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Thailand Custom Designed JourneysCox & Kings can offer custom designed journeys, that allow you to create a personalised experience of Thailand, travelling at your own paceand exploring further off the beaten track. The suggestions below give a taste of the many possible options. Please contactCox & Kings to discuss further ideas.EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESSTravel in style aboard the luxurious Eastern &Oriental Express through the jungles, rice fields andcities of Southeast Asia. The E&O offers refinedelegance with well-appointed compartments, finedining, a piano bar and observation car. The trainoperates various itineraries offering you a uniqueway to discover this region. It is the first ever trainto transport passengers directly from Bangkok toSingapore, stopping at the infamous River Kwai,crossing the border to Malaysia to visit colonialGeorgetown and Kuala Lumpur before travelingacross the Straits of Johor Singapore. Alternatively,travel from Chiang Mai to Bangkok through themagnificent landscapes of Thailand and visit theimpressive Buddhist temples in Sri Satchanalai.Recently introduced by E&O, Chronicles ofSoutheast Asia is a collection of four newjourneys that let you experience Asia in greaterdepth. Fables of the Hills takes you north fromSingapore through the beautiful CameronHighlands and Penang to Bangkok. Anotherjourney from Bangkok to Singapore is calledLegends of the Peninsula and highlights includea visit to Tham Kasae Viaduct, River Kwai and anovernight stay in Trang, a historic Chinese miningtown in the southern Thailand. Epic Thailand is asix night journey that explores the rarely visitedrural settlements and remote 12th centuryKhmer temples in Northeast Thailand or Isaan, aswell as Chiang Mai and Khao Yai National Park.Discover the hidden beauty of Thailand and Laosas you travel through verdant jungles in Khao YaiNational Park, Phimai and across the MekongRiver on the Friendship Bridge to Vientiane onthe Tales of Laos.MEKHALA CRUISE: A JOURNEY ONTHE RIVER OF KINGSThe Mekhala Cruise is a collection of threebeautifully restored rice barges, providing comfortand style on your voyage of discovery. Mekhala1 and Mekhala 2 each have 6 comfortable, airconditioneddouble bed cabins with privatewestern-style bathrooms while Mekhala 3 offers 9cabins. The itinerary features an overnight journeyon Chao Phraya River, the River of Kings, betweenBangkok and the ancient capital, Ayutthaya,retracing the paths of former royal processions.The river has long been the lifeline of Thailandand this journey will give you a fascinating insightinto the lives of rural communities that are stillbound by the ancient waterways.88 I Asia & Pacific 2011