Train ticket

The tickets here are an adventure. Following the difficulties we had to buy tickets from Ayutthaya to Chiang Mai, we had decided to buy the return ticketsupon our arrival in Chiang Mai... which we promptly forgot in our rush to find the guesthouse.

So we went to one of the numerous "tourist information centers", where everything from tickets to tours can be bought. Of course the train was full, but as we already had learned, waiting and asking again could yield us better results. So since Sunday morning, we have been checking several times daily with our favorite center to see if any tickets were available... which they were.

Solene credits her prayers to Ganesh for our  luck.

(When leaving the center, our charming saleswoman ran after us because the train station had called her back and there was a slight change in the availabilities of our tickets; her (land)phone in hand, more than 100m from the agency, she confirmed our booking on the spot. That's service...)

So we are leaving tonight for Bangkok!

To come, our tales of the Sunday Market and of our cruise on the river!

(It is again 10am here, so it is 4am for you folks!)