I did it! That last connection was a nail biter but due to an awesome (and handsomely tipped) cabby I made the flight to Hong Kong with time to spare. Of course the train was late, we were due in at 6:15am and the damn porter actually had the nerve to come by at 5:30 to wake people, telling them we were 30 min out of Bangkok. HA! I was already dressed and, like a sprinter, ready to burst out of the gate at the station… 45 minutes past due.
A few stops went by, camouflaged as hesitations, and I thought of leaping out to take my chances on flagging a cab but the neighborhoods gave me pause and I decided maybe waiting for the main station was the smartest choice. At 6ish in the morning ghettos lose any sparkle of magic they had in the more flattering light of a dark moon. That train goes through some heavy shit, that’s all I have to say. I couldn’t even take pictures, it was just too gruesome; plus I was busy pushing that freaking train a bit faster with my mind. I just can’t imagine what it would be like to be born in that mire of desperation.
FINALLY we meandered into the station like we had all the time in the world, when, obviously “we” didn’t. The poor porter, he had jumped off as the train was slowing and I decided to follow suit and threw him my dense “little” pack, almost landing him on his ass. :} Woose. I nimbly jumped before the train stopped, grabbed the bag and power-walked to grab the best freaking cab driver ever! Thirty minutes people, from the train station to the airport in Bangkok! Score!
Bye Bye Thailand!
You seem excited to leave ? Lol
I bet never again on a Thai train ?
Actually the trains were, for the most part, a gas! I wasn’t a big fan of the islands, I’m afraid.
Oh my why not a fan of the islands?
Did I miss that blog ? I can understand why you would think so about koh phangnan . I only enjoyed the haad salad pocket and its beach . The rest I thought was shoddy and the poverty depressed me.
Koh samui had a more up lifting feel for me
Yeah, not a fan. You didn’t miss the post, I am still formulating it in my head. :} Stay tuned. Are you guys moving?
Yeah visa is up so heading to Croatia for a few months before London
Yeah visa is up so heading out to Croatia this week
That was quiet an a travel adventure. Planes, trains, ferries and all. I hope the resort was worth the effort to get there, but I guess the journey is the story isn’t it, not the destination.
Don’t you love it when that happens.
Yes, especially considering some of the things that went wrong with other modes of transportation. We cling to our victories to get us through the other shit.