Saturday, January 15, 2011

Chiang Khan: Plastic junk and paranoid monks

Chiang Khan

Buddhist monks paranoid about being assassinated. Hilarious posing in front of weird kitsch items. Warnings that the town is doomed to become a tacky tourist magnet on the Mekong. Chiang Khan is a place to visit before it's too late. 

The town has already gathered up anything vaguely retro -- mid-20th century radios, television sets, Thai household products, wind-up mechanical toys and other jetsam from the jet age -- and carefully arranged it all on virtually every shelf in nearly every shop on Chai Khong Road, the riverside walking street.

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Source: http://www.cnngo.com/bangkok/visit/chiang-khan-next-pai-524892

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