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An interesting journey and revealing facts.

By Ian, Created on: 05/06/2009, Last updated on: 05/06/2009

» Yesterday I flew back to England, it gave me an interesting insight into the changes affecting Thailand and the world in general. I had been booked to fly back by Gulf Air but two day before my flight I received an urgent email from my booking agent, "contact the Gulf Bangkok office there has...

• Sean Moran commented : I flew out on Finnair last time I left Suvarnabhumi, and they were really generous with the excess luggage; 23.9 kg was okay with a 20.00 kg limit, but I only carry 3-4 kg cabin baggage. I always wear baggy trousers and a sports jacket on those days so I can fill up all my pockets with a few kg of junk. I only weigh 70 kg so there's plenty of room for more and I can sleep in a single seat. I find those smoking rooms really annoying. Don Muang used to have a nice outside bar where you could have a goodbye Thailand drink in style, like Harry's Bar at Changi but not so tropical. I wonderered why you were online so early this morning, and now I realise that it's because you are up late last night. It's just after midnight in London right now, right? <I have a copy of this too btw. >

• Ian commented : [quote="Sean Moran":1tatylnz]I flew out on Finnair last time I left Suvarnabhumi, and they were really generous with the excess luggage; 23.9 kg was okay with a 20.00 kg limit, but I only carry 3-4 kg cabin baggage. I always wear baggy trousers and a sports jacket on those days so I can fill up all my pockets with a few kg of junk. I only weigh 70 kg so there's plenty of room for more and I can sleep in a single seat. I find those smoking rooms really annoying. Don Muang used to have a nice outside bar where you could have a goodbye Thailand drink in style, like Harry's Bar at Changi but not so tropical. I wonderered why you were online so early this morning, and now I realise that it's because you are up late last night. It's just after midnight in London right now, right? <I have a copy of this too btw. >[/quote:1tatylnz] Well at the moment I am not really jet lagged, more time confused England is currently 6 hours ahead of Thailand, so for the next few months my post will probably appear in the small hours of the morning. Regarding smoking rooms, you don't really need to light up in order to get your nicotine ration.

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