Bangkok Part Deux February 26th – 28th 2010 From Vientiane, I took a bus to the Laos/Thailand border and crossed into NongKhai. There were no more overnight sleeper bunks left so I had no choice but to take a 3rd-class seat on a 13-hour train ride. It was going to be a long, long night…
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Chiang Mai, Thailand
Chiang Mai, Thailand February 15th 2011 Taking a 13-hour overnight train from Bangkok, I arrived in Chiang Mai around 8:30 am. First order of business was to secure a place to stay, which wasn’t too hard. I pictured Chiang Mai to be a modern village town but it’s a small city with many modern shops….
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand February 9th – 13th 2010 The first night I got here, there were several stalls selling fried insects and scorpions to eat. All I did was take a picture, thinking they would be there again the next few nights. I was wrong. I haven’t seen the stalls since. The next day, I went…
In Bangkok. Short update.
Got here in around 2 hours from K.L. I usually take the cheapest option into the city (usually buses) but it was getting late and it takes about an hour to get into town so I decided to go with a metered taxi. As I traveled from Suvarnabhumi International Airport to Banglamphu (Location of the…