Bangkok Week 426 August 25, 2016 Just another week: Purple Line to Auckland to Singapore to Jakarta to Bangkok. View fullsize A woman whose hair is as colorfully ugly as her dress. View fullsize We're off to try the brand new Purple Line! Shall we go by bus or steam engine? View fullsize The Purple Line & Blue Line station at Tao Poon. View fullsize Perpendicular to the Purple Line, the blue line is almost done too! View fullsize Nice open platform. View fullsize Here's the Purple Line. No mistaking it; it's branded as such. View fullsize Nice and spacious inside. A little too few passengers though? View fullsize The line starts getting a bit rural. View fullsize Enjoying the view. View fullsize A highway out in Nontaburi. View fullsize Almost in farmland! View fullsize They seem to be operating 4-5 trains on the line. View fullsize Enjoying the ride! View fullsize High rises off in the distance. View fullsize Back at the starting line, the new line overhead. View fullsize Trying on some shorts in a very public area at Decathalon. View fullsize Off to Auckland. It's just as far as London! View fullsize Here we are! That was quick. View fullsize Traveler stats on display at the Auckland Airport. View fullsize Arrivals hall; I never did find out why there's a giant plane hanging from the ceiling! View fullsize Stopping quickly for a view from the Auckland War Memorial Museum. View fullsize Said view from the Auckland War Memorial Museum. View fullsize An even wider view. View fullsize A view of downtown Auckland from the Port. View fullsize Ports of Auckland! View fullsize Looking east - beautiful day! View fullsize The Auckland Ferry Terminal - which looks suspiciously like the Flinders Street Railway Station in Melbourne (http://bit.ly/2c3QxVo). View fullsize More downtown Auckland. View fullsize Beautiful blue sky reflecting in one of the two "tall" buildings. View fullsize Proof I was there! View fullsize It's gonna be a long journey back to SEA. View fullsize A hand washer and dryer, all in one! View fullsize Philippines, Air Asia X, and Air New Zealand - this can only be one tiny Kiwi airport. View fullsize One of these is my flight to Melbourne! View fullsize Saying farewell to Melbourne for the last time - for real this time! View fullsize Settling in for a comfy 7-hour flight on SQ. View fullsize Very cubic! View fullsize The chair back folds down to reveal an entire bed! View fullsize Finally back on solid ground in Bangkok!
