Sitting and waiting

A photo from the restaurant at Coral Bay, Koh Pha Ngan, one of our favourite places in the world. Typically, the sun didn't shine all week, and this was the view on our last day, moments before we had to catch a sangtheaw (ute-like transport in thailand), a boat, a sangtheaw, a bus, a minibus then a cab - a nine hour odessey to get us to the airport in Phuket this morning. Such is life when we travel!



Well we're in Changi airport in Singapore again for the 5th time in the past 12 months, and spending our time reading, blogging, eating and drinking some booze to relax us for the flight. We did something we've never done this arvo and that was to hire us a sleeping pod in an airport lounge. For $40, we got a bed for 3 hours and a shower and all the trimmings. Money well spent, as we're feeling much refreshed. Or at least we were when we got out of there. That was almost 4 hours ago, and we're still waiting for this damn plane (11 hour stopovers are no fun, even at the best airport in the world!)

But we do have free wi-fi, and i've done a bit of emailing etc, and we've even found a place to plug our computer in, in order to charge it up, ready for the bus trip at the other end, so we can watch a movie or some such!

This trip to thailand was vastly different from the last time. On our last trip, we'd just come from India, so we were used to cheap digs and no bathrooms etc. This time around we sprung some extra cash and made it a bit more comfortable for ourselves, which i liked very much.

I love thailand mostly for the warm people that you meet. One fellow at our favourite place, Coral Bay, a young man 23 years old and eager to please, tried desperately to find our favourite song from last time around. When he found it, he triumphantly placed the CD in the player only to find it so scratched that the first few bars of the song played only. He dejectedly came to apologise, and we assured him that he was wonderful for trying so hard on our behalf. On our last day there, Tom bought the CD, and some extra blank ones, in order to do a copy for him. When presented with the CD, Max was so happy, he gave Tom a hug! We ended our stay at Coral bay with beers with the warm staff, each one of us desperately trying to understand each other in order to be better acquainted for next time.

And i hope next time is not too far away. x