RIP Bepat ...

Busy day for Jai ...

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February 27th 2016
Geo: 16.392, 103.924After breakfast I bike over to Bepat's house where things are quiet at the moment. Jai is sat with Bepat's son Jaek and his wife Boo going through her papers etc. There is a small group of neighbours sat in the street playing a card game. Gambling is technically illegal in Thailand but a blind eye tends to get cast at funerals and the locals make the most of it. B ... 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