Wat Sri Chum

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February 2nd 2007
A brief comment about Thai transport. The rail network is not extensive and is slow. There is a national bus network (also not exactly rapid) serving many destinations, but within towns and in more rural districts this is supplemented by fleets of songthaews (pronounced "song tao"). Though these come in different sizes, the standard one consists of 2 facing benches in the back of a vehicle (the ... 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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