Thailand’s train network offers a slower and scenic way to see the country from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, Nong Khai, Hat Yai, and Kanchanaburi.

As the Americans would put it, it was one hell of a third class ride; more than 12 hours of kukuru kakacha as the Lunatic Express snarled and rattled its way between Nairobi to Kisumu or vice versa.