Bangkok to Chiang Mai - by Train
October 13, 2024 - I am finally back (to stay?) in Chiang Mai It seems that I always end up back in Bangkok and Chiang Mai. No matter where I have been in between, these are the two places I feel the most like I am back home. My first trip to Chiang Mai was by automobile, from Bangkok to the North in one very long day and night. Through the Rice fields, many small town, and the steep mountain passes that were at times difficult to navigate because of slow moving trucks, and the occasional small herd of elephants. Since those days I have made the trip so many times, in so many different vehicles and so many different routes, that it is difficult to remember them all, but my favorite is still the all-night train ride from Bangkok to Chiang Mai Station. Sometimes taking the 2nd Class Sleeper, but most of then the 2nd Class or even 3rd Class Seat, so I can easily take photos out the window on the way.