My hope in writing this entry is that it will be found, some day, and that it may prevent even one innocent tourist from coming, naïve and unsuspecting, to Chiang Mai. Jen and I arrived at Chiang Mai train station from Bangkok on the Number 51 overnight train. We left Bangkok on Tuesday evening at 22:00, having booked passage on a Second Class Sleeper Car (fan only, no air-con, please). The trip was uneventful, and we rolled in to town at 12:45 well rested. We had spent the previous day running around Bangkok, sightseeing, and meeting up with our man in Thailand, Chandler van der Grift (more about CvdG, later), all after riding the overnight bus from Khao Lak for 12 hours. I know, I know: "quit your whining, and suck it up!" is likely what
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