The sleeper car train was a trip. 4 bunks in our cabin. They give you pillows and blankets (who knows the last time they were cleaned) and “rent” you sheets for 100 rupees which is about $1.50. The chai wallah comes by very often and each chai tastes a little different and costs different, either…
Month: September 2016
India
We always knew that India was going to be the most challenging part of the trip. And it started off with a bang! We stayed overnight in Bangkok and got to the airport at about 2:30AM! We proceeded to the ticket agent for SpiceJet and got our boarding passes for what we thought was a…
Phuket has been updated with more pictures!
We are back in New Delhi and finally have some good WiFi, so we will be doing a bunch of posts in the next few days to try to catch up. In the mean time, the Phuket post has been updated. Enjoy, and thanks for following us Geezers!
Phuket
The rumbling started after our last dinner in Bangkok. I ordered minced catfish and I think they forgot the fish part! Our flight to Phuket was uneventful and the taxi ride through Phukett City and Patong made us glad we did not choose either of those locations…way too busy. When we arrived at our lovely…
Bangkok
What a city!!! The modern stores and conveniences (like cell phones…oh, and the Thai are as bad as the US as far as everybody everywhere is always looking at their damn phones!) live side-by-side with decaying infrastructure, massive traffic congestion, and Chanel, Louis Vuitton, and Armani!! We arrived at about 2:30 pm on Thursday, Sept…