Peek-a-boo

Set in concrete

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March 19th 2008
We caught the overnight train from Bangkok, on a rickety hulk of decaying metal, in a second-class, fan-cooled, seated compartment. I slept pretty well, despite the usual hullabaloo caused by the deluge of vendors pacing up and down the train, selling dried, salted squids, fried chicken, preserved fruits and beer Chang among many other things. Behind us an old woman whose deeply creased brow forme ... read more

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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