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reflections on asia

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June 8th 2009
So, Cambodians are friendly and they are bright, very switched on individuals. Everywhere you go people are trying to sell you stuff, but they do it in a very nice way. Their english is often faultless and very up to date, an interesting change from India where people speak 1950s style english 'actually sir i think that you will find the people running helter skelter when they hear of this news' ... read more

Asia » Thailand » South-West Thailand » Ko Pha-Ngan

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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