Sawadii-kha!
So we're back in Bangkok, and we've had another 'holiday'; this time it's been an actual holiday and not a fake holiday where we spend all of our time schlepping around and having places to be and things to do. This actual holiday has involved.. well, nothing. And it's been GREAT! We checked into a relatively nice hotel with a pool and seats for schloching about, and we've spent the past couple of days just relaxing and winding down before our wonderful 15 hours of flights tomorrow. We're saving money and the stress of an early start by going to the airport at 11pm tonight, for an 8am flight tomorrow, although I don't know how good a night's sleep we'll get hanging around in Departures at the airport.
We've been to Khao San Road market a few times, to get the last few bits and pieces, and I've managed to get my nails done, but generally there is nothing to report nor take photos of. It's been GREAT though, did I mention that?
The border crossing was indeed stress-free, somehow it all worked despite our coach leaving 45 mins later than it should've done while we sat in the bus while it went nowhere, before being told "bus broken. you change bus.", and then once we'd changed, the bus we'd been on originally just drove off, ostensibly not broken. Luckily we got to the border before there was really much of a queue, and at the other side I managed to schmooze a bit and get us on a cheap minibus to Bangkok. The journey was quick but the driving was APPALLING - the driver had no clue what clutch control was, or indeed that it might be desireable to maybe stop and start gradually, rather than stop-start-stop-start and driving mere centimetres from the vehicle in front, and this was mostly apparent in the worse traffic I've ever seen outside of horriffic hold-ups on the M25; there was no accident and neither was there a particular problem, this was apparently normal for Bangkok with the sheer weight of traffic meaning it took us as long to get from the outskirts to the centre of Bangkok, as it did for us to get from Aranya Prathet on the border, 140km to Bangkok. Speaking of which, I've just surveyed my passport which looks AWESOME with all the visas and stamps etc. It's not a reason to travel of course, but it's a very happy by-product.
So if I can get back on the free wifi at Abu Dhabi when we connect, I'll post a further update, but otherwise, expect us back all being well on Tuesday night. Ps thanks TfL staff for striking today/tomorrow, that's really what I want to deal with after a 3-week schlep around South-East Asia plus a whole day's worth of flying. Planning on getting the Picadilly Line to Green Park, changing to the Victoria line for 1 stop, and then getting the national rail to Nunhead. If the transport gods are listening, can you please do me a massive favour and keep that route free, please?
Lots of love to you all and see you very soon!
xxxxxx Louise
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