Down on the Farm

Guest Room

The parents of one of Sara's pupils kindly take us out to their farm for the weekend. Just 3 hours from Bangkok, but a complete world away; dirt tracks with no vehicles, clean air filled with birdsong, no development spoiling the beautiful views across jungle-clad hills; no lights to spoil a beautiful starscape at night. It's easy to forget when you stick to Bangkok and the tourist trail that much of Thailand is like this. Curiously, the shelf in the farm's guest bedroom holds 2 objects; a pink cartoon elephant and a .38 Smith & Wesson.