All trains going South from Bangkok are booked out until 2012 and we are forced to board another bus to escape the migration to Koh Samui where everyone is heading for full moon parties.
We take a taxi to get to the bus station 3km out of town. The journey should cost 80-100 Thai Baht but when the driver pulls away he turns off the meter and demands 200 baht. For his bad behaviour we tell him ‘where to go’ (so to speak!) and leave him with just 60 baht and a bad mood. After that we disregard the tourist buses after the previous experience and get on a super efficient government bus – they arrive faster because they barely stop! At the end of the journey we are stuck in the middle of nowhere, dropped off at a completely different bus station than we anticipated. We ask a young couple for directions and they point us in the right direction but tell us that it is a very long walk. Just a minute down the road they come past in their pick up truck and are so sweet that they offer us a lift to town!
12 and a half hours is a long time on a bus!
Large temples seem to be dotted around the countryside
Somewhere behind the flowers is the drivers rear view mirror!
We are extremely fortunate to meet such kind people who drive us into towdespite it being out of their way at night time in Hat Yai.
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