We have arrived in Bangkok after a very long night train from Chiang Mai. We were sad to leave Chiang Mai but it was time to move on. We caught that train around 16:30 last night out of Chiang Mai. We sat right beside the entry/exit door and unfortunately the door did not close when someone walked thru it. So many a times Rene had to get up and close the door to the dinning room/party room so that we could hear each other speaking. It was a bit on the loud ...

It is Saturday today and just before 8 am in the morning. Already hotter here then summer was at home. Rene and I have been awake since 6:30 this morning. Still finding the time change a bit to get use to. But at least last night we were only awake around 4am for about 30 minutes before falling back to sleep. Friday we decided to see the Grand Palace since we were spending an additional day here in Bangkok. It is really a site to see, the grounds are filled with...

This is my second try to start our trip blog. The first computer died on me while I was in the middle of my short story. We arrived in Bangkok yesterday morning after about a 15.5 hour flight and a 2 hour lay over in Hong Kong. Flight was not too bad but we both wish that we could have slept for more then only a few minutes at a time. We of course went Economy but Business would be that way to go. You can lay down to sleep in Business. Would be nice. Ride in fr...

Night train back to Bangkok on Dec 21st arriving at 6am on the 22nd. Our last day in Thailand. Off to Koh San Rd for some food and last minute shopping. Had to pick up our suites before heading back to the train station to pick up our back packs and off to the airport. We will miss Thailand, the sites, adventures and all the people we met.

Back in Bangkok for the day. Caught the night train from Chiang Mai and arrived around 9:30 am this morning and will be catching the night train out this evening heading south.