After 14ish hours on the train - approximately 2 hours later than scheduled - we arrived back in Bangkok. We flagged a metered taxi down and were back at the hostel in no time. I was glad we had booked a room and didn't have the usual rigmarole of looking for one! Again everything in Bangkok was still going on as we headed to bed. After a day train experience I think for such a long journey I prefer the night trains. The scenery was lovely and everything but it...

We landed at Bangkok airport, got our luggage from the carousel and some cash from the ATM being severely overcharged in the process! It is one of our huge travel bugbears that we get charged for taking our own money out of the bank everywhere we go! Ridiculous! We then headed for the bus as directed by our, now somewhat battered, Lonely Planet. It soon became apparent that the bus service no longer existed so instead we caught the airport train with the aim t...