A view from the top

A visit to Monk’s bowl village, and a gold mount

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July 13th 2009
Ever wonder where monks go to buy bowls? I imagine many of you are nodding your heads in agreement, having wondered the same thing often. Turns out that in Bangkok, they all go to the same place - the aptly named monk’s bowl village. Monk’s bowl village, or as the cool kids call it, MBV (editor’s note: no one calls it this), is tucked away on a skinny alley in the middle of what seemed to ... 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