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And Sometimes the Rain Even Seemed to Come Straight Up From the Ground

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September 17th 2010
A village woman wearing sandals and a sarong scampers up a tree deep in the mountains surrounding Chang Mai. Jim: (Thick Scottish accent) What’s she doing in that tree? Maxi: (Our Thai tour guide) Picking vegetable. Jim: What kind of vegetable? Maxi: Has funny name. In Thai we call Phuk. Phuk Tong. Is like a Pumpkin. On que the village woman descends the tree carrying a large dar ... 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