Back to the road

Sorting out the last things from the trip and setting the future plans. I guess now this blog can go on hold for a little while till the travelling bag will be packed again... lets see when it will happen.

Meanwhile happy holidays!!!


The very last pics in this blog from the 2008 trip are from the departure from Bangkok. Beginning of Dec the protesters had closed down the Suvarnabhumi international airport and all air companies had to find creative ways of getting the people out from Thailand.

I got moving only 2 days after my initial flight date, by doing a check in Radisson Hotel lobby in Bangkok and flying out from military airport 3h from Bangkok.



Yippie, my flight is leaving. Check-in in Radisson Hotel lobby






Check-in in hotel, sitting on the ground, hundreds of people and piles of passports.





Day in the parking area of the military airport where some 20 buses full of people were lined up. Hours passed waiting for the flight. Finally after 6 in the evening we got in the plane.





Sunbathing.
Finally it took 11h from check-in till take off, but considering that all the papers were processed manually and airport located 3h from Bangkok it went very smooth. After many hours some passengers started to show up signs of impatience... but all in all these circumstances were really not ordinary and it is not common that military airport has to offer services for big passenger jumbo jets.