Travel Log 11

Traffic was terrible in Bangkok and so the bus from Koh Phangan dropped us off at 7:15am by a ditch out of town so that we could try our luck getting to the train station by 8:30am on the back of a donkey.  Although this seemed impossible the donkey, with lots of pointing a watches and ass whipping, managed to deliver us to the train station at 8:35am where since this is Thailand the train was delayed - “That’ll do Donkey”.

I stayed in Bangkok for a few days to figure out what to do next, buy a new phone and go to a nightclub. Nicky was in town and she decided to join me on my next trip to Khao Yai, a national park in which the waterfall from ‘The Beach’ is. The national park was very well paved which allowed Nicky and I to bike around the park to the most impressive waterfalls. Unfortunately since this is dry season the waterfalls weren’t as amazing as they look in the film but the were still very impressive. Another disappointment is that you are no longer allowed to swim in the lake under the waterfalls and you are definitely not allowed to jump off the top and I think had I tried I may have soiled myself before making the jump (it was a long way down – 25m about a 7 storey building).

I left Nicky behind and continued alone to Phimai, a small quiet town that has ancient Angkor style temple ruins. I stayed here for a few days to properly plan where I would go in Cambodia my next port of call.

Then I set off for Cambodia.