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Hello my fellow travellers!
After another good nights sleep I feel very relaxed today and with no real plans I decided to just take this day at a very leisure pace. I began by taking the BTS Skytrain to go and visit the Jim Thompson House Museum.
Jim Thompson was a wealthy American silk manufacturer and former OSS/CIA agent who created a thriving business in Bangkok and created a world-wide dema...
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Home and Away
Bob Carlsen
I have some connection with Jim Thompson...
my Dad helped him find the traditional silk weaving villages in northeastern Thailand. And when he went missing on Easter Sunday 1967, I and my fellow high school students spent three days hunting for him the jungles of the Cameron Highlands. As a token of their appreciation, his company donated 400 meters of silk for the cover of our school yearbook. I'm pleased that you enjoyed your time in SE Asia! I've enjoyed your blogs.