Well, not exactly midnight, we left Hua Lamphong Station in
Bangkok at 7.55pm but given that we would be spending the next 12 hours on the
sleeper train, Gladys Knight would have been proud.
When planning our month in Thailand, we gave the children
the choice of flying or sleeper train to Chiang Mai. ‘Luckily’ they chose the train which I was
quite happy about but didn’t go down too well with Shoshi. I’ll explain why…
My experience of sleeper trains is 1st Class from London Euston to Glasgow Central, my own little cabin, couple of glasses of red
in the bar carriage, then drifting off to a pleasant sleep only to be woken the next morning in
Glasgow by the subtle smells of 'Greggs the Bakers' Glasgow Central.
Shoshi’s experience is slightly different. 52 hours in 2nd Class on an Indian
sleeper, Bombay to Calcutta, packed in like sardines, trying to sleep with both
eyes open, scared in case her backpack was stolen, the pungent smell of
Vegetable Madras pouring through the carriage.
So suffice to say, Shoshi wasn’t much looking forward to the
trip.
As it turned out, it was pretty decent. Kids were sleeping by 10pm, Shoshi read a
book, I listened to some music and watched Netflix.
The only thing missing was a nice glass of Pinot Noir and
some Scotrail peanuts.
We awoke a couple of hours outside Chiang Mai, the kids having
managed to sleep for around 9 hours, ready to start our northern Thailand
adventure. In front of us, 12 days in
Chiang Mai and Pai, looking forward to getting back to nature and de-stressing
after our brief pitstop in Bangkok.
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