Sunrise over the Mekong

The East

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June 14th 2008
“Farang Song!” The words proudly rolled off the tongue belonging to our most recently acquired Thai friend, with the excitement of a child learning his first dirty word in another language. It took only a second for my attorney to realize that our 5’6” middle-aged companion had stretched his inadequately short arm over both of our laps and into the glove box. Retrieving from the glove box ... 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