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Description: Bangkok (Thailand) 31 Oct 2016 (efe_epa).- (Cliff Vermette) Asoke BTS Station, at the heart of Bangkok's busiest intersection, belies the presence of one of the last remaining colonial-style houses in the Thai capital.nnBuilt in the early 1920s and made with very rare golden teak, Hemingway's and its leafy garden area sit as an anachronism amongst the frenetic development that has engulfed the Asoke area and Bangkok in general.nnLong ago the sprawling wooden house stood alone, along the banks of