Our trip to Bangkok started well, a lovely 3 hour boat trip, sitting on the deck in the hazy sunshine, it soon went downhill when we saw our overnight bus. For our journey back we opted for the Songserm company, after our experience I wouldn’t recommend them, air con broken, cramped bus etc, my advice would be go with the Seatran company, far superior and worth the extra few baht. We arrived in Bangkok to the sound of the driver repeating calling “Bangkok, Bangkok, last stop, get off bus quickly” He wasn’t hanging around to see what the protesters were doing. We disembarked into a pack of taxi and tuk tuk drivers. Like seagulls scavenging for food, these drivers wanted us. I took a second to get my bearings and we quickly headed off into the
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