Wat Arun sights

See you soon Bangkok

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August 12th 2008
Time has come to leave Bangkok. I've just checked out of the hotel and am catching a train to Chiang Mai in the afternoon. It's a 12 hour journey but the train is equiped with beds and bathrooms so it shouldn't be a problem. Then i'll be trecking and sleeping somewhere in the jungle for two days in a group of eight plus a guide. I'll only be sending news after that probably. Bangkok was is a r ... 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