We arrived in Bangkok from Hanoi and two hours later were boarding the overnight bus down to Phuket (yes, you'd think we'd have learnt our lesson!). After being sold a "luxury" double-decker bus ticket we were rather surprised to see an incredibly old coach turn up, which had every other one of it's windows cracked. After piling on, the bus wouldn't start - so at this point we all had to pile out and the boys had to push the bus down the road. It was quite a funny sight seeing about 30 guys all trying to get this thing going down a main road in Bangkok. Luckily it started and we all jumped on, this meant that the bus had to keep it's engine running continuously for the next 12 hours, even when we stopped
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