ready for landing

home sweet baan wan

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October 21st 2007
Ahhh ... here I am again amongst my smiles and curries. It was a relief to get off the train and know not only where I was going, but how much it cost and how to outsmart the hustlers. Once again I could strut broken sidewalks with sincere confidence (as opposed to my put-on new york face shielding a quivering little meg inside screaming "where are we going?? what's that smell? did that gu ... 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