Sunday, August 09, 2009

Thailand Part 6 (Taipai; coming home)

Bangkok to Taipai to LAX
8/7/2009

We show up at the airport in Bangkok thinking we were leaving at 7pm with Thai Air. They list us and say come back at 5pm only to be told that no, you can't fly with us back to the "states" so we, ok, I go into panic mode! When the dust settles we have to stay yet another night in Bangkok. It's 40 minutes back into town so we are directed to an area for help. The lady who is assisting us is trying to explain what she can do for us; for 1600 baht we can have a ride to and from the airport, a room for the night, breakfast, and an hour massage! Great deal for sure and it's 10 minutes away from the airport for our 8am departure. In working on this deal, Bev listens closely and says "no-tel motel?" I crack up at the confusion of the ladies face who was working with us....Priceless!
And yes, we took the deal and yes it could have been called that for we kept doors double locked all night!

Getting set to leave Thailand.


Flying over Vietnam as well as Taipai.


Taipai and its airport. Hats along the wall are decorative from kids around Taipai.


More hat art, Bev reads around the world, look close..
a bull riding machine in the nurses station. Can someone tell me what that is doing there?