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The Boy Who Cried 'Spider'

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March 17th 2009
The exhalation of fresh air that was traditional Laos soon gave way to the inhalation of another new world, light years ahead. Just steps over the border into Thailand, we were greeted with the warm luminous glow of 7/11 signs and other amenities that represent modern civilization. As wonderful as Laos was in its primitivism, it was great to be able to stroll inside those glass doors and see fam ... 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