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The New Road To Mae Sot

February 7, 2017 – 11:28 pm

The Silk Roads cut across Asia and caravans carried the riches of the Orient from China and the Spice Islands. Modern man has dreamed of connecting the new cities of Indochina to India and beyond. Now the trans-Asia Highway is inching westward from Saigon to Phnom Penh. The stretch from Siem Reap to the Thai […]

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Mae Sot Dead Zone

July 14, 2012 – 8:40 am

Sitting in a resort in Mae Sot on the Burma border. The owner said that there was wifi. There is none. I would read a book CANNERY ROW by John Steinbeck, but for some reason there are never any bedlamps in these hotels and very few outlets, so I have the distinct displeasure of having […]

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