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Chiang Mai via Overnight Train

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June 26th 2014
We woke up on the overnight train after 12 hours of travel not feeling especially rested, but not feeling all that terrible. It was already 8am or so, which meant we only had a couple of hours before we would reach the Chiang Mai train station. The entire train was about 14 hours, but thankfully we were able to sleep through most of the rocky ride. The scenery was spectacular. Some of the ... 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