View from the Death Railway

Day 13: Chapter three: Bury Me at the Night Market

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December 16th 2005
Kanchanaburi pretty much rools. I think we were in Phuket the last time I wrote. We weren't keen to be honest. It'd be a lovely place if it weren't for every second business being an Indian tailor who would try and forcibly push you into their shop, and if it were a bit easier to get an actual Thai meal, rather than a hamburger or something Scandinavian. Anyhoo, we didn't stay long, so not m ... 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