A first hand view of the floods

The return journey from Lop Buri to Bangkok was quite simple compared to the hitch hiking mission to get there. Leaving Lop Buri early in the morning I went to the train station to get on a train only to be told there were still no trains. I found a motorbike taxi and got to the bus station, somehow without telling the motorbike driver I needed to get to Bangkok he knew and so when we got to the bus station he called the driver of the bus which was pulling out and I climbed aboard.
For the five hours or so it took to get to Bangkok it seemed the driver was taking the side road and kept beeping his horn at anyone on the side of the road and people would run and climb aboard the bus. The journey took me through some of the flood affected areas and I was seeing first hand what I had been watching on the news for weeks. At one point the water must have been coming in the door the water on the road was so deep. Trucks full of passengers with all their belongings where either driving or just park on the side of the road. Cars full of people were parked on overpasses and army trucks with supplies where delivering food and life jackets. Most of the car traffic was leaving Bangkok and not a lot entering so we had a pretty good run except for where there was water and we had to drive really slow. This weekend was due to be the worst of the floods in Bangkok.
The bus pulled in at the Bangkok northern bus terminal, expect it looked different to where I was a couple of days earlier. I tried to retrace my steps to end up at the local bus and somehow it worked. I climbed aboard the 49 bus and was headed back to the train station.
The train station was full of passengers. Many of who I figure where not going anywhere but instead just using it as a base while they have no home. Luckily the train to Chacoengsao was still running and I was able to get back on board and head back to the school. The man sitting opposite me on the train was practicing his engllish with me by reading all the signs at the platforms we passed.
While on the journey back to Chacoengsao I recieved a text message which read 'SCHOOL CHANGE AGAIN START 15 NOVEMBER.' I now have another two and a bit weeks off to decide what to do with.