UploadedFile11

Train to Bangkok

---

October 3rd 2012
The first train was in Laos. We were stamped out of the country at the train station in Laos, then crossed the friendship bridge in a purple train and crossed into Thailand. The formalities were dealt with at the train station again. I have a free fifteen day visa which is just long enough. The sleeper to Bangkok was much bigger. On Thai trains the hard sleeper is parallel to the corridor and ther ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand

---

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