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Chiang Mai

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November 22nd 2009
We got the night train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, it was awesome! we met a couple of cool guys - a lad called Liam from Hull and a guy called Alan from Bath whose brother in law is John Williamson! Small world! He said to me 'oh my sister lives in Devon but you wont of heard of the place.' so Im like 'try me' and he says 'Hennock!' funny. The train took 14 hrs and we had a top bunks, and just ha ... 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