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A good 1 to show children margaret-these neck braces made of copper are put on abt 3 years of age and changed 3 yearly-let me tell u they are very heavy, they never remove them -they can't , they are made of complete circles-there are lots of theories why but most popular-protect women of tribe from wild tiger attacks....

About to enter Laos....

March 12th 2009
Greetings :-) Firstly, thankyou for all ur lovely msgs from home, so lovely to read. Can't belive not even 2 weeks since we left-it feels much longer cos we have done/travelled so much! So as u see we are now abt to travel to the border into Laos by a 2 day long slow boat to Luang prakbang where we will be spending a few days. we set off in morn at 7 and stop overnight in small village -pakben ... 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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