Koh Lanta--->Trang--->Bangkok

Sawadee kah! (or however you spell it)

Well, we escaped the beaches and took the sleeper train to Bangkok. I think that Lanta could have been nicer under better circumstances, but as it was, I was happy to move on.

We stayed two nights at our air-conditioned hotel--just long enough for Rory to recover. I ended up paying A LOT of money for a tuk-tuk to carry us and our stuff 200m or so, but it was still worth it. Rory was one sick puppy.

We were able to book a bus to Trang and connecting night train to Bangkok with only a day's notice, and we weren't swindled too badly either. Once in Trang, I ran into someone from high school--such a small world! So we had a good chat with them, a bit of food, and then took our place in second class.

As bad luck would have it, Rory and I were the beds closest to a set of broken doors. Those broken doors meant that the train was extremely loud--like pain the eardrums loud. And we were on the train for close to 16 hours. Rory was able to sleep some, but I only managed about an hour and a half, so I feel a bit zombie-like. On the plus side, Bangkok looks great and we managed to get a room at a nice hotel. I think we'll spend two or three nights here before continuing our move up north.

I might have more pictures to post tomorrow.

Love,
Ames