New day, new country. I headed to Malaysia from Koh Lanta via a bus, 2 ferries, a Tuk Tuk and a taxi, and finally arrived in Langkawi with 3 new friends (and Jay).
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29th October
Needing a few bits and bobs, lucy and I headed over to the MBK center to do some shopping. We'd been told that this was the place to get anything and everything. My list was:
New 'selfie stick' for my GoPro. Preferably one that floats.
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27th October
We grabbed breakfast and headed to the airport. The taxi took forever, and we arrived 30 minutes before the game closed, but hey! We got there!
Arriving in Bangkok we got confused as to which visa stop we needed, turns out we didn't need a specific one, we just had to go through immigration for our visa exemption. Another stamp in my passport.
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Climbing onto the train, loaded up with backpacks, we wandered along trying to find our seats. It was clear this wasn’t the trains first stop, as people were already comfortable on their three tiered bunk beds; some seemed annoyed that we had disturbed them by getting onto their carriage. Abandoning our big backpacks under the bottom bunk, we slumped out on the bottom bunks to make room for other passengers trying to locate their beds for the night. I was in the middle bunk, which doesn’t seem too bad initially, but I realise soon that it was just below eye level for most people, which is worrying considering we were told you could wake up with someone starting at you! Thankfully my sleep what mostly interrupted, save for a few snores from the man in the bunks opposite. Before I knew it, it was morning and we had arrived in Mumbai.
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