Today we are fortunate enough to have a guest post from bloggers , of
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| Photo: @gameoftimezones |
We are just
another couple with untamed wanderlust on a journey to see as much of the world
as we can. We are currently based out of Toronto but do our best to get out and
about as often as possible. We met one another back in 2014 and have been
exploring locally as well as venturing internationally.
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| Traditional Thai boats Photo: @gameoftimezones |
Our flight
departed at 1:45AM Toronto time, which worked in our favour because I’m pretty
sure we passed out after the first meal and I remember checking the elapsed
time since take off and seeing I had been asleep for 9 HOURS!! (SCORE, only 5
more hours to landing) We flew with EVA Air (will be posting a full review of
the airline soon) which we were pleasantly surprised with. Although there was a
language barrier at times, we never had an issue with cabin crew and were quite
comfortable throughout the entirety of the flight, aside from getting a bit
restless and stiff. We first landed in Taipei, Taiwan and continued from there
to Bangkok.
Bangkok
Airport was a zoo. Total, utter chaos. We eventually made our way through
customs and retrieved our luggage and made our way to the train. We made the
decision that our travels would start in the islands and rather than
pre-booking a flight we decided we would grab a last minute deal upon arrival.
Clearly we didn’t do enough research prior to making this decision. We thought
we would have to transfer to the smaller Bangkok Airport and fly Air Asia and
while we were aware we landed on the celebration of the Thai New Year’s
Songkran we though the best course of action to get us there would be the
train. Fast forward another thirty minutes, four escalators and one elevator
later and we were back in Departures, scurrying from one end of the airport to
the other in typical Canadian April showers gear while dragging luggage to the
nearest Departures board to book our flight. I’m still not sure where we read
we would ever need to transfer but for all you planning on hitting Phuket, YOU
CAN FLY FROM SUVARNAHBHUMI! We got lucky and landed two seats with Thai Airways
(will post a full review soon)……..leaving in 20 minutes. And Yes, we managed to
book our tickets, check our baggage, pass customs and board the plan all in
time for take off. Mission Accomplished!
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| View of Patong from Room Photo: @gameoftimezones |
Getting a
taxi didn’t prove to be difficult to our hotel, it was the traffic that really
put a damper on things. With the celebration of Songkran taking over the Thai
streets and the typical Thai road conditions and day to day to congestion, a
half hour taxi turned into a 2 hour trek to Patong. I know I took a wee nap so
I can’t tell you if it was a nice scenic drive or what. Finally reaching our
hotel after a very long 26 hours of travel felt like a dream. We stayed
with The Senses Resort,
Patong Beach and decided we needed to get food ASAP. A quick hop, skip and jump
landed us at our nearby 7/11 which introduced us to the wonderful,
wonderfuuuuul Thai Toastie. We had read several travel blogs about
travellers raving about these cute sandwiches and MY
Overall, we
were tired and didn’t do a whole bunch our first day in the beautiful islands.
By the time we arrived to our hotel and showered it was after 6PM Thai time and
close to 6AM Toronto time. We were exhausted and running on pure adrenaline.
Stay tuned for more of our Thai adventures coming soon!
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| View at Lebua State Tower, Bangkok Photo: @gameoftimezones |
Check out all Britt and Marks adventures in Thailand on their blog.
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