For a Life Less Ordinary.
So that’s it. The trip is over, and i’m back at home. I didn’t escape the jet lag this time round, but not to worry. The flight was fine and on time. For old times sake, I rinsed the drinks trolley once again. Perhaps foolishly I ended up going out on the town on Friday night!
The 10 days in Thailand have absolutely flown by and it’s been brilliant. It’s a pity that our visit was so short though, because it seems like just as we are getting used to the place it’s time to go. It takes a while to be able to suss out the people – on first impression it seems like everybody is trying to con you (many are to be fair, especially in Bangkok) but after a while you are able to be a bit less general and get an idea wether someone is just being helpful, or is being helpful with the hope that they are going to get something out of it. It’s the well dressed men on the streets who come to your rescue that you have to be weary of! The worst are those bloody tailors though! The more time we spent there though, the more we came to realise that not everybody was focusing on those dollar signs in their eyes. People returned dropped money, they informed me when a zip on my bag was open and at one drink stall when I said “100 bhat right?,” the guy said it was 70. The staff in restaurants and the guys at market stalls were all nice aswell. Except those damned tailors.
So dispite our initial idea of getting a cheap flight to Koh Samui, we instead opted to take the night train as it was about a quarter of the price, and also saved on a nights accomodation. It was actually really enjoyable and definitely a highlight in itself! The train car was clean and comfortable. The toilet however, was something else altogether. Two footplates and a hole! Not just a hole into a tank, but a hole straight through the bottom of the train onto the tracks! I’m sure a small child could fall through that hole!! We left at around 5.30pm and arrived in Surat Thani pretty much 12 hours later. We needed to wait for a few hours for the first ferry to take us over to Koh Samui. It took a little longer than expected, but I was really enjoying the sunshine!
Arrived in Bangkok last Tuesday (21st) after a decent flight. Was slightly surprised to see the newspapers with front covers showing the China Airlines fire on a plane, and showing the news coverage of it on the main TV channel on the plane but perhaps the Japanese arn’t phased by such things. I decided to watch The Mask as I hadn’t seen it for years, while taking full advantage of the free drinks once again.
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