Trains, Toilets and Tuktuks
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Feb 22-25
After our less than inspiring introduction to Thailand, we decided to get out of Bangkok as quickly as possible. The next morning we got up early and caught the train to Chiang Mai, a small beautiful city in Northern Thailand (a 12 hour trip). Claude slept most of the way while the kids and I chatted with our neighbouring passengers. We met Leigh, a wheat farmer from Edmonton, who travels during the winter every year and was traveling around Thailand with a young couple who were friends of the family. He kept the kids and I entertained for most of the trip by playing with the kids and telling tales of his adventures abroad and, by the end of the ride, Simon was treating him like a surrogate grandpa.
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