Pepsi excited about the 11hr train ride

Day 11 - Nong Khai

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October 23rd 2009
Day 11 - Nong Khai Today was a recovery day so there is not much to report on......We did not do much apart from making our way to Bangkok. We travelled 4 hours in the back of a ute (it was covered with a canopy and had dodgy bench seats) from Vang Vieng to Vientiane. From Vientiane we caught the bus to Nong Khai (Thai border). There was a monk in front of us in the immigration line. He held the ... 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