enjoying a beer on the train to chiang mai

I've finally escaped Bangkok!

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February 13th 2006
I'm a happy man now - we've finally got away from Bangkok and have escaped to the more chilled out north of the country. I've managed to get quite a lot done in the last few days so will try to remember whats happened. First thing, I apologise again for lack of pictures, I'm currently typing this blog on a wind-up computer so its a bit out-of-date to plug my camera into. not to worry, more ... 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