Mistrust

Shaunzilla at the Golden Mount

A couple of days ago we were trying to decide where to go next and I found some ridiculously cheap plane tickets(cheaper than a train) from Bangkok to Trang(Thailand) and we booked it. We didn't really know what was in Trang (it turns out there isn't much) but it was far away and cheap.

On the way to the airport there was a guy on the street who saw us and told us to go left to get to the train. Often in Bangkok you get people telling you things that are out and out lies to benefit themselves, things like "The Grand Palace is closed today, but I will take you somewhere even better for only 400 Baht", "I will drive you anywhere you want to go for only 10 Baht (as long as you don't mind going to a gem and suit shop on the way)" or "Noone will take you to that location for 100 Baht, it will be at least 300 (and then after 4 attempts you find someone who is honest and takes you for 100 Baht)". These are all examples of things that people say that make you not want to believe people when they tell you to take a left to get to the train station. As it turned out, I did need to go left and I didn't believe the man who was trying to help me. Once I realized I needed to go left, I went back and thanked the man for his help. It made me feel like a really terrible human being for not believing someone who was trying to help me.

When we got to the airport I had this dialogue with the woman behind the checkin desk:

Check in clerk: Where are you flying today?

Me: To Trang.

Check in clerk: Where?

Me: To Trang.

Check in clerk: hahahaha, to Tra-ang. hahaha

Me: Yes, to Tra-ang

Check in clerk: hahahaha, to Tra-ang. hahaha

Then when I was going through security the woman there asked me where I was going and I told her "Tra-ang" and she also began to laugh at me and said "Tra-ang" back to me. I sure thought I was saying the same thing but apparently not as everyone else just thought I was hilarious.

For dinner I ordered "Thai spicy chicken". I'm pretty sure they made me a western version of the dish but it was so hot that I couldn't stop sweating!

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2012-06-23 Bangkok - Trang