Taking the overland train from Bangkok to Nong Khai (to Laos)
Sometimes life throws you a condition that isn’t satisfactory or even palatable. Let’s say you’re crossing overland from Thailand to Laos (via Nong Khai), you got the last seat on an overnight train and it’s a seater! Should you be worried?…
Well, you show up as scheduled to find your train isn’t a luxury Thai sleeper train but is god-awful noisy, seats munchkin-sized passengers, it’s an 11 hour ride and the AC is sending you into hypothermia. This is the worst ride of your life! What do you do?
… Whatever you can.
I thought I could learn to live with temporarily uncomfortable situations– I thought wrong.
We all go through moments of personal horrors stories. Not every travel condition is ideal…
When I boarded my car, my jaw nearly fell. I flashed back to the moment when the station guy at the ticket counter told me I was getting the last seat on the train.
Did I buy third class seats?!
No AC but a fan blowing warm air and narrow, miniature bench seats. For a full car, I didn’t know how my bags would fit.
The “princess” in me panicked.
Third class. Iffy.
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