steady drumbeat, Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn travelled down Bangkok's Chao Phraya river as part of a 52-barge flotilla on Thursday (Dec 12), marking the final event of his coronation.