Bangkok and Home

I was woken by the dawn chorus, with two birds calling backwards and forwards and another going ‘hoopy, hoopy, hoopy’ very loudly. By the time I thought to capture this, ‘Hoopy’  had flown off …

Our journey from started with a taxi to Nathon where we saw fishermen unloading their catch …

… then an hour on a catamaran to the mainland. Our other catamaran trips have been on calm sea but there was a bit of a swell today, and not only was it a bit bumpy, but we seem to have chosen the wet side!

The 90 minute coach transfer to Surat Thani airport was uneventful, and we had some delicious mango and sticky rice for lunch while we waited for our flight.

We had an hour’s flight into the old Don Muang airport on a smiley Nok Air plane…

… followed by an hour on the free shuttle bus to the main Suvarnabhumi airport from which we fly home tomorrow.

After all that, we rolled up at the Panini Residence in Lat Krabang around 6.30! We stayed here on our last night, last trip as it was so convenient and it gave us a chance to return to the same little restaurant overlooking a lake for dinner where we ate tamarind curry and steamed bass.

We’ve had a great time island hopping and chilling on the beach, with perfect weather, warm sea, delicious food and the contagious Thai smile …

Here’s hoping 3° In England won’t come as too much of a shock!

Until next time … sawasdee ka!