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Carp Feeding Frenzy  
   

Carp Feeding Frenzy

I stepped off the boat at the pier to Wat Arun and came across thousands of 2' carp in a feeding frenzy. Locals were feeding them bread and they were clammering over one another, mouths agape in the open air swollowing huge chunks. No fish for me tonight.
6 Days in Bangkok

October 10th 2007
I arrived in Bangkok with the luck of having met two young Thai women on the plane from LA to Hong Kong who took me in under their wings for the first few days. Tawee and Nachi were life savers and made my transition into a new city and new culture all the easier. They work as bartenders on a crusie ship in the Bahammas - 7 days a week for 7 months straight for $14,000. They showed me around, took ... read more
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Thai Flag A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
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