金琦之旅 Amazing Voyage: Thailand day 9 & 10 : From Pai - Minivan to Chiang Mai - Overnight bus to Mo Chit Bangkok - Minivan to Pak Chong - Khao Yai Art Museum

In the morning, we enjoyed the environment at the Mr Jan Guesthouse while waiting to check out before 11pm since our booked minivan to Chiang Mai is 2pm. After checked out, we had the lunch at the Tik Kitchen. The meal is cheap but normal and the juice is so sweet that I can't finished it. I feel headache after drank it.

Top : Fried Rice with Chicken , 50B
Bottom : Rice with stirred fried chicken, 50B
Juice, 20B each

The minivan to Chiang Mai departed from the Aviabooking station. Our backpacks were tighten at the van roof top. The minivan stop at the same stop after one and half hour of downhill and curve road journey. The total journey took 3.5 hours as the road is quite jam bear to city area. After reached the Arcade terminal 2, we had dinner at the local restaurant nearby the bus terminal. At the first restaurants, we asked how much is the food since there is meal name written in English. The lady boss said it is 50 but I saw the menu written in Thai only 40. Then she said the big bowl for 50 and the small bowl for 40. Then we want to eat the small bowl but she refused to do our business. Hence, we left the restaurant and found next one have english menu with listed price.

Rice with stirred fried pork, 40B

Our overnight bus to Mo Chit, Bangkok is the Transport.co first class double decker bus. There are only one departure time at 7pm daily. The cost is 488B/person. There is toilet inside. The carry on bag can be put in the door cabin above the seat. The seat can be adjusted to around 135 degree with the leg rest. There is blanket provided. A water bottle, muffin and coffee is given to everyone. There is hot water downstairs. The bus stopped at several town bus station to drop off and pick up passenger. Around 9pm, the bus attendant gave another juice drink to everyone. We hardly sleep in the bus as there is TV playing movie in thai and it is very loud. But it shut down after 11pm. The bus stopped again at 1am at a big rest area with supermarket and food stall. After that, we sleep all the way to Bangkok.

Transport.co first class bus

A water bottle and a box which have a cup, a muffin and coffee

Our Expenses for Day 9

Lunch : 160

Water : 9

Minivan to Chiang Mai : 300
Dinner : 80

First class overnight bus to Bangkok : 976

TOTAL ; 1525

At 5:40am, we reached the Mo Chit Bangkok. Mo Chit is also called Chatuchak Bus Terminal. We straight away asked for the minivan to Pak Chong. After asked for 4 persons, finally we get on the minivan which cost 160B. The minivan depart every hour. The minivan that we sit departed at 6am.

Minivan to Pak Chong

After 3 hours journey, we reached the Pak Chong town. The driver thought us is going to the Khao Yai National Park. He straight away told the songthaew driver that we were going. After we get off the minivan, we just straight away get back our backpacks from the songthaew.

Firstly, we found the breakfast to eat. By using foursquare, we found a very famous local restaurant near the train station. It is crispy pork with rice and only cost 40B.

Crispy pork with rice, 40B
Chinese sausage with rice, 40B

After that, we put our backpacks at train station while I went to find the motorbike to rent since our booked accommodation was far away from town. We don't waste our money to sit the songthaew. After asked 3 rental shop, the price is the same which is 300B for 24 hours. Hence, I just rented a newer scooter.

Honda Click 125, 300B/day

The accommodation that we booked is Lake view tent. One tent for two people only cost 300B/night. The dorm bed in any hostel cost 300B/night for person which is very expensive for us although they are near to the train station or town area. After two times riding back and forth from train station and lake view, we finally transferred our four backpacks to the place. The tent have two futon beds, two sleeping beds and two towels. The tent is just located beside the lake.

After that, we rode to the town to find lunch. We couldn't find any local food to eat as most of the local here don't speak English. Then we just had our lunch at KFC. Then departed to Khao Yai Art Museum which is free admission. The journey took half an hour from town. We just spent there for an hour since it is not that big.

KFC big box, 167B

In art space A

Art space A, there are a lot of paintings and statues of Rama IX king.

Art Space B

Art Space C is the artwork of the white temple artist

There are some artwork at outside too.

After that, we rest at the Tops Daily convenience shop to have some coffee. There is not much thing to do in Khao Yai as most of the attraction is not free and the entrance fee is at least 100B/person for most of the place. After loitered at the Tesco, we went to the Night Bazaar at the Pak Chong town center.