PATTAYA - BANGKOK
TRAI
N
Wi
t
h a day t
o spar
e and not much el
se t
o do,
we embar
ked on a t
r
ai
n j
our
ney f
r
om Pat
t
aya
t
o Bangkok. Why, wel
l why not
? We set of
f
havi
ng pai
d our 30 Baht t
i
cket f
ar
e, al
t
hough
t
he wi
f
e went f
or f
r
ee as she i
s a Thai
nat
i
onal
. At f
i
r
st i
t t
ook a whi
l
e t
o accl
i
mat
i
se
t
o t
he non-
ai
r
-
condi
t
i
oned car
r
i
age. The
t
oi
l
et
s wer
e as expect
ed, squat
t
i
ng st
at
i
ons
and t
her
e was no buf
f
et t
r
ol
l
ey, i
nst
ead an
el
der
l
y l
ady car
r
yi
ng t
wo huge basket
s
wander
ed up and down t
he car
r
i
ages sel
l
i
ng
The vi
ew was act
ual
l
y r
eal
l
y good as we meander
ed acr
oss r
i
ce f
i
el
ds,
passed t
hr
ough over
gr
own f
i
el
ds and even passed a f
ew out or si
ght
war
ehouses and f
act
or
i
es. The backdr
op of t
he mount
ai
n r
emai
ned
spect
acul
ar i
n i
t
s magni
f
i
cence. As we passed t
hr
ough st
at
i
ons al
ong
our j
our
ney, peopl
e hopped on and of
f at l
ei
sur
e. Ki
ds r
unni
ng
t
r
acksi
de, smi
l
i
ng and j
umpi
ng up at t
he wi
ndows. I
t was al
most l
i
ke a
st
ep back i
n t
i
me!
TI
CKETS pl
ease