Last time when we tried to leave Thailand we found no any train running. The government had decided to skip all trains, because every now and then a train was derailing somewhere in the country. Moreover we expected big anti government demonstrations in Bangkok. So we left Hua Hin, the city where we live, early this morning with a minivan. Once in Bangkok everything turned out to be quiet. No crowds in the streets, no whistles, no flags, no yellow shirts, no angry faces and even no traffic jams (which is quite unusual). We never ended up so quickly at our destination. The other side of the coin was that we had to face six hours waiting at the Hua Lamphong trainstation for our train bound to Chiang Mai. Yes, there were trains indeed. After three
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