Sam getting ready for bed

Train to Chiang Mai

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October 6th 2007
Yesterday (Friday) we left the VN Guesthouse (which I would recommend...although Lou cried when she saw how basic it was) at Kanchanaburi for the bus back to Bangkok, in order to take the 6.00pm overnight train to Chiang Mai in far northern Thailand. Having a few hours to kill we did a whirlwind tour of about a dozen temples and holy sites sacred to the Thai people...I'm just kidding, we went shop ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more