We left Khon Kaen last night to catch the 1230am bus to Bangkok. It was an interesting bus ride. The pros were that we were one down from first class which meant more leg room, lots more leg room. Not only did the seats recline to an almost horizontal position, but there is a rest for your calves, so the only thing not supported are your feet. So far so good. Then, there is a button which moves the back of the seat and the bottom of the seat in a more chair (like a "v") or bed position (flat). There are also three different massage settings, but it is noisy as hell and they all felt the same to me - like there was someone with a jackhammer inside my chair. There were a few minutes I couldn't stop laughing from the embarassment of turning it on, and of course I couldn't stop at trying only one setting! The service was great - there is an attendant, like on an airplane, who came around three times briefly after our departure. The first time she came around with mini box of juice and a mini bag of chips, then with a bottle of water, and finally with a little plastic container of mini sandwiches - 2 salmon (gross) and 1 ham. What I found interesting was that every time she handed out one of these things she said "thank you" - so imagine there were about 40 of us on the bus and she made three trips, so that's about 120 times saying "thank you". Then comes the irritating part - this whole time they kept on the bright overhead light and had two large tv's in the front with the most irritating promotional commercials and music videos. The sound was on the overhead speakers so we had no choice but to listen to it even though all we wanted to do was try to sleep through the whole trip. About 30 minutes later they finally turned the light and tv off, but about 45 minutes before getting to the bus station in Bangkok they were turned back on again! What a shocking way to wake up!! Of course it was because the attendant was going to come around again with some soy milk.
After getting to Bangkok we caught a taxi to the airport and had quite a few hours to kill. We finally arrived at the Krabi airport just before 3 where it was pouring rain! After quite a lengthy taxi ride to our hotel we found that it wasn't quite what we had seen on the internet and also had a big puddle at the end of the room. Luckily the owner has another hotel not too far from that one and they had a better room for the same price so we switched.
After getting settled into our new room we went for meal at a Mexican restaurant. Yup, you got it. Mexican food in Thailand. The owner of the hotel also owns the restaurant and offers a 40% discount to his hotel guests, plus 2 for 1 cocktails, so we thought we would check it out and it was fantastic. I had piña coladas beautifully decorated with starfruit and a fresh flower (sorry no photo cause I didn't take my camera with me - I think they call that Murphy's Law) .. it seemed like the tropical thing to do - the piña coladas I mean.
On the way back to the hotel I was pleasantly shocked to see a man with a spider monkey! He was so beautiful (the monkey of course). With my mouth wide open in awe and excitement he came over to me and put him into my arms and then offered to take my picture for 200 Baht. It was a ripoff, but I didn't care. It was my first time ever seeing a monkey that close, nevermind touching one, so I got my silly souvenir and paid the man. I know it's not a great photo, cause it's a photo of a photo, but I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the moment.
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