Further Wanderings

Wow. Didn’t think I’d be doing this again so soon.

In this instance the countries involved are Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, and we didn’t even use air travel!

We had some minor problems purchasing our train tickets for the Bangkok-Malaysia journey (reserved seats weren’t available all the way to our final destination, Butterworth, but the ticket agent assured us that seats WOULD be around, and that all we’d need to do was buy a ticket to Hat Yai in southern Thailand, then talk to the conductor, or buy new tickets, or uh… something, when we arrived there.)

Lights by the side of the tracks… I’ve no idea what these were about, but we saw several similar displays flashing by as our train passed them in the night

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Upon returning to Bangkok we set about achieving two important goals:

1. Have as pleasant a rest as possible in between two big spells of travel (back from Cambodia, on to Malaysia.)

2. Eat as much yummy Thai food as possible during our short stay in the country.

Statuary in the Wat Po Gardens

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A quick entry just to get us up to date: We left Chittagong at 14:35, with the only hitch being a minor disagreement with our autorickshaw driver about exactly where he'd agreed to take us and for how much. [Continue reading this entry]

So... I made my way into Ayuthaya iself on the back of a motorcycle with my big pack on my back to boot. This was much more harrowing than the motorcycle taxis in Cambodia since in Thailand the roads ... [Continue reading this entry]

With the length of time I spent in Sukhothai I (and any regular readers out there, doubtless) probably began to doubt if I'd go anywhere ELSE in Thailand. Though I did spend a lot of time there, it left ... [Continue reading this entry]

As discussed previously, I arrived in Pai (the P's pronounced sort of halfway between a P and a B) and was pretty happy with what I saw. I got my bearings then took a wander down to the river ... [Continue reading this entry]

After crossing the Mekong (almost certainly for the final time on this trip) I climbed up the road and back into Thailand. This time my port of entry was the border town of Chiang Khong. Re-entering the country ... [Continue reading this entry]

Arriving in Chiang Mai International airport was almost an anticlimax after the beauty of Sukhotai Airport, but it was still a simple and painless experience. Our bags were ready for collection quickly, and the airport authority runs a centralized ... [Continue reading this entry]

Within about half an hour of arriving in Bangkok, I'd already come to the conclusion that even visiting the place would take a lot of mental energy. And the only reason it took that long was because I spent ... [Continue reading this entry]