Monday, January 29, 2007

Kamphaeng Phet

Kampaeng Phet is a walled fortress town which was a major line of defence against the Burmese hundreds of years ago. And it's COOL. I toured around the town during the day in a pedal cab, chased some kids along the ramparts, climbed a watchtower and scanned the hills as the sun sank towards Burma. There'll be no Burmese victory on my watch.

That night i met Singcha at a disco in town. I don't know what about me made him think i should come home to his village, but whatever i did, i'm glad i did it. The next day he wrangled me out of bed, and we made the 60 mile journey on his moped to Ban Wang Hin, Tak Province.

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