Our flight didn't leave until 7:40pm so we took the advice of fellow travellers and headed to the top of a mountain to get some views and to climb 306 Dragon-lined steps to a very special temple.
We enjoyed the climb and the temple. Most of it was covered in gold leaf and was very impressive. Since our shoes smelled like swamp, I chose to wear my sandals. It turns out that my sandals don't work so well on Asian-red tile so I spent the majority of the afternoon in bare feet. Not a problem, however, since most temples require you to show respect by dressing appropriately and removing your footwear.
We took our converted red pick-up truck box with seats back to town where we had delicious bowls of cheap BBQ pork and crispy pork soup (I knew they were delicious because I had already had one for breakfast). From there I haggled a cab driver down from the quoted price to take us to the airport.
Disappointingly, the airport did not serve beer anywhere. So we opted for coffee and trip planning instead. Our Nok Air flight was easy breezy and yellow. We arrived in Bangkok where we had a cheap but sufficient place booked.
The only thing we needed to accomplish with our evening was to secure bus tickets to Siem Reap, Cambodia. We found the appropriate website, but third party websites warned us that completing the booking with a smart phone is a daring, tiresome, and frustrating task.
Josie started working on her iPhone and gave up for the more sufficient Samsung model. As this was happening, we ran out of Baht (Thai money) because we spent too much on food and beer. She continued to brave the ticket website while I hiked to the nearest atm. Of course, atms are neat stores, and stores sell beer, sooo...
I drank while Josie secured us two highly sought after direct bus tickets to Siem Reap.
We had sex and went to bed.
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