The Best Laid Plans

So, I should be in Chang Mai right now, but as any traveler can tell you, sometimes things are a little beyond your control. We left Ko Chang at 8 am to catch a 9 am ferry, and then a 11 am bus to Bangkok. We had tickets booked to fly to Chang Mai at 9:00 pm. Considering the bus trip was supposed to last four or five hours we should have had plenty of time right? Wrong.

First off the bus left late, and made several unplanned stops, before finally breaking down on the side of the highway in the sweltering heat. It took well over an hour before someone showed up to repair the bus, and when they finally did it took another twenty minutes or so to get going. Long story short, we pulled into Bankok at 8:30 pm with not nearly enough time to make it to the airport.

Since we got in so late, most of the decent guesthouses were already booked. I ended up spending 250 baht (about $6) to stay at the "Maco Polo Hostel." The room was so suspect that I slept with the lights on.

Ian and I stayed out until 3am trying to wrangle the three of us new tickets to Chang Mai. Can you believe there was a travel agent open at 2am? We eventually got tickets for later the next afternoon. So next time you hear from me I should be in a cooler, relaxing, more moderate climate. I hope. But like I said, sometimes things are a little beyond our control.