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