We decided today to check out the Chatuchak weekend market, since we had already had a tantalising taste of small roadside markets in Bangkok and it had whetted our appetite for the real deal. Chatuchak market is HUGE. Like, we spent hours there walking around and didn't make it through even a quarter of it, huge. It was also mega hot and quite unpleasant, to be honest. We have taken the pram everywhere with us so far with no problems, so we took it again as it has been amazing for Avalon to nap in. Since it's so hot here and we've been so busy, she has been napping quite a bit, so for that reason alone, it's indispensable. However, it wasn't great for navigating through the tiny little maze like alleyways of Chatuchak. It was fine in the main outdoor alleys, but in the tiny, shady, CROWDED alleys, it was pretty awkward. There were also wayyy too many people there. We lasted a few hours but after that were too hot and sunburned and thirsty to stay any longer. We made a couple of small purchases (hat for me and shorts for Sol) and then headed back to the hotel.
A quick Skype with the family turned into a longer Skype than expected and we left ourselves with 10mins to pack our belongings and get a taxi to the train station. It was a bit frantic, but we made it to Hualumphong station with time to get some dinner before boarding our overnight train to Chumphong.
Avalon was very excited about the train trip.. it was the first time she had been on a train since 9 months old. She was less than impressed when the man came around to make our seats up into beds though, as she wanted to keep playing!
We arrived at Chumphong station at 5am, an hour later than expected and had to run to catch our bus to the pier where we caught the Lomprayah high speed catamaran to Koh Tao. Avalon was quite excited about the whole thing.. the bus ride, the ferry.. it was all new and exciting. When she got bored of the sitting part, my phone with the movie 'Cinderella' kept her amused! Sol was amazed at how fast the catamaran went, as well as the huge expanse of water (coming from a land-locked country) and asked how big and deep the lake we were on, was.. which made me laugh!
We arrived a couple of hours later at Koh Tao, a driver from our hotel picked us up and eventually we reached our destination: Palm Leaf Resort, Sairee Beach. To be continued..
A quick Skype with the family turned into a longer Skype than expected and we left ourselves with 10mins to pack our belongings and get a taxi to the train station. It was a bit frantic, but we made it to Hualumphong station with time to get some dinner before boarding our overnight train to Chumphong.
Avalon was very excited about the train trip.. it was the first time she had been on a train since 9 months old. She was less than impressed when the man came around to make our seats up into beds though, as she wanted to keep playing!
We arrived at Chumphong station at 5am, an hour later than expected and had to run to catch our bus to the pier where we caught the Lomprayah high speed catamaran to Koh Tao. Avalon was quite excited about the whole thing.. the bus ride, the ferry.. it was all new and exciting. When she got bored of the sitting part, my phone with the movie 'Cinderella' kept her amused! Sol was amazed at how fast the catamaran went, as well as the huge expanse of water (coming from a land-locked country) and asked how big and deep the lake we were on, was.. which made me laugh!
We arrived a couple of hours later at Koh Tao, a driver from our hotel picked us up and eventually we reached our destination: Palm Leaf Resort, Sairee Beach. To be continued..
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