Waking up early in hopes to get the first train tickets to Phitsanoluk (the closest train station to Sukhothai), we arrived at the Bangkok train station at 8:15am, but all tickets for the early trains had already sold out, so we got on the 10:30am train. Packs in tow, we hung out at the Bangkok Hualampong Station for a couple hours, reading, writing, and of course, drinking Thai iced teas. When we finally boarded the very full train, we were relieved to know that our second class car had air condition, but disappointed to see that all the windows were covered in years of dirt, hardwater stains, and other layers of cloudy material that rendered the windows nearly opaque. As part of the motivation to ride a train was to see the scenic route north,
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