I remember getting the night train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai years ago.
Slow.
Not International Standards.
The bar was open all night, all night party.
Laugh? I nearly got a round in.
Arrived 6 or 7 in the morning, three sheets to.
No hotel booked, so I had to go 'round to hotels and guesthouses asking if there were any rooms available.
The first five or six said no, and ushered me out the door.
Eventually found one with compassionate policies, had a couple of hours kip, then off to Loi Kroh road for lunchtime refreshments.
Fortunately I knew at the time that these were the good old days.