Monkeys everywhere!

Monkey Business

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June 26th 2006
Last week the director of my school asked me to go along with some foreign teachers from different provinces (as well as a couple Thai teachers to translate) to do an English camp for the directors and sub-directors of schools in the Lopburi province. I looked up Lopburi in my guide book and what is it famous for? Instead of Bangkok's stray dogs, Lopburi is overrun with monkeys. I agreed immediate ... 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