One Night in Bangkok

Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, one of the finest airports I know anywhere

I woke up early Sunday morning in Phnom Penh and called my friend in Ho Chi Minh City to see if he had recovered from a sore throat and was still planning to meet me in Phnom Penh. He was still sick so I hopped on the computer, checked flights to Bangkok, found a flight in exactly 2 hours, threw my things into my new suitcase (more on the suitcase later) and dashed to the airport to fly once again on good ole Thai Airways. I felt that I was embodying spontaneity and I liked it.

Now I am in Bangkok in the same hotel I discovered last time I passed through here, The Train Inn, which is just about 2 minutes from Hua Lumphong train station. Still in the mode of spontaneity, I began to plan the next step once here. I have a goal to be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, by 31 December, so I am heading south. I just booked a bus/ferry combo to Koh Phangan at the next door travel agency. Koh Phangan is an island near Surat Thani (for anyone looking at a map) and it is famous for its Full Moon Parties, one of which is tomorrow, December 21. These parties are quite famous and I had to book a hotel for a minimum of 4 days. That will put me out on the street (actually out on the beach) on Christmas Eve. I hope to have a plan by then.