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| On the grounds of Bangkok's Grand Palace. |
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| A fertility shrine on the grounds of the Bangkok Hilton. I think women left wooden penises there as an offering to a fertility god, and come back to tie a ribbon on their offering if they are happy with the results. |
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| With Mrs Busara, the instructor at the Somphet Thai cooking school in Chiang Mai. |
Bangkok was so hot and congested that I bought a $20 visa to Cambodia and headed straight for the border. Fortunately, the crossing at Aranyaprathet had just opened up a month earlier, so I started heading over there using public transportation.