The first of our small orchids flowering

Time for the mosquitoes to die

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October 4th 2012
Geo: 16.3833, 103.933I bike out to the farm this morning after breakfast to pick a couple of papaya and to cut yet more coconut tree leaves. Whilst cutting down one the branches a coconut fell off the tree just missing me. Reckon that would have been a new one for the Gloucester Coroner; "death from coconut falling on the bonce" !! Anyway, we now have a coconut to use with a curry f ... 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