Mark: Hey guys, there is only one month left before the school break. Do you have any plan yet?
Patrick: Yes right. I almost forgot about the winter break. Where would you like to go, Will?
William: I want to go to the beach. I miss seeing the sun rises from the sea.
Mark: Going to the beach is a good idea but it is much more beautiful in summer, isn’t it? Do you have anywhere else in your mind?
Patrick: How about Bangkok? It is very nice in December because of the lights and modern thing and it is not very crowded because everyone will go to the northern of Thailand.
William: Well, it is quite far from here. We are here in Chiang Mai. It might be very difficult to go that far by ourselves.
Patrick: Not really. If we take the plane, it takes only one hour and cost approximately 1,600 Baht per trip.
Mark: Bangkok sounds good to me. I went there once by bus. It took 10 hours and it costed only 778 Baht.
William: I think going by plane is the best way to go because it saves our time and the cost is not very different compared to the bus. But going by bus must be fun.
Mark: We can see the view through the window all night when travelling by bus and it is very cheap so that we can save up our money for other things.
Patrick: I think we should go by bus since we have about 4 days for travelling. We do not need to rush anything.
William: Okay fine but Mark, you have to do anything for us. Is that okay?
Mark: The deal is made! But now we need to go for our test and will talk about our trip later.
1 hour later after the test
Patrick: The English test was very difficult but I did my best.
William: I think about something fun. Why don’t we pretend to be a foreigner and call to the bus station and book tickets?
Mark: Sounds fun. Who will call? (Point at Patrick and William) You? Or You?
Patrick: Not one of us but you Mark.
William: Remember you will arrange everything for us?
Mark: Okay. That should be me. (Call the bus station) Good morning, is that Nakornchaiair? We are from the United States and we would like to book the ticket from Chiang Mai to Bangkok……. Yes, 3 seats…… 778 Bath per person?.... What?..... I don’t understand?
Patrick: *hand over the phone* Excuse me, what did you say again?... Okay, the bus leaves from Chiang Mai at seven in the evening and arrives in BKK around 5 a.m. in the morning. Okay Thank you very much.
William: Wait… *hand over the phone* Where is the bus station? Oh.. okay. What time should we be there? Before 6 a.m.? Really?... Okay we will make it in time. Please reserve three seats for us. The name? Mark, Patrick and William. Thank you very much for your help.
Mark: We did a good job. Do you think they believe that we are foreigners?
Patrick: Nah I don’t think so.
William: Anyway, we booked the bus tickets. Now we need to find the hotel and plan to travel in Bangkok.
Patrick: I’m so excited for this trip. I’m excited to travel by bus for the first time.
William: Me, too! I never been to somewhere by bus before.
Mark: I’m sure you guys will love the view from the countryside along the way. Yeah