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Jelly beans? Not...silk cocoons  
   

Jelly beans? Not...silk cocoons

No photography day!!!

January 27th 2014
Hello again blogging buddies,time to tell you again about one of my recent days out and about here in BKK.I am still referencing the Lonely Planet guide book for inspiration and direction and on their list of must sees in Bangkok, Jim Thompson's house. Jim Thompson was the man credited with taking the Thai Silk industry and revitalizing it by introducing it to the world. Thompson was an Americ ... read more
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Thai Flag 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
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