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Behind the Scenes at the Rocket Festival

The rocket festivals of Laos and Thailand are rooted in traditions of summoning the monsoon for ensuring a good yield from crops. The largest of these takes place in Yasothon, north-Eastern Thailand. Teams that have spent a year building their rockets wait in line for their turn to compete. The highest rocket that then successfully deploys a parachute for its return to Earth will win the competiti

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	Bangkok Beat by Kevin Cummings, Thomas Hunt Locke (Goodreads Author), John Gartland 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ashes of the Sun it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Different Drummers: Bangkok Beat Redux by Kevin Cummings, John Gartland, T. Hunt Locke it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Weapons of the Sun: The Blue Eye of the World by Alasdair McLeod (Goodreads Author), Artificial Intelligence 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weapons of the Sun: The Blue Eye of the World by Alasdair McLeod (Goodreads Author), Mid Journey 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You're an expatriate. You've lost touch with the soil. You get precious. Fake European standards have ruined you. You drink yourself to death. You become obsessed with sex. You spend all your time talking, not working. You are an expatriate, see? You hang around cafes.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

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