Ferry to A-town

The dolce far niente of Southeast Asia

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April 5th 2007
In the early morning, a man is selling ice cream from a cart on Rambuttri Lane. He piles the scoops onto slabs of Italian bread, as if he were making a meatball sub. I don't know why this strikes me as stranger than putting ice cream in a cone, but it does. Trying to walk to the train station, we get lost in the maze of Chinatown. I am elated. For the first time, I feel as if I am in Thailand-- ... 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