On Friday afternoon, we purchased tickets to Bangkok by bus. We spent the extra money for the VIP bus service which was supposed to be more comfortable with more leg room, etc. Each seat had its own monitor to view movies but there were none available in English, so Macayla watched Step Up Revolution in Thai three times in a row. I am not sure how she did it. Around 11pm, we stopped at a "rest area" and I noticed that I was not feeling so great; sore throat, headache, etc. The entire trip lasted about 12 hours and was fairly miserable. No matter how many times I do this type of long-distance trip, I can never get comfortable and the seats can recline to a horizontal position and it would make no difference. We arrived
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