Sunday 5th March to Thursday 9th March 2006 Time to move outta Bangkok and further afield in Thailand. This time on my own - no Jeanette to help ease the burden of the strange land and travel... Starting of course by not catching the tourist bus but doing it the 'proper hardcore' (!!) traveller thang and catching the local bus! Sooo I decided to do just that. The thing is, I was about to get on the second class bus and 'go-local' when all the occupants and the driver shooed me away to the more sparkly bus which was first class. So much for going local!! To my surprise, however, I was the only non-local on the bus and had to squeeze between two ladies on the back seat... not 'hardcore' but getting there...! I arrived
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