Saturday 29th March - Day 55

I've been looking forward to a change of scenery and can't wait to get on the train.

I've loaded my ipod with a couple of films and tv shows bought from Khoasan road. Totally legit of course.

I go by taxi from the hotel to the railway station. The taxi driver puts the meter on and I get to my destination quickly, efficiently and cheaply. If only it was always like this.

On the train I end up sitting with two girls and a guy from Devon. They're good company and we share stories.

At about 10pm two guys from the railway company go down the train carriage and convert the seats into beds. The 'beds' aren't perfect but good enough. You get a curtain that you can draw across and have some privacy. I had heard earlier that its best to have a bottom bunk, which is slightly more expensive than the upper bunk, but nobody complained in the morning. I watch a film on the ipod and go to sleep.

Our train stops at about an hour's journey from Chiang Mai and is delayed for about half an hour. Apparently, somebody had jumped in front of it. We could see railway workers outside inspecting the train and passers by staring. Nobody in our carriage saw anything gruesome. And we were all relieved when the train started moving again.