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It has been very busy these past nine days while here in Oregon;moving kids to and from camps as well as up and down I-5. With that said, we can finally begin our focus on getting to Bangkok and then to Krabi's Ao Nang Beach located in Southern Thailand.
23/6/09
The morning began much like every morning when being shuttled to Eugene airport to catch a flight; 4am wake up, 6:40am flight to Seattle, only this time we turned around to take a southbound to LAX; arrival 11am. It was a 12 hour layover in LA with really no place to hangout or go; the feeling of Tom Hanks in "Terminal" comes to mind.
So, lets get this straight, 4am wake up call, the flight to Seattle and then to LAX, the nice 12hr layover and THEN the 17 hr flight to Bangkok. I personally have never flown for that length of time needless to say, and have it stay dark the whole flight; not to mention we com-pletely missed Wednesday all together; it just went right on by to Thursday morning when we landed in Thailand.
May I mention that Thai Air rocks! I don't think the crew of 22+ ever slept as they kept food and accommodations coming throughout the entire flight or so it seemed. Below, our flight awaits as Bev gets ready, if one can, for the 17 hour flight to Bangkok!
Bangkok Thailand
25/6/2009
Outside of the airport in Bangkok.
Heading into city.
Skytrain of Bangkok that took us to destinations around Bangkok such as....
the Siam Mall,
a 9000 booth market with...
shopping and...
local foods.
A ride back in a tuk-tuk to our resort area...
and a great view of the Skyline!
Leaving Bangkok July 8th.
Krabi Provience Thailand
Ao Nang Beach; 25/6/2009
Krabi airport, below, gives us a quick glimpse as to what is coming as far as local culture After getting pointed in the right direction, we were off right away to Southern Thailand to begin an adventure. It was to be Ao Nang beach right away in order to set the rest of the trip up.
Long Tail boats rest along side Ao Nang Beach.
Our resort while in Ao Nang.
Early morning walks brought the locals out to gather; Bev inspects the goods.
One of the many limestone rocks.
Scooters everywhere as we walk the streets.
A walk above the beach line.
