摘要:It was love at first sight, an ancienttown surrounded in oriental mystery,serene, enchanted and most importantlyuntouched by the advances andravages of time.Frozen in the past with a lazy riverand a way of life that brought backhappy childhood memories of an innocentsimplicity, her people laid back,content and satisfied. The surroundingcountryside with thatched bamboohuts, farm cottages and slow easy-goingcountry folk riding rusty bicycles.