Hello Bangkok!

Bangkok! At 6am our train arrived in Bangkok and we met up with the group who’d caught the earlier train. I felt worse for wears and was excited to just get going. We were fetched by our new agents and taken to their offices in Samut Sakhon. The trip was long and tiring and didn’t do much for my nausea. Thankfully though Tristan and Sara were being very helpful and trying to make me feel as comfortable as one could possibly be in a bus full of people. After what felt like an eon, we arrived at the agency.

We were given something to snack on and then came time to sign contracts. There were some queries with the contracts so we ended up spending the whole day at the agents and only got to our accommodation at around 6pm. We all showered (finally) and headed out for some food. It was nice spending some time with people from Chiang Mai and venting about the long day we’d all experienced. After spending 100 baht on French fries (for only a teeny tiny plate full) we walked back to our accommodation, ready for a good night’s rest.

The next day was long and one I’d rather not go into, but when I finally got back at around 7pm, I was eager to chill and needed to talk to someone. Everyone was back at the accommodation so we all headed out to get some food. After eating and showering I felt somewhat refreshed. I then spent a couple hours talking to Tristan about my day and whatnot and was grateful to have a shoulder to lean on.

The next day Tristan and I headed to the hospital for a check up on Tristan’s toe. Whilst waiting in line I got a phone call saying I had to go back to the accommodation and get ready for an interview. I had to pack up everything and be ready in half an hour. I wasn’t impressed and was rather suspicious due to the experience I’d had with the agency the day before, but, after being threatened, I made my way back to our accommodation. The next couple hours were tedious and involved being squashed up in a bakkie for a good few hours. When we (myself and a girl called Angie) eventually arrived for our interview. It was late and we were told to come back the next day with a demo lesson prepped. I was nervous and the next 24 hours were a blur but somehow we ended up back at Sabai Sabai. We got the jobs though! We had about 2 and a half weeks until the semester started so we could just chill for a bit. When Angie and I reached Bangkok (well the outskirts of Bangkok), we met up with Tristan and a few other people from the course to go to Bangkok for some stuff and food.

Bangkok was hot but we had some good food and got what was needed and had fun so overall it was a good afternoon. That night Tristan and I watched some movies and snacked and just really relaxed.

The next morning Tristan was supposed to be going off for his interview so we headed down at like 8/9 only to be told his interview was the next day. But that meant we could chill for one more day. And that’s exactly what we did. We ate some pasta with bacon (a rare gem here) and watched movies and chatted for a bit.

The next morning was a bit sad, I was going to miss everyone (a lot of people were going to the Chonburi area for their interviews, which was 2 hours from where I'd be teaching). That just left Sara, Angie and I (and 2 others) from our Chiang Mai group. We wandered around the area and I took the opportunity to repack my suitcase (the same one I’d been living out of for 4 weeks now). It was our last night at Sabai Sabai (yay), I was eager to leave behind the rock hard bed base they called a bed. I enjoyed some of the best fried rice I’ve ever had (for 140 baht), struggling to eat it with chopsticks. I had a rather early night which was a good decision because, unbeknown to me, I was in for quite a roller coaster the next day.

Again Plz (Samut Sakhon): 9/10 food, but absolutely ridiculous prices

Santa Fe (Samut Sakon): 6/10

Sabai Sabai (Samut Sakhon): 6/10, the beds are ridiculously hard

That’s it for now, keep following to find out about a 2-hour trip turned into 5 hours. Thanks for reading!

Happy wandering,

Centaine xx