After a very pleasant flight we arrived in Bangkok, just after 5:30am. Once we cleared customs we caught the airport shuttle to our hotel. Although, soon after leaving the airport, we remembered that we were supposed to pick up our train tickets from an office back at the airport. We decided we would head to our hotel and venture back later. On the way we witnessed the craziness of Bangkok traffic, only to be outdone by the actions of the scooter bandits. Scooters are everywhere in Bangkok and for good reason. They cost nothing to run, they get about quickly, and finally, can and will squeeze between 2 moving buses. In our half hour bus ride, we could not believe that no one got skittled. We were dropped of by the bus at the intersection near
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