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Country Roads Take Me Home

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September 13th 2010
The most popular English language song in the Kingdom of Thailand is John Denver’s Country Roads. That’s right ladies and gentlemen John “that dude from The Muppets Christmas thing” Denver is a great big shining star here. However strange that syrupy West Virginia ditty is somewhat fitting given that I am now deep in the Thai countryside in the Northern City of Chang Mai. Chang Mai is t ... 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