Traveling Serving Reflecting: Lampang Return By Train

Lampang Return By Train

I decided to return to Chiang Mai by train. I started writing this while waiting in the train station. No wrong station this time!

Train Platform at Lampang

Restored Train Outside of Station

Detail of Engine Wheels

Engine on its Way

Old Caboose at Station

My ticket cost less than the Mars bar I just got at a nearby shop - about one dollar.

A Favorite Snack - Nori Seaweed Chips

Snack Shop

The train was reasonably prompt in arriving. The engines, car one and car two soon departed. I was in car three. I looked out the empty end of our car and wondered if they noticed we weren't there. About 10 minutes later there was a bump and we were off. We slowed down as we headed into the mountains. Students in seats next to me we're kind enough to take my picture.

On the Train

He Passed it to Her and She Took the Picture

Handed Him my Camera for the Picture

The passengers were a mix of Thais, young asian tourists, and westerners like me. A man in a uniform passed by a couple of times. I supposed he was the conductor but I didn't seen him look at any tickets.

Touring Asian Students

Passengers

Conductor?

Passenger

Harvesting Rice Straw

Drying River Bed

Motorcycle Cart

The view from the train was much more rural than it was from the bus. We passed hillsides, drying river beds (its the dry season), rice paddies with newly planted rice and paddies where they were cutting the rice straw.