Not exactly the Darjeeling Limited

At all.

There’s a certain romance about train travel. Overnight train travel especially has an allure to it. I mean, until you actually do it.

We booked an overnight train from Chiang Mai back down to Bangkok in order to make a flight out to the beach the next morning.

The food on board was expensive and not so delicious. We could have easily split one serving and saved some money and waste.

Then the cockroaches appeared. With neither of us wanting to sleep in the bottom bunk (closest to the bugs), we settled the matter with an Uno tournament. I’m quite happy to report (and was even happier in the moment) that I emerged the champion. I honestly don’t know if victory has been any sweeter…

And here’s another photo from the trip that always makes me laugh.

I fell asleep and there’s Molly taking photos of herself. Ok… I actually just tricked Molly into making it look like that… but I still think it’s funny!

I’m glad we took the sleeper train… but I don’t think I’d do it again… in Thailand. I’m still keen on having a Darjeeling Limited experience, but I guess I need to go to India for that.

xo, jill