On Thursday night last week, we flew from Siem Reap, Cambodia to Bangkok, Thailand. We learned that if we fly to Thailand we can receive a free 30 Visa and it would have been the same amount of money if we drove over, received a free 15 day Visa and needed to renew our Visa for $120. Needless to say, we opted for the faster route. The flight was only one hour as opposed to a 10 hour bus ride.
Friday, we just hung around Bangkok and figured out all our train routes and tickets through Thailand. We also joined in the festivities of the Chinese New Year. We saw the Princess of Thailand. We made an appearance during the celebrations. Friday night, we got on a train and headed to Ubon Ratchathani. Ubon was Shelley's first area in the mission and it was a long train ride there. Check out the picture below to learn more.
Ubon was wonderful. It was so much fun to be in Shelley's old stomping grounds and where she kicked the pavement to share to Gospel. We saw many of her friends and members at church. Two special people to Shelley are Sister Ging and Sister Mee Nida (pronounced "manita"). Those two sure love Shelley and were so excited to see her. There wasn't much to do in Ubon. It was somewhat of a ghost town. Many people were gone and shops were closed for the New Year.
Now we are in Khorat (Shelley's second area). We took another train to get here, but to our surprise it actually was on time today.
Below are a few pictures of our adventures.
The only overnight tickets available were the 3rd class seats. These chairs were like sitting in a church pew for 13 hours. So uncomfy! Plus the windows never really sealed and we actually got cold. Also, the seats were barely big enough for two American butts side-by-side.
Trains vendors would get on and off the train all night long yelling and walking up and down the aisle trying to selling their loot.
The morning after a terrible night on the train.
Church in Ubon.
Sister Mee Neda, Sister Ging, Shelley, Spike
Train today. 2nd class seats. Much nicer.
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