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		<title>TRIBES AND TRIANGLE OF THAILAND</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Butler - For Travel Writers&#8217; Tales - At the village entrance we are met by a woman from the Karen tribe. With a broad smile she tells us (as translated by our guide) that this is the first day of wearing her shiny new brass neck rings. She holds up her old coil of rings to show us how the sheen has worn off. My husband Rick and I are exploring the most northern tip of the country; having been through the south on previous visits to Thailand. The hill tribe villages are the first of several daytrips we take from our base in Chiang Rai with our petite lady guide Nui and jovial driver Sampong. Click to read more of our Thailand Adventure- TravelWritersTales/ Click to view our Thailand Photo Gallery - Thailand Photos/]]></description>
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		<title>Isan, the Thailand of Old</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Story by Irene Butler. Pictures by Rick Butler - Published in Magic Carpets and Travellady e-zines and Today&#8217;s Senior News Magazine - A monkey swung on a vine above our heads in metronome-fashion, as if counting the humans entering his domain with each side-to-side movement. I set off into the tangle of jungle with my husband Rick and our guide Yui (U-ey) checking periodically for unsolicited passengers clinging to my &#8220;leech socks&#8221; (cotton gaiters that are a must during the rainy season). The heady scent of damp foliage was intoxicating. Towering rubber trees bore jagged claw marks from large cats that sleep in their branches. We came across elephant licks; patches of red soil sensed by pachyderms to be rich in minerals. Near a water hole, ginger plants ripped out by their roots and fresh dung were evidence of a recent visit by one or more of the 250 wild elephants that tramp the 2,168 sq km Khao Yai National Park. Read the rest of our Adventure magiccarpet journals and our Thailand Photo Gallery.]]></description>
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		<title>Thailand Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Thai Village Economy Increased with Silky Smoothness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article and photos by Irene Butler &#8211; Published in Transitions Abroad Magazine &#8211; My hand grazed the elaborate design of miniscule leaves, winding vines, swirling spirals in ruby red and glittering gold, as soft as an angel&#8217;s wing, as strong as tinsel steel, as regal as an ancient Khmer ruler. I behold a fabric so fine; it is rightfully destined to be fashioned into ceremonial garments for Thailand&#8217;s King Rama IX and the royal family who were instrumental in resurrecting cottage industry silk weaving. After the East Asian economic crisis of 1997-98 which greatly affected Thailand, many unemployed city workers moved back to their villages. (The crux of this collapse was imprudent lending by financial institutions, which we North Americans can now readily relate to.) Read the rest of our adventure TransitionsAbroad Check out our Thailand Photo Gallery]]></description>
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