Chatuchak market

Bumblebee tuna, my $2 haircut, and the rise and rise of the 7-11 empire

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March 11th 2007
It is Sunday morning and I sit before this computer absolutely exhausted. For yesterday you see, I went shopping. Twice. And (with apologies to Dickens) it was the best of capitalism, it was the worst of capitalism. Truly a tale of two cities. In the morning I accompanied Marie (a French girl whom I met here at the guesthouse) to Siam Square, home of the undisputed heavyweight malls of Bangkok. ... 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