We have just arrived in Chiang Mai, and what a trainride it was up from Bangkok... K had a crappy day yesterday. Shortly after arriving at the grand palace in Bangkok we had to catch a taxi back to our hotel. This beeing rushhour in Bangkok meant long and seemingly endless traffic jams. Close to an hour later we arrived back at our hotel and realized that we both had a fever. We decided to relax for the rest of the day to gather some strength for today's journey. We checked out at noon, and chilled at a nearby shopping mall for like five hours before going to the trainstation. Our train departed on time at 19:35. Compared to the train from Suratthani this was a very uncomfortable ride, bumpy and squeaky as meh. Add two
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