SOMEWHERE BETWEEN BANGKOK AND UBON, THAILAND. TUESDAY APRIL 20, 2010, 2130 HRS."Free your mind and your ass will follow!"I'm writing from my bed in a night train towards Ubon, from Bangkok. The trainride is going to take approximately ten hours. Right now, at this very moment, I think I'm getting a deeper understanding of traveling and its potential to free a person from inner shackles… The atmosphere is surreal: one moment you're sitting on the stree...

SAMSEN ROAD, BANGKOK, THAILAND. SUNDAY APRIL 4 2010, 2345 HRS.Sa wat dii kráp! Time to sit down now and write something about the past week's events. I just arrived from a relaxing Thai massage, after which I ate some Pad Thai in a nearby little outdoor restaurant and now I'm having a nice cold Singha beer at the hotel… life is good.My first week has been great. Seriously, I can't find the right words to describe the mesmerizing feeling of entering a completel...

SAMSEN ROAD, BANGKOK, THAILAND. THURSDAY APRIL 1 2010, 2130 HRS.I'm now at the centre of Bangkok, and later I'll write more about my first days here... But now I'm off to the streets, to eat something weird and to get some travel equipment for the upcoming months.Meanwhile, let's go back in time, all the way from my last week in Finland till the day of departure.PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE TRIPOn Saturday March 20 2010, after the recordings of the 5th DEATHCHAIN alb...