The virtues of sticky rice.
August 25th 2006 From the hustle and bustle of Bangkok we travelled east by VIP bus (a double decker coach with air-con and lurid interior decor complete with flashing lights and pelmets) to the Cambodian border on Thai high quality highways. At the border things changed in many ways. We suddenly hit signs of abject poverty, children and amputees begging and a noticeable deterioration of the road system - i.e. the
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