Standing on Border

I am standing on the border of Burma and Thailand. Those are real trenches in front of me. The Thais and Burmese don't fight each other...but they fight the drug runners and factories that are in the jungle behind me. They have mined the land and they push the dealers back and forth across the border line. The last big fight was about 2 months ago. It was a "safe-day" when I was there ;-)

In, Around, and Beneath the Surface of Northern Thailand

January 31st 2006
Have you ever had a hot shower that’s better than…well, you know? My shower water was so hot last night that it almost burned my scalp…but I stayed under it for as long as I possibly could! It was that good, and it took almost that long to get the dirt outta my hair, ears, off my black feet…ahh! I have spent most of the last 5 days in the jungle and now I’m back to civilization. Chian ... 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

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