Parade--with drag

Bangkok, Day 2

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January 24th 2010
Minutes trickle by. Shrikes in the frangipani, back of my neck burnt. Up from 1:00-6:00 dealing with an issue in one of my classes, requiring unbearably slow work on Blackboard, which is slow even on campus. I stayed up and finished Shutter Island, then had for breakfast what I had yesterday for lunch. I decided to walk up On-Nut, the main drag, to the park. I poked down side stre ... 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