The monk photo

On towards Bangkok

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November 7th 2009
Rain. Pregnant drops crashing to earth to keep Sri Lanka green and buzzing with life. Constant rain for the last 12 hours to make my final tuk tuk ride, this time to the airport, a damp rush through the water-filled potholes and over-gushing gutters. My driver was a quarter of an hour late, and I was five minutes down the road with damp knees before he apologetically found me. I had regretted talk ... 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