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Published: December 9th 2010
Train tracks under water
Heading to Chiang Mai from Bangkok was bad but the south was much worse.
Loi Kratong Parade is to pay respect to water gods
The King's birthday is a national holiday Be sure to click on ALL 4 videos listed above to the right.
Back To Thailand:
From Toronto via London England thanks to British Airways.
My luggage was 45 kg! How did I managed that when the airline makes sure you have
only 1 bag of maximum weight 23 kg for check in or else pay an exorbitant fee per kg?
(Kind of unfair since my body weight is probably 45 kg less than most people checking in)
I arrived at London's Heathrow airport at 6am with my connecting flight not leaving until 10pm.
This was an opportunity to spend a day in London without having to pay an exorbitant fee for
a night's accommodation.
While trying to buy a day pass for the public transport I was informed that my
British bank notes from years before were "too old".
Money that's too old? My first venture was to the The Bank of England where I switched the notes after a little paper work.
Someone said they change
daemon
mythical giant (yák) immortalized in the Thai alphabet by the letter ย
as "the letter yaw as pronounced in the word yák" the notes every five years or so. What a pain!
After busing around London, seeing some sights, visiting the free museums (this month anyway) and getting a bite, I had a coffee with a friend, Gary, who I knew from Chiang Mai but had returned to London temporarily.
Afterward, I headed back to the airport in the overcrowded "tube" to catch my flight.
After a few days in Bangkok, to get over jet-lag, I booked a night train to Chiang Mai. The train never made it
out of the station, due to flooding. They let us sleep on the train and even moved us to the air conditioned first
class beds. The next day I booked another train and this time it left even though I found out the tracks
were still beneath
water in parts. see photo. Passing by some villages I could see from the train
some people wading in waist high deep water through the town.
Bill, my friend from Asia 30 years ago, arrived in Chiang Mai to see how Asia has changed.
Scroll back 28 blogs or press link:
USA trip Loi Krathong Celebration is to celebrate the end
of the rainy season.
khom fai (floating lanterns) light up the sky and Loi Kratong made from
banana leaves float down the rivers.
The parade always has a lot of effort put into it.
Either scroll down 14 blogs or just press this link:
Loi Krathong 2009 Parade:
The girls in the parade can smile for hours and each time you look at them you
think they started a fresh smile.
Click on any Photo to Enlarge .
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