Airport to Bangkok....

well for a newby traveller it all went seemingly ok....welll if you could call jumping in line...waiting for 10 minutes and then realizing they don't actually open for another 10 minutes...jumping out of line because i forgot to get my luggage wrapped (gotta love the plastic wrap option!!)...now i get back in line and there is a serious que...oh well...3 hours to spare so let's not get too worried out that...so relaxed by the time i get to the ladies to check me in i forget to ask for the obvious...a good seat...
pass through security with confidence that this time i have packed the correct weight in liquids to board the plane with me...(unlike the Fiji debarkle of 2008!!, man that was a while ago)...and no, there is not a saga here....i actually think i've turned into an ok traveller...
i settle back, order a drink (mineral water), it's really quiet...make a phone calls, my last voice goodbyes for 3 months....
Deana....i can't believe i didn't get to talk to you....will miss you but i'll call as soon as i get home.
Liz...don't stress over the fish....
Mum...don't stress over me...i know that doesn't help...but try...can't bear the thought of you worrying...
ok, back to the trip run down....
board the plane...have an isle seat with an Indian mother and daughter....you'd think this would be a good thing......
let's just say she get's really bad allergies during the flight...worse than me....i share tissues and runny nose jokes with her....mum can't speak english....
eventually they ask if i'd take the window seat so mum can sit on the isle (apparently she goes to the toilet a lot and she'd not a slender frame either)....i agree, but first i'll go to the bathroom so i don't disturb them later....that was my first mistake....now i'm sitting in the middle of them...the daughter decides she'll take the window seat....neither are worried about taking up space....nose, eyes, ears hurt, i'd shove a tissue in all of them but i shared them with the indian girl who tricked me out of my window seat......lesson learned....9ok, not sure what that lesson was but i'll keep pondering on that!!)
eventually i decide enough is enough...i'll move to the seat at the back, reserved for the crew but stuff it, i can't even breathe anymore...i need my space!!!
i collect my stuff and sit quietly on the isle seat right in front of the toilets....again, that was my first mistake....
smells, noises, lights and several bumps later i figured i made my bed, now i have to live and smell it!!....
lucky for me one of the air hosts asked if i'd like to move to the centre isle where there was no one sitting....
JACK POT!!!.....should have done that 5 hours ago but none the less i was truly grateful for those last 4 hours.....besides....my nose and eyes had not stopped running so in the end the crew were quite concerned....i think they thought i was on something!
depart the plane finally!!!...find the correct luggage carosal...finally (waited a good 15 minutes at the wrong one before i realized!!).....get my luggage./..did i mention my brand new luggage is not working properly....my pop up handle won't pop all the way....very difficult to manuvre without that extra length....oh well, going with the flow...feeling the love....seriously...i really need to feel the love through these watery itchy eyes and rubbed raw runny nose!!
bus to the Novotel....politely asked if i'd like a king bed (hell yeh...look at the size of me..of course i need a king!!)
room is great; especially since i didn't have to pay for it...look at the bath and kept thinking...crap...it's one of those shower baths in one....problem being you have to hold that shower head in one hand while you try and wash your hair and body with the other...again this was my first mistake.....i figure i'd just sit in the tub, had to be easier.....relaxed and washed with a large puddle around me i look up and realize that there is a shower in the corner....it's not a small shower, it's actually quite large....i missed seeing a whole shower....with screen and all.....right in the same room....like right next to me in the same room....let's just blame it on the watering eyes....clearly it affected my abiltiy to see things right in front of me!!
let's just say the rest of the night was enjoyed in the large king bed just for one!!!
signing off for now....
will update soon....
peace and loving feelings.....xxxxx
andy