grand palace

heading north

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December 2nd 2007
Keen on getting to Chiang Mai, I went to the train station and bought an overnight ticket in the sleeper coach for 770 baht. I went back to the hostel to check out and ran into Robynne, who agreed a massage would be a nice diversion. I thought an hour long foot massage would be relaxing, but it ended up being pretty painful... The entire thing wasn't bad, but I was definitely clenching my teeth ... read more

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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