Simple...well the 6am train to the border was relatively simple once I found a seat in one of the very full but spotlessly clean 3rd class carriages. Who needs to pay extra for air con when you can simply have the windows pulled down? Plus, I had already splashed out 80 pence for my 5 1/2 hour journey. My breakfast, a croissant, was half that price. Monks sat listening to their ipods, men sat around drinking beer and chatting, students played on their laptop and families of four somehow sat comfortably on seats meant for two whilst I, much to everyone's amusement, took pictures of the Thai countryside passing us by and showed them to the little boy opposite who was amazed by the technology. Sellers past through the train with cold drinks, fruit and home
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