Wheels on the bus don't go round and round....

Trip Start Sep 22, 2006

Trip End Ongoing

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Flag of Thailand Chiang Khan, Thailand
Wednesday, November 1, 2006

So in the interest of seeing some of the countryside, we decided to take the scenic route... &, boy, it was in more ways than one. Our day started on a pretty flash bus which had half decent airconditioning even. That was all good till a couple of hours into our journey we went down a slight dip in the road & heard an almighty crashing noise under the bus which we assumed was a rock initially till the grounching sound which carried on till the bus stopped proved otherwise. There was us, half a dozen thais & a couple of monks on the bus, so we all hopped out to see what we could see. Someone picked up a rod about 1 1/2 inches thick which appeared to have sheared off somewhere - the best we could make out was it maybe had something to do with the suspension. Fortunately, the route we were on is frequented a few times during the day, so the next bus cruised by about 1 1/2 hours later & we all managed to get a seat - just!
Eventually we arrived in Chiang Khan, literally a one street town with no money changers & us with our 1000B notes. Luckily for us (& the guesthouse, cos they couldn't give us change for a 1000B note) the mini mart was happy for us to buy water & 2 chocolate bars (12B!)... honestly we are eating the local food - they were thai chocolate bars. We wandered around the market that night - very local: raw meat, live fish, & veggies, plus t-shirts & boney-m cds etc - & had some dinner.
It's not till you're in a town where virtually no english is spoken that you realise how much english is spoken in the touristy areas.

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