Buddha jail

Failing as rock stars in Chiang Mai

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October 1st 2013
The train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai is being repaired and was not open until late October. We still wanted to take a train rather than a bus to Chiang Mai however, so we took the train to the northern town of Phitsanulouk. It was a about a 7 hour train ride I believe and we arrived in Phitsanulouk just in time for dinner! The town itself is a transfer point for buses to the famous Sukhothai, as w ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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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