- If you want to get across a road you just go for it
- Walking is by far the best means of transport, if you don't want to get fleeced that is
- A certain amount of fleecing is to be expected
- The king is final.
- The old king is even more final.
- Street food is the best (obviously)
- Thai's don't really like having their photo taken
- Unless it is a selfie
- In which case you're best of joining in and taking your own selfie
So I walked right through Chinatown and who knows where-else, past so many shops piled to the ceiling with pretty much everything - one shop seemed to specialise in tyres, the next would be mini temple things, and all of them had one of those mini temple things established outside surrounded by half-full cups of colourful juice, snacks and incense.
This was the lovely lady who cooked my lunch. Sitting peeling peanuts in front of her neighbour's shop, which was, as afore mentioned, piled high with all sorts.
Lunch, before the 15 ft gold buddha, was my favourite, noodle soup - chilli, pork three ways, beansprouts and herbs. All cooked in under 2 minutes, on the street corner.
The 15 ft solid gold buddha was... well rather gold. I like how Buddha is always smiling. And people are welcomed to go right up to him, kneel, pray, offer gifts, just generally be there, celebrate and be happy. It's not really like any other religion I've encountered.
After some praying (these girls did some on my behalf) I did some more walking. And after the walking, checked out and did some waiting.
Decided to get the local bus as thought it would be cheaper - in fact it was - it was free, and I made some new friends on the bus too - the lady bus conductor kept giving me a cheeky smile, and then finally when I did get a seat and got to move from the dusty floor in the space between the front window and the seats, the lady I sat next to wanted to show me all her favourite pictures of pretty English houses... very strange.
The destination: Koh San Road.
Thoughts: tourists. Lots of them.
Activities: catching another bus.
People met: 1 kiwi, 1 Canadian, 1 Swede.
Departure time: 9pm
Arrival time at next destination: 4am
Next leg: sick-boat x 2 hours
Things learnt: take some serious travel sickness pills, don't sit in the open air on the boat, even if it looks like the better option for not being ill - it's not, remember not to eat anything at least 8 hours before catching a boat (fortunately this time due to the most comfortable coach... and some good conversation, no food was consumed yet on the other hand, little sleep was had).
Here's the man himself.
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