Word: nonthaburi
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Weerawat Runguphan ’06 wrote that he is frustrated to be so far away from his home of Nonthaburi, Thailand when so many citizens are in need...
...late afternoon, when the air is cooler and families sit out on their front porches preparing dinner. After a few hours of hearing nothing louder than the calls of cranes, Bangkok's rush and roar will be forgotten. The river oasis can be reached by water taxi from Nonthaburi for about $7 for a round trip...
...worth the trip when I stepped into his boat nursing a cup of Starbucks, of which he clearly disapproved. That's how my erstwhile tour of the old klongs of Bangkok was transformed into a quest for authentic kafae thung, or Thai bag coffee. We took off from Nonthaburi, a small town just north of Bangkok. As we quietly chugged through the network of canals in Poon's canopied, motorized canoe, he watched for the itinerant vendors who sell coffee and other necessities to residents who live in the weathered stilt houses lining the waterways. At times we plowed through...
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