{"id":395,"date":"2023-12-11T14:53:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T14:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aerowalsh.com\/cr\/?p=395"},"modified":"2024-06-23T08:40:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T08:40:04","slug":"mon-11th-dec-bangkok-overnight-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/?p=395","title":{"rendered":"Mon 11th Dec &#8211; Bangkok, overnight train"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bangkok and I have until 3pm together, after which the night train will wind us down to southern Thailand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being out late last night with a tour group facsimile of friends, when my alarm goes off at 6.30am for breakfast I consider ignoring it. But the isolation of being out before the backpackers is the winning urge. I come across an alleyway with one vendor selling to ubiquitous pork ball noodle broth, and next to it a man selling goey eggs in a cup, doughnuts and coffee. I get all three but in process very obviously reveal myself distinct to everyone else have breakfast. An oldish Thai man with fair English and a 750ml bottle of beer sniffs out a conversation and sits next to me while he douses his pork ball soup with four teaspoons of dried chilli. The menacing red tint of his breakfast, the enormous bottle of beer at 7am and my general distrust of Bangkok dilutes the enjoyment of my breakfast. In the end, he talks for 30minutes non stop and asks more inquisitive questions than some of my extended family, and I walk away safely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057825-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057825-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057825-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057825-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057825-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057825-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Long boat tour of Bangkok&#8217;s canals. Many have been made into reclaimed land (credit: TimeLife book) but some still exist and are used both as a tourist attraction and for barges transporting construction materials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057853-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057853-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057853-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057853-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057853-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057853-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The canals are a mix of new and old, decrepit and functional. There are shacks literally decaying into the water, there are basic homes where gas cooking is done outside facing the river, there are opulant houses with water slides, and there is of course Buddah.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057883-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057883-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057883-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057883-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057883-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057883-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thai&#8217;s have many symbolic ways of paying respect to Buddah. This is one of my favourites I have seen. A coin is placed in each pot as you walk down the isle. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057905-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057905-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057905-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057905-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057905-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057905-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057905-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lunch, otherwise known as find somewhere to get out of the heat. Today was officially too hot and I get a headache.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057923-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057923-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057923-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057923-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057923-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057923-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The tour company needs to run a half day tour &#8220;how Thailand cleans itself&#8221;. After markets, bursting crates of coconut husks wait on the footpath. Around residential areas, empty egg shell halves are bagged and hung outside front doors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296067396.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296067396.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296067396-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296067396-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296067396-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296067396-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Night train in sitting mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057967-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057967-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057967-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057967-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057967-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/wp-1702296057967-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Night train in sleeping mode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-holiday","category-summer-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":400,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395\/revisions\/400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cr.aerowalsh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}