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The Night Train to Chiang Mai

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April 28th 2009
Giving up on Bangkok during Songkran, we booked an over night sleeper car to Chiang Mai on the 17th. A second class air conditioned bed was 985 baht (about $30.00 USD). Not bad when you figure the cost of a room plus a 750 km trip. The trip would take 14 hours and was scheduled to arrive at 09:30. It was an express train with only 1 other scheduled stop. I hailed a tuk-tuk to take us to the sta ... 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