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LOST AT NIGHT by Peter Nolan Smith

August 11, 2021 – 10:01 am

In the winter of 1990 I bought a round-the-world ticket from Pan Express in New York. The total cost was $1500 as was advertised in the NY Times. The boss of Pan Express helped to arrange the path of my circumnavigation of the globe. “Sir, you are going West.” John had a quaint Indian accent. […]

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Amok In Bangkok

April 18, 2010 – 8:08 pm

Songkran ends this weekend with the Democrats still controlling the Thia government. Few observers would have wagered on the coalition’s retaining power after the series of disastrous attempts to oust the red shirts from their strongholds throughout Bangkok. The protesters are portrayed as coming from the poor, however it was evident from their humiliation of […]

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