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Published: February 3rd 2007
5:30 am. Sukhamvit area of Bangkok. It is still dark and I have decided to take an early stroll down to Lumpini Park, Bangkok's green oasis of lesiure in the midst of this giant Mexico City of South East Asia. I haunt the streets virutally alone but a few high-heeled and mini-skirted ladies are out who are finishing a night's work and the ochre-robed monks are just beginning their begging rounds...
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Hilary
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yew tee Krung Tep na ka
'wadee ka, Ryan! I believe we have a mutual friend? One madrileno se llama Marcial? He told me to check out your blog some time. I live in Lampang, Thailand, but I'm here in Krung Tep (Bangkok) to see my family out tomorrow. They're on a beer run. To 7-11 of course. I'll read your second blog on Thailand when I have the chance. And that's right--you don't be knockin' The King. A man from Switzerland was just imprisoned (7-year minimum, I believe) for defacing a public royal portrait. King Bhumipol will probably live on as one of Thailand's most revered monarchs, up there with Rama V. He has donated millions of his own personal money to agricultural progress and other forms of rural development, as well as to tsunami relief efforts. His own grandson died on the Andaman Coast. Personally, I'm a bit jealous that we Americans don't have some one like him to look up to these days. Chok dee na, Hil