Bangkok is far and away the biggest hub for all South East Asia travel. I flew into the Thai capital on a Swiss Airlines plane from Zurich. I have flown with them many times, but never had they been so corteous as on this flight; it must be their fear that, after Swissair's bankruptcy, the face-lifted SWISS airline (same planes, same crews) is their last chance to survive. Yet, the plane was old and noisy and I was not sure about the future of this airline…
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08 August 2002
07 August 2002
Itinerary of trip to Cambodia and Laos, along the Mekong, 8-30 August 2002
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A journey to Cambodia and Laos, along the Mekong, 8-30 August 2002
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Day
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Date
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Itinerary
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Night
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Km
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hrs
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1
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In the air
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0
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0
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2
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Siem Reap
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0
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0
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3
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Siem Reap
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20
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1
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4
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Siem Reap
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50
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2
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5
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Phnom Penh
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270
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6
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6
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Phnom Penh
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50
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3
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7
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Sambok
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150
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6
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8
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Stung Treng
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130
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5
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9
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Muang Khong
|
35
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2
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10
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Pakse
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130
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2
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11
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Vientiane
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0
|
0
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12
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Luang Prabang
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0
|
0
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13
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Luang Prabang
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0
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0
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14
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Luang Prabang
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0
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0
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15
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Nong Kiaw (Muang Ngoy)
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130
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8
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16
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Muang Khua
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70
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6
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17
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Udom Xai
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135
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5
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18
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Muang Sing
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210
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7
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19
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Muang Sing
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trek
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8
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20
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Luang Namtha
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70
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3
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21
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Luang Prabang
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250
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7
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22
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Bangkok
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0
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0
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23
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Bangkok
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0
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0
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TOTAL
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1,700
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71
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Location:
Indochina
15 July 2002
Book Review: River of Time, by Jon Swain, *****
Synopsis
Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, "The Killing Fields", lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and death as Europe never could. He also describes the beauty of the Mekong landscape - the villages along its banks, surrounded by mangoes, bananas and coconuts, and the exquisite women, the odours of opium, and the region's other face - that of violence and corruption.
He was in Phnom Penh just before the fall of the city to the Khmer Rouge in April 1975. He was captured and was going to be executed. His life was saved by Dith Pran, the New York Times interpreter, a story told by the film The Killing Fields. In Indo-China Swain formed a passionate love affair with a French-Vietnamese girl. The demands of a war correspondent ran roughshod over his personal life and the relationship ended.
Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, "The Killing Fields", lived in the lands of the Mekong river. This is his account of those years, and the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life and death as Europe never could. He also describes the beauty of the Mekong landscape - the villages along its banks, surrounded by mangoes, bananas and coconuts, and the exquisite women, the odours of opium, and the region's other face - that of violence and corruption.
He was in Phnom Penh just before the fall of the city to the Khmer Rouge in April 1975. He was captured and was going to be executed. His life was saved by Dith Pran, the New York Times interpreter, a story told by the film The Killing Fields. In Indo-China Swain formed a passionate love affair with a French-Vietnamese girl. The demands of a war correspondent ran roughshod over his personal life and the relationship ended.
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