Reclining Buddha

Taste of Thai: Part 1

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January 30th 2007
5:30 am. Sukhamvit area of Bangkok. It is still dark and I have decided to take an early stroll down to Lumpini Park, Bangkok's green oasis of lesiure in the midst of this giant Mexico City of South East Asia. I haunt the streets virutally alone but a few high-heeled and mini-skirted ladies are out who are finishing a night's work and the ochre-robed monks are just beginning their begging rounds ... 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