Life on the lao-lao
January 29th 2007 Ah, Thailand: like Reading in the Premiership, it's definitely been the surprise package of our trip so far. Before coming here we had been fearing the worst. We'd heard that there were too many tourists (including grubby buggers who don't go there for the temples), too much development and, on the eve of our arrival, a best-not-tell-the-parents bombing campaign in Bangkok. Nevertheless, we were q
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