Friday, January 30, 2026

Part V Meet & Greet in Bangkok and Going back home

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One of my friends from back home was arriving on sunday and so I booked a hotel close to his for my final 3 nights. Checked in but the room wasn't ready yet so left my bag there and left for the airport to pick up my friend! It's always fun to do so and it felt like I'd been there forever, picking somebody else up. Had to wait for a bit but there he was! We went back together, he wanted to take a taxi and so we did. Dropped him off at his hotel and then walked back to mine. Got into the room, gorgeous with bathtub :-)! 

On my way to the airport link, 20 min walk.

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Part IV Back in Bangkok!

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Walked to the busstation, which was really just the street in front of an open office space with a large desk and a lot of backpacks people had dropped off before getting on the bus. I booked the 130pm bus, 1230 was already full and a flight to Bangkok at 7pm. That would leave me 1,5hours in between as it would take about 4hours. If things went the way they did on the way here, I would have plenty of time. I had checked in online the night before and had no luggage to drop off. Checking in online didn't work at first, had booked through a 3rd party because it was cheaper and I read afterwards that more people had this issue and to go to the airport early to check in there. Nothing else worked, some got in using different information provided by the airlines customer service. Checking in online wasn't an option for me. I contacted the online customer support of the 3rd party, but after 15minutes or so she couldn't manage it either and told me to call the airline to ask for help. It annoyed me but I put my shoes on to ask the hotel if I could use the phone. I then remembered something worth trying, incognito tab! That had worked for me before with a completely different issue but also with an online purchase. And it worked (so there's a free tip 😁)! And so, even if we got to the airport later, it would be fine as long as I was checked in. It's also an airline that deals with a lot of delays (same airline I took on the way to Chiang Mai with an hour delay). 

Saturday, January 24, 2026

Part III Peace in Pai

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Arrived in Pai!!

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Part II Chiang Mai - Trip down memory lane

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I'm here, I'm here! And I didn't have to wait for any luggage wootwoot! Tried to get a Bolt (taxi via app), but it wouldn't connect. Still kept trying because the Airport Taxi was more expensive, this is when the backpacker in me comes out again. You see, the hotel had a free pick up from the airport but the driver was out sick or something and so they would reimburse the cost of the taxi, but I still I wanted to get the best deal possible haha. I still ended up taking the Airport taxi though after trying Bolt for 10minutes. It's a fixed rate of 150THB btw which is a about €4 (Bolt was around €3). I know, who cares right?! Well, I do 😅🙈.


Monday, January 19, 2026

Part I Going back to Thailand

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Yes, booked! A week before leaving, I finally booked my ticket. I was planning on going to India but decided I didn't want to rush a new country/culture and so I picked Thailand! Last October when I went to Florida, Thailand was the runner up but the only affordable flights back then were 20+ hrs and so I picked Florida. Thailand also holds a special place in my heart. It's an easy country to travel through, I love the people, the culture, the food and the prices :-)! Bangkok was also always where I usually started and or finished my trips in Asia. And so I've been wanting to go back for a while. My last time was October 2018 according to my passport stamps. And according to my blogs, I believed then that it was my 5th time since started traveling to Asia in 2010. And so this would make it no. 6 but who's counting.