Threshing the rice

All is safely gathered in ...

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November 19th 2011
Geo: 16.3833, 103.933Into Phon Thong this morning to fill the empty cupboards then out to the farm ready to thresh the rice. Everyone is there waiting and soon we are up and running. Brother Yut is providing the thresher this year. It is late morning and hot work under the already burning sun. When all is finished Jai ends up with about 50 x 30kg sacks. Her arrangement with her nephew was t ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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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