Yesterday we needed to travel to Bangkok. This was slightly stressful because Olga must fly, she had already bought 1 more flight and extended her trip so she must fly. There was only 1 option the VIP bus. We knew it would take 16 hours but how hard can it be as a VIP. We left Ko Muk on the way to Trang, I got wiped out by a wave and got soaked on the way to the boat. Ben was still smashed on the boat, he provided all our entertainment. What with him singing "don't need a tucktuck tonight", wearing a life vest for the reason which escapes me. Drawing attention to the swedish guys pants being inside out and almost changing someone top to add a P to his star we finally made it to trang on our speedy boat.
We killed 5 hours in Trang, eating, drinking smoothies & trying to get rid of our hangovers. Once at the bus terminal it goes crazy!!! We are island people, we were not used to the chaos and noise. We spotted the VIP bus it had sofas, we were all prepared for a lie down on the sofa & a quiet bus trip but oh nooooooooo!
That was never going to happen.
First: we didn't get a sofa, we got a normal seat
Second: mine was double booked So they took me downstairs to find another one. There was no joy and I was back upstairs.
Then the bus goes......result. I settle into my chair, pull up a blanket and shut my eyes fir 20 seconds when they start the stand up comedy DVD!!
It would be funny but it was obviously in Thai. So it is a man shouting Thai and we have no idea what he is saying. This goes for hours. Eventually it stops and Thailands version of noels house party starts. I thought I would die whilst watching crazy people trying to kick a football so their screaming mate didn't get covered in icing sugar.
Luckily the noise stops & we get some sleep. When we wake it's to a love easy listening
cd.....which you guessed it. More Thai shouting. I have come to realise it's a very loud language. The cd was like finger nails down a chalk board. We eventually arrived in Bangkok
& we found a peaceful cafe. This is where you will find me when I need to escape the rat race.
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