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Johnny B.G: In the 50s-80s/90s, Dutch regularly grown food also contained poison and yet there are 20% elderly people in the Netherlands and in TH that is also the case.
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Peter (editor): I also enjoy the Thai food and yes, the price is very attractive. But it's just a fact that Thai farmers are unbelievable
Jacks: It is best to go in the period November to February. Someone with asthma should absolutely not come here from March to May
GeertP: Dear Ronald, I completely agree with your story, I also enjoy Thai cuisine every day and even after 45 years of Thai

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And that's where the gold diggers show up again!

By Lung Jan
Posted in Background, The Culture, History, Legend and saga
Tags: Burma Railway, Gold rush, Gold diggers, Japanese, Spoils of war, S, WWII

March 24 2024

I have previously written on Thailandblog about the Thai version of the Loch Ness Monster; a persistent myth that pops up with the regularity of a clock. Although in this specific case it is not about a prehistoric aquatic creature, but about an even more imaginative enormous treasure that the retreating Japanese troops are said to have buried near the infamous Burma-Thai Railway at the end of the Second World War.

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And that's where the gold diggers show up again!