back to Bangkok, or at least around

The bus from Krabi was a long and trecherous procedure. It involved a lot of chopping and changing. To get from Phi Phi to bangkok, involved a boat, a bus, a taxi, another taxi, a bus (showing Borat). This could all have been done with one boat and one bus. But hey, thats what travelling is all about... testing ones patience. On the first bus I met Stephanie, a querky german girl studying chinese in Taiwan. When she saw my make shift diving hotspot map of Bali, she leaned over and handed me her Lonely planet of bali and Lombok! How awesome is that! The bus stopped soon after that and since I was Bangkok 1 and she was Bangkok 3, I had to get out and wait at the small diner. She stayed on... we planned to meet at the burger King on KSR at 6:00.

From there I waited about an hour until a mini bus took the 13 of us to another diner, where we waited about 50 minutes.... Then onto the luxory tour coach on our way to Bangkok. Sleeping was postponed by the loud broadcasting of Borat! Sitting next to Ethan, an american economics lecturer who cringed every time Borat approached an american! Awesome. Slept on and off and arrived in bankok at 7:55. I wandered to Burger King with a vague hope of still meeting Stephanie, but as was expected she wasn't there. I checked into the trusted guesthouse where we Iaki and I stayed the first time we got to Bangkok and once I dumped my bag went for a breakfast amble. While sitting down with a small mexican mob of guys discussing Laos, I spotted Stephanie buying some fruit. KSR is a place you will always meet someone you know... its a fact!

So, she was leaving that night and I the next morning... we decided to do something cool. I was tired and she was tired, so sleep deprived we made our way to the bus station in the north. Kinda the same idea as the floating market outing Iaki and I did in december... (also done sleep deprived). We got there and were informed that we were at the wrong station for Ayuthaya... To make a long story short, we were in Ayathaya about 4 hours after leaving KSR. We got off the bus and organised a tuk tuk to take us around. To rent bikes was the initial plan, but since it was 30 degrees and we were both groggy from the sleep deprivation we decided a private tuk tuk was the better option.

Our Tuk tuk and guide

After seeing 3 temples, which were beautiful, we were started to get templed out and made it to the infamous mask! really cool.

After the mask we took a bus back, got a taxi and got back to the center. While sitting on that bus I realised that I had now seen a sunset, a sunrise and another sunset from a bus seat! Thats crazy, and meant that my trip to Bali was well justified!

another

The infamous mask! Photo by Stephanie

back to Bangkok, or at least around

Bangkok, Thailand