Hey everyone, as some of you may or may not know, I am taking a month off of work to travel. I will spend a week in Northern Thailand, 10 days in Laos, 3 days in Cambodia, and then a week in the Thai Islands. I'll try to keep you updated on my travels. 
I arrived in Bangkok at midnight. After 30min of search, my friend and I settle at the Rainbow Guest House on Khao San Rd. It is the backpackers haven of Bangkok.
At night it's busy with foreigners walking from bar to bar enjoying some late night refreshements. During the day it opens up to a street market selling all kinds of times including bracelets, watches, sunglasses, and clothing. Some are traditional, some are knock-offs.For lunch we enjoyed Pad Thai (Pad means noodles) cooked from a street vendor. It tasted decent. For $1, the price was right.
We spent one night in Bangkok, the next afternoon we headed to the train station. Next stop: Chang Mai - Thailand's second largest city.
It was a 15 hour train ride.
During the day it was a cool ride with large windows. This my friend Scott, an old buddy from high school who came this way to travel with me. 
It was a nice, scenic, ride with a view of jungles and a mountain backdrop.
