Our last day in Bangkok Sunday the 7th, I started to get a little sick with travellers sickness and started hitting the drugs to keep it at bay.  In the morning we went to see Jim Thompson’s house which is a beautiful house and gardens in the old Thai style – Jim Thompson himself is a bit of an enigma as he was a former OSS (CIA) agent and he disappeared mysteriously and was never found.   In the evening around 7PM we left for Chiang Mai in the north aboard a night sleeper train.  For me it wasn’t the most comfortable journey but I still enjoyed it.