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A Park Within A Prison PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ian Edwardes   

The simmering sun slides across the city sky. Afternoon lazily turns into early evening. The air cools as shadows lengthen. Along Maha Chai Road, Rommaneenak Park comes to life as men and women of all ages are drawn like iron filings to this 10 acre magnet of vegetation, besieged by buildings on all sides, to gather and join in a communal jog around its perimeter or work out on the weights in the open air gym.

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KMTea - A Long Road From Opium To Oolong In The Golden Triangle PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ian Edwardes   
Dawn breaks over Doi (mountain) Mae Salong in Thailand’s far north. Near the summit, Mae Salong village comes to life as the sun burns off the last of the morning mist. A rural idyll surrounded by a patchwork of tea plantations, orchards and allotments. It is easy to forget the village has a sinister, turbulent past that still lingers in the shadows like the mountain mist.

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Ban Kruat Quary - A Unique Historical Site PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ian Edwardes   
Amongst the gently rolling hills of the Dongrak mountain range is a curious, yet little visited archaeological site that dates back around 900 years to the time when the Khmer empire was at its height. Just a few kilometers from the Cambodian border, the area was the source of sandstone used to build nearby temples such as Prasat Phnom Rung and Muang Tam in Buri Ram Province.

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Wat Pathum Khongkha - The Royal Execution Ground PDF Print E-mail
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Not far from the famous Temple of the Golden Buddha is Wat Pathum Khongka, its gruesome past almost forgotten. During the Ayutthaya period (1350 – 1767) it was an isolated rural temple then called Wat Sampheang.

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