Sardines in a can

Bangkok pt 2

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November 26th 2008
A minibus picked us up the next morning from Phuket and took us on the 4 hour bus ride to Surat Thani and then a Tuk Tuk to the train station. We booked 2 1st class sleeper tickets on an overnight train Bangkok. The next seats available were not for 3 hours so we sat around the station waiting. When the train arrived, we boarded expecting our own private room with bunkbeds but the reality was rows ... 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