I forgot to close the curtains last night so was woken up by the most beautiful sunrise.
Therefore, I was up early enough to have a leisurely breakfast and enjoy the lovely hotel environment for the last time before setting off for Bangkok.
At first I didn’t think we were going to get off the island. Having come from the mainland, the car was obviously not used to any hilly terrain. I seriously thought I was going to have to get out and push at one stage. It really struggled but seemed to cheer up a lot once we were on the ferry. Most of the rest of the journey was uneventful enough and actually quite enjoyable as we passed through some reasonably attractive countryside. Clearly we were following a different route from the way we travelled to Koh Chang which, for the first few hours seemed as if we were motoring through some rather nasty industrial zone.
At one of our comfort breaks the driver picked and ate some berries off a tree.
As he didn’t speak any English I couldn’t ask what they were but gathered they helped to keep him awake and make him strong! He insisted I tried one. Very sour. Very bitter.
So, all was going along swimmingly until we hit the inevitable Bangkok traffic.
It’s shocking and it wasn’t even quite rush hour yet. It took us close to 1.5 hours to travel the last 4 kilometres which added up to an 8 hour journey door to door!
Why ever did you want to come back to Bangkok, I hear you ask? Looking at the photo at the top of this blog I have concluded that I must be mad. I have also concluded it must surely be beer o’clock. It’s been a long day!
Richard
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