Southeast Asia

I hit the jackpot on the plane, despite the flight being packed to within an inch of its life i managed to score 2 seats all to myself as did the guy next to me. this meant a great flight since i managed to get a bit of sleep. Landed about 11:00pm.

Walking off the plane the first thing i was greeted with was a huge sign proclaiming “Thailand: Happiness on Earth”, i guess we’ll see. The second thing to greet me was a text message offering me 15% off all Thai duty free shopping. You just dont get a welcome like that in Sydney.

Immigration went smoothly, there wasnt a lot of people and i dont think the girl that processed me even spoke english so she didnt ask how long i was staying or anything of the like. Nothing was mentioned of the need for a tourist visa, fine by me. Baggage claim took a while.

Walking outside into the terminal i was greeted by about 100 little fobs holding signs with various hotel names printed on them, managed to find my ‘comfort suites’ little fob with no dramas. The airport reminded me very much of LAX except instead of balck people there was fobs (Just a word of warning: this blog is not going to be entirely PC, infact it will probably be far from it). Even though it was after midnight by the time i was outside the airport the temp was still high 20*c’s and the humidity was extreme.

About the last thing i expected to see whilst on the bus to the hotel was fairly lights, but they were everywhere, and it looked really pretty. When i got the the hotel i checked in and crashed, managed to sleep pretty well despite the regular earthshattering of aircrafts that seem to fly right by my window. Woke up this morning to the radio alarm clock playing, of all things, the Numa Numa song. Couldnt help but laugh, that was the last thing i expected to hear.

Hotel breakfast was so good i had the best omlette. Spent ages in the shower washing my hair. Its a give away though that your slightly taller than average when the shower head is at shoulder level. Luckily it was detachable and just reached above my head, wouldnt want to be any taller though. I love that check out here is a midday, it gave me so much time to reorganise my bag and try and work out how im going to get into the city this afternoon.

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