Creepy statues...see no evil indeed...

Bangkok

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December 2nd 2007
The fattest man I have ever seen has the most beautiful laugh. He sits in a stall in the northern quarter of Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok. At his right hand is a basket of kanom and at his left is a cheerleader’s amplifier complete with pom pom sticker for some Thai high school marching band. His great girth seeps over the edge of his ridiculous plastic stool and his feet are stuffed into ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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