Kanchanaburi War Cemetery

January 26th 2007
It seems as though train travel in Thailand has some similarities to that in India, being not the fastest way of getting around but pleasant nonetheless. The ~110km journey to Kanchanaburi took 2.5 hours, representing a leisurely ~45km/h, for ~$3. The only class of travel on this train was 3rd, but with hardly any other passengers and the windows open to let in the breeze, sounds and smells of t ... 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

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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