Flew to Bangkok today. Morning was spent packing up. I’m frustrated by the amount of luggage I have and am getting sick of lugging it around. How can I lessen it? I’m travelling through many seasons so carry gear to cater but would it be better to just buy stuff as I need it? Perhaps that is a better idea. I’ll consider it. It would mean dumping stuff that I will need later on.
I lug my gear to the train and get to the airport in plenty of time. No dramas. Flight went to plan on Air Asia and I arrive in Bangkok tired. Going through immigration is painfully slow and a family in the line before me is holding up proceedings. Then the mother gets the family to pose for a photo at the counter. I snap and tap her on the shoulder and tell her to hurry. The taxi ride to hotel takes over an hour! The traffic is clogged to snail pace dispite there being two levels of roads. We’re on the ground in the shadow of another highway above us. It is Friday afternoon. I booked a hotel online called NASA Vagas. It was cheep but I arrive at this huge complex. I’m on the 16th floor. It’s just like a Vagas casino without the casino…or perhaps it has one. I don’t know yet. I’m outside of the hotel having a beer. It’s right on a major road and overpass so quietness is not an option. There is a train line running past so at least I’ll have access to cheap transport from here.
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