We finally got a flight at 0045 on the 22nd (Thailand time). The lovely Qantas people gave us an upgrade to Business Class as the 747 didn't have the equivelant to premium economy. Back in the UK at around 0730 and back home by 1100.

Now looking forward to dinner at the pub.

Amazingly Qantas are still paying for our accommodation and food at the glorious (some sarcasm here) Amari Airport Hotel. We are on our second day and are already starting to feel a bit institutionalised.  We get a daily morning report from the very nice Qantas man which is basically no change and we’ll pick up your bill for another 24 hours.

So we are using the “About a Boy” technique of passing your day by splitting it in to 30 minute units.

Breakfast – 1 unit
Gym – 1 unit
Swim – 2 units
Lunch – 1 unit
Shopping – 2 to 4 units
Dinner – 2 units
Drinking in the American theme bar – 6 units

Still no idea when we will fly. Once things get moving we will be on constant standby but at best we are looking at Thursday but more likely the weekend.

The hotel is in a pretty basic Thai suburb of Bangkok about 30-45 minutes out of town. Qantas say it is so we are far away from any protest, however, I think cost is probably more of a deciding factor.

We leave for Bangkok at 19:30 local time (6 hours ahead of you). So far the flight is not canceled.
I imagine we will see alot of Bangkok airport!

Anyway, we've packed spare pants and there's room on the credit card but if anyone can think of a novel way to get back home from Asia then let us know!

We are currently in Ko Samui Thailand and due to return home tomorrow... Don't think that's going to happen. Apparently some Icelandic Volcano has gone off and is very inconveniently disrupting my travel plans.

So we are heading to Bangkok ...   more »