8 year old Mai Li Fay, from Bangkok, is far from living the usual life
of a girl her age. Everyday, thousands of people gather to the front of
her family’s house to get a chance of seeing and possibly touching the
young girl, a gesture which both buddhists and hindu pilgrims seem to
perceive as a garantee of good fortune.
According to the
country’s top medical expert, Dr Ping Lao, the young girl suffers a very
rare syndrome known as the