The travels of Justin

We’re back in Bangkok after another bus ride across the “dancing road” from Cambodia. Tina and I just had a wonderful Shrimp Wun Ton soup and some drinks and headed to a web cafe. We’ve got to figure out where we want to stay tomorrow when we get to the island of Koh Samet, which is supposed to have some pretty awesome beaches. It’s looking as though we’ll just have to see what’s available when we arrive; it’s the fun of travelling. We’re also taking the chance to empty the memory of our digital camera to CD. We have around 350 photos already, mostly of Angkor Wat ruins. Don’t worry though, we won’t force them all on you when we get back, and we will be much less trigger happy now that we’re headed for the white sands of a beautiful beach. I still can’t wait for our last day or two in Bangkok where we will visit the Grand Palace, and some other sights.

It’s 11:15 pm right now, and we were up at 6 to catch our morning bus – it’s not all relaxing. Our bus forgot to pick us up in Cambodia, and I was able to arrange something with minutes to spare. They got us to the bus we needed, but it was packed with people. Out come these mini seats, proped up on bricks, that Tina and I endured for 5 hours. Painful! We survived, and thankfully the Thai border crossing is much more simple than the Cambodia one, and we were through in a jiffy.

I think our bus tomorrow is a public one, not the chartered busses that we took to Cambodia, so it might be interesting. We’ve heard from other travellers, that it’s more fun and takes longer, but can be difficult since not everyone speaks English. That’s okay though. Despite our language skills being limited to “hello” and “thank you”, I managed to get some Dim Sum steamed buns and a hot dog for lunch at a 7-11 (they are everywhere here), which felt like an accomplishment.

Anyway, it’s time for some sleep, and we’ll have a big day ahead of us. Goodnight for me, and good morning to you!

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