The journey back up to Bangkok was a pretty long and sleepless one. The 3 hour ferry to the mainland was fairly pleasant, and we had a few hours to get some food in Chumphon before getting on the bus. However, the bus wasn't too comfortable, and this was added to by a noisy group of English lads (shamefully) who drank and shouted nonsense into the early hours. When we got kicked out, bleary eyed, onto a random street in Bangkok at 5am I was relieved to find that I knew where we were and we made it to a nearby cafe for a drink while we waited for a guesthouse to open. Needless to say that the rest of the day was a wipe-out and I slept through most of it. Second time around Bangkok
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