No Yingluck!

Yes that's the current Thai Prime Minister, right in the middle. The headline literally says "Close the Railway, Overthrow the Crab!" This is with reference to the ongoing rubber farmers' protest in the south. Crab is the PM's Thai nickname. This really tickled me in so many ways, cos (believe it or not) I simply can't imagine seeing something like this about my own country's government in the local book-stores...

Mae Hong Son (9-11 Sep 13)

September 10th 2013
After a few days getting stoned, I mean, chilling out in Pai, I continued on my way on the north-west loop towards one of the highland towns closest to Myanmar -- Mae Hong Son. It was a four hour winding bus ride through some stunning highland scenery, but I arrived there soon enough. And what greeted me was a slight surprise. I had somehow expected a relatively bustling city, but Mae Hong Son ... 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

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