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In retrospect, I somehow did not get hooked on Hua Hin and I was looking forward to getting to Chiang Mai. I first thought of taking the train for its nostalgic feeling but the hours were just too difficult for me to catch another night train to CM. I could have made the 22:00 one from BKK but then I would have arrived in CM around lunchtime and I preferred to get there earlier.
Just as I was about to get a tuk-tuk to the minibus station for Bangkok, the lady at the hotel told me that there was a bus station for Chiang Mai in particular. Not having to get from the bus stop in BKK to the train station and not having to buy another ticket which perhaps might have been sold out for that night, I thought I would give it a try, and it was definitely worthwhile.
That bus station was a bit far from the center, the tuk-tuk was 150 Baht and they still had a ticket for the 6 p.m. bus that day, arriving some 12 hours later in CM. There would have been an earlier bus at 5 p.m. but arriving at 6 a.m. was early enough. The ticket cost 785 Baht.
I had a few hours to kill but the waiting room was air-conditioned and there was almost no one there, so I could use my laptop and spread things out on one of the small tables there.
Watching some movie, reading a bit and after a quick light lunch at a nearby small outdoor restaurant, I was ready to board the bus.
Despite not having been able to secure a window seat anymore, the seats were spacious and comfortable with enough legroom. What a difference to buses in China when one is usually crammed in there with no space to move.
A few pics of the bus station and the inside of the bus itself.
Just as I was about to get a tuk-tuk to the minibus station for Bangkok, the lady at the hotel told me that there was a bus station for Chiang Mai in particular. Not having to get from the bus stop in BKK to the train station and not having to buy another ticket which perhaps might have been sold out for that night, I thought I would give it a try, and it was definitely worthwhile.
That bus station was a bit far from the center, the tuk-tuk was 150 Baht and they still had a ticket for the 6 p.m. bus that day, arriving some 12 hours later in CM. There would have been an earlier bus at 5 p.m. but arriving at 6 a.m. was early enough. The ticket cost 785 Baht.
I had a few hours to kill but the waiting room was air-conditioned and there was almost no one there, so I could use my laptop and spread things out on one of the small tables there.
Watching some movie, reading a bit and after a quick light lunch at a nearby small outdoor restaurant, I was ready to board the bus.
Despite not having been able to secure a window seat anymore, the seats were spacious and comfortable with enough legroom. What a difference to buses in China when one is usually crammed in there with no space to move.
A few pics of the bus station and the inside of the bus itself.
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