Have a well deserved scratch !!

Monkey business

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January 24th 2012
Geo: 16.3833, 103.933Sat in the back garden this afternoon I heard coconuts falling from aneighbours tree and went to investigate. Most of the coconut trees here are too high to pick the nuts yourself so there are chaps who ride around the villages on motorbikes with a monkey sat paillion. Our neighbour has employed one of these monkeys to strip her trees. They use the 'carrot and stick&# ... 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