Kho san Road

Bangkok

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February 7th 2008
We caught a sleeper train from Butterworth in Malaysia to Bangkok in Thailand. This took 21 hours but was a very interesting experience!! The trains are like normal trains for the daylight hours and then at about 9pm, the conductor comes around and converts them into an upper and lower bunk. We had bought 2 lower bunks but Chris felt sorry for the old lady trying to get up in her upper bunk so he ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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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