After an annoying morning which included scattered transport to a full bus we were taking from Siem Reap, Cambodia to Bangkok, Thailand. The wonderful turn in events happened after the Thai border. As promised we actually take a minibus to Bangkok. A rest stop leads us to our first meal in Thailand: Pad Thai! My favorite. Delicious and guess what? Only 1 USD.
The air conditioned bus was refreshing and 5 hours after leaving the Thai border we arrived in Bangkok.
The tuc tuc transportation bargain has turned into the taxi negotiation. We don't discuss price we go from metered taxi to metered taxi and ask "Meter?" "Do you use meter?" if "Yes." we show the hostel address to the driver and at this point some drivers will see it's far and suddenly they attempt to negotiate aflat rate after agreeing to use their meter. Fail. Repeat steps.
So we found a driver who I'll take us to our far hostel and use his meter. Which he turns on before we enter the vehicle (which is hot pink).
Surprise! Charged 1.50 for the toll on a freeway. In the end after thedriver got lost we still didn't miss out on too much Baht (local currency).
Our hostel called the Wanderlust. It is cozy, homely and only holds 16 people. We don't have to lock up our backpacks. Everyone is friendly and interesting. We all went out tonight for a drink at the "Roof" bar in the popular part of Bangkok: Khao San Road.
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