View of the village

Roses Are Free

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November 24th 2008
I'm sitting on the porch outside our little bungalow in Mae Salong eating a sweet orange bought ten minutes ago, probably picked this morning on the side of the hill. Our porch sits back from the road in a small collection of cottages in the midst of a garden populated with peach-colored datura, roses, and leafy trees. In classic Thai style, orchids, affixed to the side of trees with coconut she ... 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