Traveling by Train

I took the night train to southern Thailand. I really love traveling by train! Looking out at the country side always inspires personal meditation. I get lost in my thoughts. I always come prepared with a book and magazines but they inevitably end up just sitting open on my lap or getting pushed aside while I stare out the window. Maybe it's living in a big city with too many buildings, concrete and people. When I lived in rural Athens I loved sitting on the porch just staring at my surroundings in happy contemplation. I guess this is my Thailand equivalent.

There's so much to look at. Palm trees and their many varieties, banana trees, rows of rubber trees, mountains, rice fields with people bent over working, water buffalo grazing, and all the Thai villages with colorful train stations. I love it!

Here are a few photos that don't do it much justice but it gives you an idea. The sun was setting and it was hard to get a good shot with the light.