The train and some of its staff

Leaving Bangkok for Chiang Mai

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November 1st 2010
Our days in Bangkok are drawing to a close and I am beginning to wonder what we have actually done with them. As much as we have tried to sight see, I am afraid that Wat after Wat is really not, I regret to say, our thing. We have enjoyed just being in Bangkok - the hustle and bustle of it, the cleanliness &, yes, the noise. That said, I think that it is fair to say that we are both ready to move ... 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