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19 Jun 18, 01:59 PM |
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A Week in Bangkok - June 2018: Day 1 Travel Day
So here I am again - stuck at an airport and now on completely different flights than I was an hour ago! Let's start at the beginning of the day I woke up as usual at 6am, breakfasted and showered and said goodbye to F who was off to school. J took me to work and I spent the morning going through my emails and remembering to put my out of office on! J came for me at 12noon and drove me the 5 minutes to the airport. I printed out my baggage label having checked on online yesterday. I was so happy to have an extra legroom seat. J and I went to get lunch - slim pickings. I chose an avocado salad - the only problem being was that the avocado was still frozen... The cafe refunded me! I said goodbye to J and went through security which was fairly painless. I was starving so got myself a sandwich as there was nothing else available that was both vegetarian and low carb 😟 Doesn't it look lovely? Suddenly a text popped up on my phone - my Amsterdam flight was delayed by three hours. I went to the gate as I would miss my connection. They told me to exit and then go to the Air France desk to be rerouted. A bit chaotic at Air France but I got seen by a nice lady who tried to reroute me through Paris and Shanghai arriving 12h later than planned. As she had already mentioned the Lufthansa flight via Frankfurt I asked if could be put on that. I would still arrive over 4h late but better than over 24h of travelling. She negotiated with the head office and they agreed. Phew! I had to go back to collect my bag - thankfully I know enough people at the airport that they let me through to get it easily! I have checked in online - surprising good seats. On the Bangkok flight I have an aisle bulkhead seat just behind business. No veggie meal though. Now I am stuck with my suitcase until bag drop opens at 5pm! What joy! My boss just called to see how I was getting on and was amazed how zen I am! I think if I had been rerouted via Shanghai I wouldn't have been quite so calm but what will be will be! I will try to update later! Do it is almost 6.30pm. I am at the gate and the incoming flight has arrived ! Hopefully it will leave on time as I only have 1h15 to transit... The on time gods were finally with me. We pushed back 5 minutes early and took off right at 7pm. For once we were routed over my house! The flight took 1h20 - so by the time we had taxied to the stand and the passage way was attached it was about 8.40pm. Bangkok was looking doable! I ran through Frankfurt as sometimes they catch you out with passport control and extra security. This time a very empty passport line and no security. I was at the gate by 9pm! I even had time to nip into duty free to spray myself with Chanel5 as I was getting a bit stinky! Boarding took ages - and it seems the seat map I chose my seat from bore no resemblance to reality - I was about 4 rows back but at least had an aisle seat! Up to the last minute I thought I may have a free seat next to me but no - a big tour group got on! We took off 20 minutes late! It was looking like I would be over 4 h late arriving at my destination! I watched “The Founder” - a film about the creation of McDonalds and then dinner was served! I ate all the salad with some cheese! The main course was veggie ravioli. I picked at it but didn't eat much as it wasn't helping my low carb diet! I must have nodded off at some stage... Edited at 02:48 PM. |
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19 Jun 18, 02:48 PM |
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Oh Mel, not the best start! Things can only get better.
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19 Jun 18, 08:39 PM |
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Oh no...hopefully all will go to plan from here on in...
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20 Jun 18, 02:59 PM |
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New Photo Added by Melbatb - 20 Jun 18 2:59 PM.
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20 Jun 18, 03:02 PM |
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I take these things well! As it was a technical issue with the incoming flight meaning they had to change it so it arrived 3,5h late I should be able to offset my delay with the EU compensation.
I am here now! That is the main thing!
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20 Jun 18, 03:04 PM |
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Thanks! I am sure it will. Now at the hotel watching the World Cup trying to stay awake long enough to attempt a decent night’s sleep!
Will do today when I wake up in the night 😴
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20 Jun 18, 08:51 PM |
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Pleased you got there and the time gods were your friend, I hope you get a decent sleep.
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21 Jun 18, 01:01 AM |
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Thank you! Apart from briefly waking once or twice (for a few minutes) I slept soundly! Now at breakfast!
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21 Jun 18, 07:40 AM |
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You don’t seem to have much luck when you travel alone! Glad they managed to get you onto the plane with the shortest delay though and hope the rest of the trip goes smoothly.
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21 Jun 18, 09:22 AM |
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Glad you got there
Joan
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