We love a long bus ride

Today we began our journey towards Bangkok. We have planned to use Sukhothai as a stop over point and luckily it has a historical park similar to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to visit. We set off early with hopes of getting an early bus as advertised but unfortunately when we arrived at 8.10am they only have tickets for the 10.30 bus left. While waiting in the bus station we both read our books and enjoyed a lovely and surprisingly cheap cup of coffee. The waiting was painful especially knowing we had so much more waiting to come. Finally our bus came and we boarded a pretty empty bus. We began the journey and stopped to pick people up and drop people off at random points. I'm not sure how anyone knows when to get off but they seem to manage somehow. By the end of the trip every seat was full. We had a few stops at bus stations where we picked people up but it was also our toilet opportunity. There was much stress from the driver to be back quickly so we weren't able to buy any food or drinks with a toilet use as well. In the end at our last stop we sacrificed our toilet usage to get some snacks. I had the tiniest Pringles ever! I finished my book and started a second one straight away after. I'm getting a bit hooked on this reading thing now. We finally made it to Sukhothai after 7 and a half hours and to much relief discovered our guest house is opposite the bus station. This does mean we're further away from everything but after heading into town for dinner we soon discovered there's not much we are missing as it's really not a tourism aimed town yet. It took us 15 minutes to find a restuarant. We had been informed that the route to the centre had many barking dogs so we decided to get a tuktuk instead. After some yummy food it was already 9pm so we got a tuktuk back for the fun and games of trying to put up the mosquito net.Read more