View as we approached chiang mai from train

Chiang Mai

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January 11th 2009
Just got back from a three day jungle trek and pleased to save i survived it. The night train here was an interesting experience. Balancing over the hole in the ground toilets over here are bad enough but on amoving train it's near enough impossible. The train journey was ok, made some friends and stayed up late turning it into the party carriage. The view from the window when i woke in the mor ... 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