I catch the next bus and change at Sanam Luang to bus 25, which passes near the railway station. When I get to the platform, the train is just slowly pulling in. I buy a bottle of water and a beer and take my seat in car No.1. A girl comes along selling food. I choose chicken curry on rice, all wrapped in plastic.
Good food is available almost everywhere.
At 7.20 pm the train leaves the station, only 20 minutes late. The track out of Bangkok is very bad, so we move very slowly for about half an hour. At the other side at the window a Thai girl is studying a french exercise book. Later, at Don Muang station I ask her about the book and if she likes to talk with me in French. She moves to the seat next to me.