Finally in Chiang Rai, Thailand.... (Part 1)

Well, let me see where to begin... everthing is kinda messed up now in my head as quite a few events has taken place in the past few days. I've even lost track of both time and day.. guess this marks the beginning of the holidays for me as usual.

Prior to our trip to Chiang Rai, Thailand which was due on the 4th of December, Joshua and Chester put up a night at my house... as this makes catching the 8am bus the next day a much possible feat to achieve. However... (with Joshua around... there's always something bound to happen) the night Joshua and Chester came down to Ipoh along with a couple of friends... We, as a group (Not nice to blame everything on Joshua lah :P) decided to have a couple of drinks at this place called the Breeze Cafe, some where near the Ritz Hotel in Ipoh. We were fortunate to be joined by Rotarian Arthur too for this so called drinking session. we left the place around 1am.. Can't wait to get home to my nice bed and recharge for the next day... however (again)... upon reaching home, the 3 of us began chit chatting and telling great grandmother stories till around 4am... till we dozed off to sleep.

On the morning of our bus departure form Medan Gopeng, Ipoh to Butterworth and guess who was the last one to get ready and gave us just 15 mins to get from my house in old Ipoh Garden to the bus station... yeeeeappp... it was Chester (Guess he was putting up some makeup or something). Thanks to my dad who drove, accompanied by my mum, we managed to reached the bus station at 8am sharp!! Taking some safety precautions before we arrived, Joshua has actually requested Rotarian Arthur who was there to see us off, to stop the bus at all cost till we arrive:) Lucky for us, we managed to catch the bus and was amazed to notice the bus was still quite vacant. The bus finally left at 8.30am.... and this marked the beginning of our trip to Chiang Rai, Thailand!!!

2 hours later on a very bumpy bus ride and we finally made it to Butterworth bus station.. and just walking distance from the train station. After taking a breather as i alighted the bus... just to rearrange my mis placed organs due to the bus ride... we got our bearings right and headed to the train station where we met up with Kong, his sister and cousin who were already there waiting since 5am. Being there early and had nothing to do, we decided to explore the place a lil bit... till our train departure at 2.30pm.