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At 9pm the train car became a dorm  
   

At 9pm the train car became a dorm

The beds folder out from the ceiling and from the seats we were in, and a very efficient train attendant had all our beds made in no time. We had surprisingly comfy soft pillows and blankets (and seeing as the AC was on high al night we needed'em!) The last time I slept on a train was from Venice to Amsterdam (with an unexpected stop in Austria, Oops! missed that change over at 4am). On that ride the bed was hard and the sheets were reminiscent of the paper sheet you sit on at the Dr's office. I was expecting the worst here in India and was really pleasantly surprised!
This week I took a vacation from my vacation

June 9th 2008
Geo: 18.8, 98.98So I arrived in Chiang Mai on the 30th at about noon (my overnight train was delayed) and from then through today, June 8th, I've been chilling. Just chilling. Nine solid days of no sight seeing, no challenging my boundaries, no packing and carrying stuff, no big decisions on where and what to do next, no paperwork for permission to go wherever and do whatever, no coordinat ... read more
Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

Thai Flag 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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