Went to Kao San Road market today. Wow, lots or People and Starbucks!! Four costumized drinks, taste exactly the same, and sweets cost the same as a nice thai-dinner. Ohh well it was darn tasty.
Toby finally gets his way expensive eyewear. He is now nuts about if they change into darker shade in the sun, “yes, they do honey!” Björn is getting hooked up as well. We’ll pick them up on our way back from vacation, since we are flying out from Bangkok, July 25th.
We went to TA-ticket location (Tourist Authority= less added cost to any ticket) are checking out to take the bus down to Nai Harn, it takes 10 hours. Not that bad we choose a night bus. We are advised to take the plane since the roads down there are not that great. I called Andy, the local Brit at the dive-shop, he’ll pick us up at Phuket-town central bus-station the arrival morning 7 AM. Sweet!
Long boat and Air train
Bangkok holds the opposites, the long boat that is powered by a car engine commonly used in the waterways of the city and then there is the Air-rail, that has a dozen of stations in the newer “down-town” area towards the airport. We took a ride through the river system to view, people still live on the water, yet the water-markets seised to exist in the 60’s when lad transportation took over