Can’t believe that is it…..all over. The trip of a lifetime. Whatever we did today was meaningless as the thought of going to the airport took over.
No alarm was set this morning which was perfect. Our flight this afternoon wasn’t till 3.30 and we didn’t have to check out till 11.30.
After packing which took the best part of 10mins as we were chucking pretty much everything that we brought in the bin! We headed out for some lunch and a walk around a market. Of course an obligatory seven eleven cheese toastie for breakfast, had to savour the last one.
Neither of us had sunglasses or a hat and the sun was beating down on us all morning. Would not want to sit next to us two on the flight later that’s for sure! We walked up towards a market which was recommended to us by our hostel host Joe.
The market was huge with different floors and all different sections, food, clothing, jewellery and a food court (all northern Thai food which we were sick off) the market killed an hour or so which was good.
We started walking back towards the old part of the city in the look for a restaurant for some lunch. Becky was feeling the pineapple fried rice and I wasn’t too fussed as long as it was rice or noodles. After looking at several menus we ended up eating next door to the restaurant we ate at the other day.
No pineapple fried rice for Becky unfortunately but she did settle for a mango waffle. I had the chocolate waffle but couldn’t finish it…far too much food.
Once we reached back to the hostel we asked Joe to order us a taxi, we got chatting and he’s a massive Liverpool fan (clearly not a glory hunter!) He was looking at tickets and being quoted £160 for a home ticket 😂 clearly this was wrong so I showed him the actual prices off the clubs website.
Our taxi had arrived and we were off!
The realisation soon set in.
We were going to see BAXTER 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
The airport and flights weren’t a problem, a bit of a blur actually. Once we had arrived in Bangkok from Chiang mai we looked at getting some food once our bags were sorted and we had gone through security and passport control. For a huge airport there wasn’t actually that much choice other than burger king, after looking at the information board we found that there was a subway….. At the far end of the massive airport, well we needed the exercise. David got his usual not so vegetarian Italian meat sub with lashings of BBQ sauce. I had the veggie delight fully expecting it to be like at home with the veggie patty when in fact it was a salad sandwich and no filing. I enjoyed it all the same.
Neither of us could get comfy on the flight. The meal choice wasnt fab, no vegetarian meal unless you preordered luckily there was a prawn pasta which I would eat, David,being the strict vegetarian refused the chicken and vegetables.i actually don’t get it, there’s no rhyme or reason to his meat choices on this holiday, he will eat salami or fastfood burgers, probably the least nutritious disgusting offcuts of meat yet he refuses chicken breast claiming he’s a veggie……I give up!!!
At Dubai we had a short stop over, after getting a big hot drink which I was craving and a caramel shortcake for David it was pretty much time to board.
On our flight this time a toddler was screaming the place down, the flight was 7.5 hours and I just thought we were in for hell but as soon as we took off he didn’t make a sound until we landed! The meals were all vegetarian options on this flight, but David said he was too tired to eat it…. I despair!!! To be fair he slept for almost 4 hours which he just doesn’t do on flights so he must have been knackered!!
And that’s it! Were back in Manchester, arrived in the rain to storm Freya. We expected no less. The final question in the taxi home…. Where should we go next!?
South East Asia 2019 