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A big thanks to Jean and George for taking 20 bags of clothes that we couldn't possibly have squeezed into the storage unit. Big thanks also to Chris and Kath for looking after us and helping us to get to the airport at
some God-foresaken hour. Last but not least thanks to Henry for lugging our furniture and stuff in the big move. Our last days in Britain were very hectic, moving our stuff into storage so that our tenants could move in. Hope you are settling in Jon and Lynsey.
For those of you not on Facebook, we had a little bit of excitement at Manchester airport as the check-in staff would not let us board as we only had a one way ticket. They needed evidence that we would be leaving Thailand within the 30 days of the visa. We had researched this very point prior to the trip and thought we would be O.K. Anyway we resolved this by booking flights on our netbook for Cambodia, this was a bit hairy as we had
only a bit of battery left. Annoyingly, we were ahead of a Dutch woman on the same flight who was asked the same question by the Thai immigration staff in Bangkok - she said that she planned to get a bus into Cambodia but had
not yet booked the tickets. She sailed through no problem. It had been a long journey, 52 minute flight to Schiphol then a 5 hour wait in the Serviceair lounge - very relaxing then an 11 hour flight to Bangkok. We were very glad of our lovely hotel in Bangkok, Princess Suvarnabhumi Aiport residence (£15 p/n), where we showered and caught up on our sleep. Had a lovely meal
at their riverside restaurant too.
Next day we got a free transfer from our hotel followed by a free shuttle bus to the low cost carrier airport for our flights to Ko Samui....well not exactly direct to Ko Samui, as such. We had an hour bus ride after the flight followed by a 90 minute ferry ride then a mini bus to the hotel - Samui Beach Resort (£11 p/n).
Room is clean and has everything we need, although the Wifi is a bit sporadic. Weather is hot and wet at the moment, raging relentless thunderstorms and rain like we've never seen before. We have to time it well to get out. Weather has picked up today - Saturday - around 27 degrees with only a couple of thunderstorms to negotiate. We have explored the resort - Lamai beach. It would seem that this place is a hotspot for 50 or 60 something men and their young Thai girlfriends. One of these guys was wearing a t-shirt saying FBI which on closer inspection stood for Female
Body Inspector (I hope he meant when they were still alive). Paul was snap happy today at a Buddhist temple. He's also looking very gorgeous after his 100 baht (£2) haircut, shave and head massage. Our electricity blew last night so we have had to switch rooms. I had to have a cold shower and couldn't dry my hair or iron my clothes - looking very attractive this morning! We have
readily switched to our new South East Asia eating regime, breakfast and evening meals only - lovely Thai green curries and rice and noodle dishes. Paul will be adding to his first album as we go along, there is also a short video of rain outside our room (in case any of you haven't seen rain before). Sorry that our first blog is a bit dull but we are sure to have some more excitement soon. Feel free to send us messages via our blog page or Facebook.
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