Home sweet home
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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]
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] Blog: The Clock Stopped!
Date: March 16th 2005
The morning begins with the reville of roosters. Their throaty exhorations seem to command that I wake up and roll out of bed - literally, for our matresses are now on the floor of our bamboo bungalows. I'm awake before the rest of camp this morning and have to tiptoe past the sleeping bodies out to the veranda, just in time for sunrise over the mountains. The jungle is silent for the brief mome ... read more
Date: March 16th 2005
The morning begins with the reville of roosters. Their throaty exhorations seem to command that I wake up and roll out of bed - literally, for our matresses are now on the floor of our bamboo bungalows. I'm awake before the rest of camp this morning and have to tiptoe past the sleeping bodies out to the veranda, just in time for sunrise over the mountains. The jungle is silent for the brief mome ... read more
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Back home in corn fed Illinois for three months and counting; already my feet have a nervous twitch in them. Restless dreams filled with rice plantations, muddy rivers, brightly colored sashes and delightful smiles of grubby children follow me through the day. A plane drones overhead and I look up wondering where the lucky adventurers are flying off to ...and the wheels start turning in my own mind, thinking of where I'll go for the next trip abroad. It's a wonderful addiction. ... full info
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