My Thailand Primer

Going to Thailand, I did not expect much. With all that was going on politically, I expected the worst. Bad news spread so fast. Even friends have their say on this and strongly urged us NOT to go. But I did otherwise. We decided to go, with travel insurance of course.

The trip turned out to be the best time of my life so far. The best trip ever. An adventure a guy my age would only dream about.

My trip started with a lot of jittery feelings. Mixed with excitement, as usual, I never got to sleep the night before the actual trip. I even spent my night before attending a surprise party for a friend. I did not drink as I was afraid of the hang over and be held at the airport for being tipsy, or has anyone been held for it? (I thought so.)

Hours before the trip, I was awake. And the time came that I, together with my closest friends needed to go to the airport. It was finally materializing. It was happening already. It was that first step and there was no turning back. We took a cab on the way to the airport. And we were excited. We were ecstatic.



Let's fast forward a bit. We arrived at the airport. We checked in and went around Changi Airport as we were there two hours before our flight - the usual practice. Unfortunately, majority of the shops were closed. So there was nothing much to see or go elsewhere. So we went to an open restaurant - O'brien's to satisfy our stomachs and kill the time. After a few chit chats, a couple of mini bites of the sandwich that we ordered, we finally went to board the aircraft. It was Jet Star, our offical carrier to Bangkok.

It was my first Jet Star experience. And it was rather a mundane but not a ghastly experience. And I was so sleepy that I endured the synthetic leather seat. It did not matter to me at all. But the employees' uniform was very unflattering. It became the issue to me more so than the actual flight experience. It was just a short trip. I was asleep almost the entire time. Good thing I did not end up dreaming about the steward's/stewardess's uniforms. Otherwise, it would have been chaotic and mind bugging. I was asleep on the way to Bangkok.

And an hour and a half plus later, hello Bangkok! Sa-wat-dee krap!

Thailand's airport - Suvarnabhumi Airport was impressive. Considering that it was not air conditioned, it was pretty cold. Thanks to this high tech method of cooling the place with pipes to ventilate it, it was not stuffy. Thailand has exceeded my expectations. It is a city of destination for me. It is a must see country.

And there started my adventure.



Next stop, my Thailand Itinerary.